Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3228, Benjamin Bartholomew, Penn
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Penn
Bartholomew, Benjamin
Rachel
NUMBER
W. 3228
B.L. Wt. 195-300 Capt.
Issued Aug. 19, 1789
No papers
CONTENTS
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1055
Pennsylva. Philad. 
Rachel Bartholomew
widow of Benjamin Bartholomew
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Captain
Penn Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
480 Dollars ~  cents per annum, to comment
the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the
1st day of August 18 [illegible]
and sent to Hon A. R. McShain
Hof R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848, Page 204 Vol. 2.

Reported
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Births

Benjamin Bartholomew born Feby 5. 1752
Rachel Bartholomew born March 7. 1765
Children of Benja. & Rachel Bartholomew
Hannah born April 7 1783
Joseph... " Octr 12. 1784
Edward... " Octr 20. 1786 
Sarah... " Novr 20. 1787
John... " Decr 12. 1789
Rachel... " May 28 1792
Son... " March 27, 1794
Mary Ann... " June 11, 1795
William... " April 6, 1797
Edward... " Jany 8. 1799
Augustine... " April 15. 1801
Ann... " April 16. 1803
Benjamin... " Augt 25, 1804
Ellen... " Jany 7. 1806
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Deaths. 

Benjamin Bartholomew died
March 30th 1812; aged 61 years
Edward Bartholomew died Decr. 5. 1786
Son died April 6 1794
William Bartholomew died May 4
1808. Aged 11 years
Ann Bartholomew died June 21. 1805
Rachel Davis died Nov. 30, 1833
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State of Pennsylvania
Chester County ss
Edward Bartholomew being duly affirmed according to law deposes
and says that he is a son of Benjamin and Rachel Bartholomew, that his eldest sister Hannah was always reputed to have been born on the seventh of April A.D. one thousand seven hundred
and eighty three, that it was so entered in the hand
writing of his father in the family record, that that
family record is now lost it having been placed
in the hands of Jas F Brown for the purpose of being
copied and by him mislaid and further saith not.-
[signature] Ed. Bartholomew
Affirmed & Subscriber
February 23 1839 Before
John Binns Alm.

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County ss
I William O. Kline Esq
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County
Do Certify that John Binns Esq. before whom the aforegoing
affidavit was made and who in his own proper hand Writing has thereunto subscribed his name was at the
time of so doing and now is an alderman in and for
the City of Philadelphia and ex officio a Justice of the
Peace duly commissioned and qualified to all whose
acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be
given as well in Courts of Judicature as thereout. 
In Testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Philadelphia 
this 23d February 1839
[signature] William O. Kline-Prothy
per Jos S. Tennery
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Chester
On this Fourteenth day of July A.D.
1838 personally appeared before me Cromwell Pearce
one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County and State afforesaid
Rachel Bartholomew, resident of the afforesaid County
aged Seventy three years who being first duly
affirmed according to law doth on her solemn affirmation make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by
the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836.

That she is the widow of Benjamin Bartholomew deceased, who
was a Captain in the Pennsylvania Line during the
Revolutionary war and that he served until
the close of the Revolution. And further declarant states, that she was married to the said
Captain Benjamin Bartholomen on the first day
of December in the year seventeen hundred and
Eighty one by the Revd. Mr. Simonton and has lost
or mislaid her Marriage Certificate and has
made due search but it cannot be found.
And that she has remained a widow ever since
her husbands death the said Benjamin Bartholomew which took place on the thirtieth
day of March in the year of 1812. And she
further declares that she makes this declaration before me a Judge of the said Court on account
of her inability to appear in open Court, and
I the said Judge do hereby certify that the
said affirmant is unable to appear in Court
in consequence of her bodily infirmity
affirmed and subscribed 
before me 
[signature]Cromwell Pearce

[signature] Rachel Bartholomew
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I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with
Rachel Bartholomew widow of the late Captain Benjamin Bartholomew and I know her
to be a highly respectable inteligent old lady
and her statement is entitled to the most
implicit confidence
[signature] Cromwell Pearce

Pennsylvania
Chester County SS:
I
Benjamin J. Miller Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid
Do Certify that Cromwell Pearce Esq. who has certified the foregoing attestation is one of the associate Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas in the fifteenth Judicial District
of the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania of which the County
of Chester forms a part.
In Testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand & affixed
the Seal of said Court at West
Chester the 14th day of July A.D. 1838.
for B. J. Miller Prot. 
[signature] A. M Chamberlain
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[initialed] A [illegible]
In reply to your request of...., received....., 
for a statement of the military history of Benjamin Bartholomew
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau,
W.F. 3228.

[column headings] DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE
1776 | to end of war | Lieut. and Capt. | x | Wayne | Pa. 

Battles engaged in, wounded in shoulder at battle of Brandywine; Germantown; Monmouth. 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated. 
Date of application for pension, July 14, 1832. Her cl. was al. 
Residence at date of application, East Whiteland Twp, Chester Co. Pa.
Age at date of application, B. Mch 7, 1765
Remards: Soldier was born Feb 5, 1752. He mar. in Tredyffirm Chester Co. Pa. Dec 1, 1781. Rachel dau. of Col. Wm. Dewees: Soldier died Mch. 30, 1812. 
Children: Hannah b. Apr. 7, 1783; Joseph b. Oct. 12, 1784; Edward b. Oct. 20, 1786, d. Dec. 5, 1786; Sarah b. Nov. 20, 1787; John b. Dec. 12, 1789; Rachel b. May 28, 1792; Son, b. Mch. 27, 1794, d. Apr. 6, 1794; Mary Ann b. June 11, 1795; William b. Apr. 6, 1787, d. May 4, 1808; Edward b. Jan. 8, 1799; Augustine b. Apr. 15, 1801; Ann b. Apr. 16, 1803, d. Jan. 21, 1805; Benjamin b. Aug. 25, 1804; Ellen b. Jan. 7, 1806. 

Very respectfully, 
Commissioner
6 -- 2856
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V 3985 C.
Rachel Bartholomew
widow of Benjamin
Pennsylvania
on roll Captain
recd commutation
pay $600
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State of Pennsylvania
Chester County ss
On this Eleventh day of
September A.D. one thousand eight hundred
and thirty eight personally appeared before the
Court of Common Pleas of said County of Chester
Rachel Bartholomew a resident of the Township
of East Whiteland in the County of Chester aged
seventy three years who being solemnly and duly
affirmed according to law doth on her solemn
affirmation make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions
made by the act of congress passed the fourth
day of July A.D. 1836 & its supplement (the said
act being entitled an act granting half pay to
widows or orphans where their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military
service of the United States in certain cases and
for other purposes.) That she is the widow of Captain Benjamin Bartholomew of the Township aforesaid
was a captain in the army of the United States during the war of the revolution, that she is unable
to give any minute particulars with regard to his
services in the said army, but that these particulars
will be furnished by the accompanying affidavit
of Col: Caleb North who was a commissioned officer in the same army.
She further declares that she was married
to the said Captain Benjamin Bartholomew in
the Autumn of the year A.D. one thousand seven
hundred and eighty two; that she remembers
that her marriage was in a fall month and that the weather was cool but that she is unable at
this distance of time to give with certainty the
month or the day of the month; that her husband
the aforesaid Captain Benjamin Bartholomew
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died on the 29th day of March A.D. 1812; that
she was married to him prior to the second day
of November A.D. 1783 viz in the autumn of the
year A.D. 1782 as above stated. And further
saith not.
[signature] Rachel Bartholomew
Affirmed and subscribed in open court
Sept 11th A.D. 1838
[signature] Benj. J. Miller Prothy

Pennsylvania
Chester County SS:
I Benjamin J. Miller
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for
the County
of Chester in the Commonwealth of Penna
do certify that the foregoing proceedings were had in
the said open Court the day and year above written.
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of said
Court at West Chester the 16th day of September A.D. 1838.
[signature] Benj. J. Miller Prothy
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WIDOW, &c.
 Revy ---
File No. 3328
Rachel Bartholomew
Widow
Benjamin Bartholomew
Capt. Rev. War

Act: Feb. 2, 1848
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1913, Mch. 27. History to
Mrs. James M. Sullivan  Fw.
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4193
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Rachel Bartholomew
widow of Benjamin Bartholomen
who was a Captain
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
480 Dollars ~ 
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the
3. day of Jany 1844.
and sent to Hon A. R. M. Ilvain
House of Representatives

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1.
Page 130

Repd.
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2783
Pennsylvania
Rachel Bartholomew
widow of Benjamin Bartholomew
who was a pensioner under the Act of -----
and who died on the 29 March 1812
of Chester Co in the State of Pennsylva
who was a Captain in the
commanded
by Captain
of the
commanded
by
in the Pennsylvania
line for
2 years. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Philadelphia
at the rate of 480 Dollars [Cents struck out] per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
-
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May
1839 and sent to J. J. Lewis
Esq. West Chester, Pennsylvania

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 $1440.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Sep '39 240.00
[implied total] $1680.00

{Act July 7, 1838}
Recorded by D.M. Curdy, Clerk, 
A. Vol. 2 Page [illegible]

let: 5 April 1842
Hon. J. C. Spencer, Sec. War
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Philada Sept 13 1843

James L Edwards Esqr
Sir
I here enclose the declaration of Mrs. Rachel Bartholomew Widow
of Capt Benja. Bartholomew for the
benefit of the late Pension Act. I wish
you to send on the papers necessary for her
to receive her pension you will direct
them to me, at the Paoli Post office
Chester County Penna. 
from yours tr
Edward Bartholomew
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Copy Letter
to
J.L. Edwards Esq
case
Eharlor J. Deposition
Alex : W. Johnston
&
asking for Report of 
Mrs. R. Bartholomew
Novb 26. 1838
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Philada. Novb 26th 1838

J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter dated the 19th Ult.
I have obtained, and have enclosed the further
proof as required by the department in the
case of Mrs Mary Gray, widow of the late
Captain William Gray, pursuant to your request
as contained in your letter above refered to X
I have the honor to be Sir
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Svt
Joshua J. Moore

Not having rcd any answer in the case of
Mrs R. Bartholomew (widow of Capt B. Bartholomew whose
papers I forwarded on or about the 18 any last
May I beg leave to ask for your early report
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March 16 - 1913

Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions, 
O.W. and N. Division
The military history
of Lieut. Col. Bartholomew
Captain Bartholomew
Benjamin Bartholomew
all of Pennsylvania serving
in the Revolution would
be much appreciated by a 
descendant of one of them 
Mrs. James M. Sullivan
103 Wilson Ave
Dubuque Ia.
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West Chester Pa Oct 15 '38
J.L. Edwards Esquire
Dear Sir
I herewith send you the papers relating to the claim of Mrs Rachel Bartholomew widow of Capt: Benjamin Bartholomew an officer in the army of the revolution.
They are 1st Mrs B-s. declaration
2ndly Col: North's deposition
3rdly deposition of Waters services
4thly deposition of Edward Bartholomew
The marriage having taken place in 1782 Mrs Bartholomew is of course entitled to the benefit of the act
of Congress of the 4th of July 1836 & its supplement. 
The paper containing the deposition of Col: North taken
on the 11th of August has suffered by the effect of the storm
which overtook me on my return from Col N's on the
afternoon of that day. It is however still perfectly legible. 
Pains have been taken to comply with all the requisitions of the department and the papers will be found I hope
in due form. There can be no doubt as to the justice of 
Mrs B's claim, and that it comes within the letter
and spirit of the act of Congress. The proof I hope will be satisfactory.
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If you have any communication to make
on this subject please write to me at this place
or to Mrs Rachel Bartholomew care of Edward
Bartholomew Esquire West Chester Chester County Penna. 
with the highest respect
very truly yours
[signature] Joseph J Lewis

J. L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner or Pensions
Washington Dist Columbia
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Westchester Nov 20. 1843

Dear Sir
I inclose you the requesete proof in the case of Mrs Rachel Bartholomew
When you remit please do so by letter addressed to her to the case of Joseph J. Lewis West Chester Pennsylvania. 
Very respectfully
Yours & 
{signature] Joseph J Lewis
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West Chester Pa: March 17, 1839
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Dear Sir
In the matter of Mrs Bartholomew's application for a pension, all the evidence required by the department is now complete. Her son Edward Bartholomew Esqr has visited Harrisburg and obtained such documents there as shew conclusively that captain Benjamin Bartholomew was in the army as late as the first day of January A.D. 1783 at least, and therefore after the admitted period of his marriage with his present widow the applicant. 
By a paper in the hands of Mr. Bartholomew it appears that Capt Bartholomew obtained his donation land under and by virtue of an act of assembly of this state passed in the year 1785. see Dallas Ed: of the Laws 2nd vol page 269. By reference to that act it will be seen that Capt B. could have been entitled to those lands only on condition of his having served in the Penna line till the end of the "war with Great Britain." For it is therein provided "that all officer and soldiers of the Penna Regiments or of independent corps acknowledged by this state as of the quotee of Penna in the federal army and officer being
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citizens of this state at the time of their entering into the service not attached to the line of any state who have served therein until the end of the late war with G. Britain - and all officers as aforesaid who have been deranged by the regulations and arrangements of the army according to the act of congress passed Oct 1780 or at any subsequent period of the war & shall be are they are hereby entitled to lands according to the pay & rank they held last before they left the said service in the proportions laid down in the resolutions aforesaid."


Capt Bartholomew it is evident was not one of those "deranged" by the act of 1780 and therefore could not have drawn his donation lands unless he had served 'till the end of the war.'
That the evidence is now complete must I am sure be a source of satisfaction even to the officers of the war department when informed of what I have always understood from impartial sources to have been the fact that Capt B. spent a handsome patrimonial estate in the service of this country. The father of Mr. B. also was a revolutionary patirot and lest not less than $20,000 in the struggle for independence. All that she will get by the pension law will be but a small indemnity for the sacrifices of her husand & father. 
Mr Bartholomew will visit Washington & exhibit
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the papers which shew that his father was in the army as late as Jany 1783. I have referred to the act in relation to donation lands as cumulative evidence of that fact, which sufficiently appears without it. 
Very respectfully
and truly yours,
[signature] Joseph J Lewis

J.L. Edwards Esquire
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West Chester Nov 16, 1838

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Dear Sir
I had the honor to address you sometime since on the subject of Mrs Bartholomew's application for a pension as widow of the late Benjamin Bartholomew of the county Chester, Penna a captain in the war of the revolution. and to forward you the papers required by your instructions and the law of congress as evidence of her claim. 
Mrs Bartholomew is waiting anxiously to be informed of the success of her application. You will oblige her therefore, if no objection occurs, by forwarding her the proper pension certificate with a draft or order for such money as she may be entitled to draw, as soon as may suite your convenience. 
Please direct to her under cover to me at this place. I hope you will excuse my urgency in this, as there is "a lady in the case" and she a very estimabie and venerable one who appears to my gallantry to impose a tan upon yours. 
Her application is under the law of B [illegible]
Your obeat Sert
Joseph J Lewis
J.L. Edwards Esquire
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West Chester May 10, 1839
Sir
The determination of the department
relative to Mrs Rachel Bartholomews application has been announced to her, and I
am now instructed to say that she requests your
attention to her application under the act of July
7. A D 1838 forwarded some time last month
The application was made agreeably to your suggestion & will be found in proper form.
yours very respectfully
[signature] Jospeh J. Lewis

J. L. Edwards Esquire
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War Department
Pension Office
November 20, 1838

Sir
The papers in the case of Mrs Rachel
Bartholomew widow of Benjamin Bartholomew
decd under the act of July 4, 1836 have been examined. 
Col Caleb North whose affidavit is
Exhibited alleges that he was well acquainted with
the claimant, and her husband both
before and after their marriage, and that the
marriage took place after the termination of the
revolutionary war. Unless therefore some record
or documentary proof shewing the period of the
marriage be exhibited the claim will be rejected.
If there be a record of the births of the children it
should be exhibited. The papers have been filed
with suspended cases.
I am Very respectfully
P. Mo. Obt. St. 
J. L. Edwards'

Joseph J. Lewis Esq
West Chester
Penna.
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Col: North
recd Jan 22. 1839

Chester Springs
Janry 21st
6
Joseph J Lewis Esq. 
Attorney at Law
West Chester 
Pennsylvania
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Coventry Jun 17th. 1838

Dear Sir
Your letter of the 2nd of December last,
came duly to hand; and would have been answered ere this, but, for the infirmaties of old age, and having taken a Severe cold, which rendered me almost incapable of
doing anything. And now, to the subject matter, required
in answer to your letter, I would observe that the words used by me, in the affidavit was intended to embrace
a considerable period, that is, from the commencement
of negociations between the commissioners, then the preliminary Articles of Peace - then the confirmation.
this was carried on at the distance of three thousand
miles, and during the greater part of this time, the
middle or main Army remained inactive confidently looking for the definative Articles of Peace.
During this time the Officers, were principally on perole
with their friends, and relatives, and taking to themselves help [illegible] to begin the world, anew, to meet what
was self-evident a support. I speak now particularly for myself, and Capt Bartholemew, who both married
about this interval, and went to their former occupations. It may be here necessary to mention, that Capt
B. Bartholemew married the daughter of (Col W Dewees)
who now survives, and is, an applicant for the remurieration, granted by Congress, to the Widows of Officers of
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the Revolutionary War, I am persuaded that there is by
fair construction, nothing, which can militate against
her claim, in my affidavit, but I will go further, and
say, that I know of no one more worthy and deserving
than Mrs Bartholemew
I am Respectfully
Your Friend
[signature] Caleb North.
To. Joseph J. Lewis. Esq.
Attorney at Law

Chester County ss
Joseph J. Lewis being affirmed says
that he has seen Col: Caleb North write and is acquainted with
his signature and that the name "Caleb North" signed
to the foregoing letter is his genuine signature.
[signature] Joseph J Lewis

Affirmed and subscribed
before me a Justice of the Peace
in & for said County Feb 22.
A.D. 1839
[signature] Wm Everhart
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Chester County ss
I Samuel Pinkerton Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of
Chester aforesaid do certify that William Everhart
Esq. who has certified the foregoing attestation is a
Justice of the peace in and for said County duly
commissioned and qualified, and that the signature
purporting to be his is genuine.

In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of
said Court at West Chester this
22nd day of February A.D. 1839
[signature] Saml. Pinkerton Prot.
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Philada. Aug 18th 1838

Sir
You will find enclosed the declaration
and proof annexed, in the case of Mrs. Rachel
Bartholomew, widow of the late Captain Benjamin Bartholomew.

Your earliest Report will
bestow a particular favor on the widow

I am Sir
Very Respectfully
Your obdt. Svt. 
[signature] Joshua J. Moore

J. L Edwards Esq.
Comm. of Pensions.
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Treasury Dept
3 And office
Feb. 26. 1839

Sir

In reply to your letter
of today I have to state that the records
in this office do not furnish any evidence
of the precise time Capt Benjamin
Bartholomew of the Pennsylvania Line
retired from service. The last Certificate that I have found to have been issued
for his pay is for 400 Dollars, and have
interest
from the 1 January 1783, thereby
indicating that he left the service prior
to that date.

Very respectfully
Your Obt
[signature] Peter Hagner And

J L Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
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West Chester Aug. 13. 1838

Dear Sir

I take the liberty of addressing
you on behalf of Mrs Bartholomew widow
of the late Captain Benjamin Bartholomew
to inform you that a man of the name of Moore
has obtained her signature to some paper
or papers having relation to her claim for a
pension on the account of her husband's services, and that she is now very unwilling
that he should have any thing to do with
the business.
Should he make any application to the
pension office, it is desired by her that her
interests should not be affected by any
thing he may have or do, and that no
money or draft for money shall be placed
in her hands,
In haste very respectfully
& truly yours
[signature] Joseph J Lewis

J. L. Edwards Esq
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City of Philadelphia

Personally appeared before me one the Alderman of the City of
Philadelphia Mrs Susan Budd Widow of said City who first
being duly affirmed
according to law doth depose and say that she has
been well acquainted with Mrs Rachel Bartholomew formerly Rachel Dewees from her own early childhood and that she was present when said Rachel was
married to her late Husband Benjamin Bartholomew at the house of said
Rachels father the late Col William Dewees she verily believes in the early part of the
year 1782 being then near or about of the age of thirteen years. Capt Bartholomew was this deponents first cousin & that she understood him then
be an officer in the Revolutionary Army & that he had been in service
from early in the war & that he had been wounded at the battle of Brandywine from which wound he never intirely recovered and further saith not

[signature] Susan Budd
Affirmed and subscribed before
me this 31st day of March at Phila aforesaid.
[signature] William Milnor
Aldn.

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County SS

I. Samuel Hart Esq. 
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said
County Do Certify that William Milnor Esqs before whom the aforegoing affidavit was made and
whom his own proper hand writing has there
unto Subscribed his name was at the time of so
doing and now is an alderman and for
the City of Philadelphia and ex-Officio a Justice
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of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith
and
credit are and ought to be givens
well in Courts of Judicature as thereout

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the said
Court at Philadelphia this
31st March 1842
[signature] S. Hart Prothonotary

[written perpendicular in left margin] Mrs Budds Deposition
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Philada. March 31 /42
Jonathan Roberts.
Enc. evidence in support of 
the claim of Capt. B. Bartholomew's widow for a pension. 
R58. Rec April 2 / 42
Pension office. 

W. D. 
Answs
April 6. 1842
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Philadelphia March the 31st 1842

Dear Sir

The widow of the late Capt Benjamin Barthomew of this state applied to the War Department for the benefit of a
Pension under the act of 1836 provided for widows who had been married to officers while in service in the revolutionary Army- I find from copies of vouchers now
lying before me that it has been proved Capt Bartholomew enterd the army in 1776 as Lieut. 2d that he was made a Capt as early as 1777 3d That he was
married to Mrs B. early in 1782 - 4th That he received full pay up to January 1st 1783
5th that he obtained a Captains allotment of donation Lands from Penna. & of
course must have served to the end of the war. An appeal to Mr Poinsett was
made and Mr Edwards of pension office reports to him "that it is clear that the
time of the claimants marriage & the termination of the Husbands service are not so satisfactorily provd as to authorize the conclusion that
he left the army after his marriage. No proof can be made more clear than
that Capt B. was in service on the first of January 1783. To the proofs already
before the department is now added the depositions of Mrs Woodman and
Mrs Budd These ladies I have known from early childhood & know
them intirely worthy of credit - I myself well remember the marriage I then was eleven years old & lived within two miles of Col. Dewees
whose second wife was my fathers first cousin Mr Edwards reports that the
claimant might be intitled to a five year pension under the act
of July 7th 1838 but that the agent would not accept- I wave at your hand
such a decision on this case under the law as the proofs will justify- An
answer will thankfully received-

Your friend & servant
[signature] Jonathan Roberts

Honorable Joh C Spencer
Secretary of War
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Drawn
No 995
Fredk. Winkler P.
No. 95
250.00
Thomas Burns
Sergeant
No. 980
Wm Harrison
Lieutanant
Jno Nicholson Assn.
of Adam Clindimin
Private No. 979
No 985
Catharine Widow of 
Andrew McFarlane
Private decd
No 994
George Henry
Private
Banja. Bartholomew
Captain.
No. 92
500 Acres

In testimony that the above is an extract from a general Draught
of surveys made in the fifth district of Donation
lands &c. remaining in the Surveyor General's
office. I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said office at Harrisburg, the 14th
of March, 1837.
[signature] Ga John Taylor Esq. D.S. 
[illegible]
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Tredyffin Dec 12, 1843

Dear Sir
I have taken the liberty of writing to
you on some business relative to a Pension
of Mother's Rachel Bartholomew the widow
of Capt Benjamin Bartholomew of the
Revolutionary Army. She had the benefit
of the five years act passed the Session
of 1836, which entitles her to the benefit of
the last Session. I sent on her Declaration
to Mr. Edwards the Commissioner of Pensions
some months ago and I have not had any
answer from him relative to it. I wish you
would call on him and get her certificate
and send it on to me as soon as you can as
she ought to have had it by the 4th Sept
last.  Mr Edwards requires his memory to be
Stunglonard on the subject of Pensions as there was a great delay the first time and by your
attention to this you will confer a great
favor on your sincere friend.
[signature] Ewd. Bartholomew

A. R. McIlvain Esq
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A.B. I should like to hear from you how the great
cause of our Stong of the West is coming on
at your City as you are at the centre of intelligence. We had a meeting in our township
on Saturday evening last for the purpose of
forming a Clay Club", to be called the Union
Clay Club of Valley Forge, and Paoli
our next will take place on Wednesday the 20th
And I hope you will urge our friends in you
township to organize for the great Sturgle of 44,
From Yours tr
E B

A R Mc

AB you will direct your letter to the 
Paoli Post Office Chester County.
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West Chester April 20, 1839.

Sir
you have said in a letter to Edward Bartholomew Esqr that Mrs Bartholomew is entitled to a pension under the act of the 7th of July
1838, but not under that of July 4, 1836.
without relinquishing her claim under the 3rd
section of the latter act, to the benefit of which she
is in my opinion most clearly entitled under any
fair administration of the law, she has directed me
to forward the enclosed application for the benefit of the act of 1838.
Yours tr
[signature] Joseph J Lewis

James L Edwards Esq
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DECLARATION, 
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution. 
State of Pennsylvania
Chester County } ss. 

On this seventeenth day of July 1848 personally appeared before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Mrs. Rachel Bartholomew a resident of Willistown Township in the county of Chester State of Pennsylvania, aged eighty three years, who being first duly affirmed according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed the 2d February 1848, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Benjamin Bartholomew who was a Captain in the Pennsylvania regiment in the war of the Revolution, and that she has drawn a pension at the rate of Four Hundred and Eighty dollars ~~ cents, per annum, under the Act of 17th June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow. 
X her mark Rachel Bartholomew
Witness present signing 
John Acker
Ewd. Bartholomew

Affirmed to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before 
[signature] John Acker Justice of the Peace. 

I certify that the declarant is personally know to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit. 
[signature] John Acker Justice of the Peace
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Chester County SS
I James Davis Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Chester in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do Certify that John Acker Esquire
before whom the within affidavit was made and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time the same
brars date and now is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for the said County duly commissioned and qualified to
all whose official acts as such full faith and credit
are and ought to be given. 

In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court at West Chester in said County this
17th day of July A.D. 1848.

[signature] James Davis Prot. 

Admitted
Hon. A. R. McIlvain
H of R
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Extract from Minutes of Executive Council.
Lancaster Monday March 30, 1778

Present His Excellc. Thos. Wharton, Jun Esqr. President, Jos Hart Esqr. Jonathan Hoge Esqr. Jacob Arndt Esqr. & Thos. Urie Esqr.

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of
Capt Benja. Bartholomew (of the 5th Pennsa. Battn.)
for the sum of Three hundred & forty Eight Dollars
for the recruiting Service, for which he is to account.

Pennsylvania SS.
Secretarys office
I, Francis R. Thunk Secretary of State in and for
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do Certify that the
above and foregoing is a true Copy and extract from the
first volume page two hundred and thirty nine of the
Minutes of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the same remains of record in
this Office. 
In Witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal
of said Office at Harrisburg this
fourteenth day of March in the year
of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine and of the Commonwealth the
Sixty third. 
[signature] Frn. R. Thunk
Scy Com

[also attached faded image of a seal]
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West Chester July 21 1838

Dear Sir
I was to see my Brother [appears brother may be struck thru] Mother a few days
ago and she informed me that a man of the
name of Moore, had been there to see her about the
Pension that she would be entitled to receive as
the widow of the late Capt. Benjamin Bartholomew decd by a late act of Congress. She informed me that
she had signed some paper writing for him to receive the Pension but She could not tell the nature of the writing as she is advanced in years. He took good care to come there when my Brother John was in Philadelphia. He has been there several times within
the last few years to see my mother, but he never
had any encouragement from my mother. Do. Worthington informed me that he had called on Mrs. McClellen 
to see what he could do with her and she told
him that Jos Hemphill attended to her business &
requested him to call on a certain hour when he would
be in; but instead of doing that he watched his opportunity after he left the house and called. They have
no confidence in the man, and say that if he got
the money in his hands, that my mother never would get any of it as they have heard of some of his doings
in this County. I request of you as a particular favor
that you will call on the Pension Agent and as
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certain if he has been there and if not you will request
him to suspend payment untill further orders as we have
no confidence in the man as he is a perfect Stranger and
by your yearly attention to this you will confer a particular favor on your freind and humble Servt.
[signature] Nimrod Stickland Esqr.
[signature] Ewd. Bartholomew

B I would like to hear from you on the subject
as early as convenient.
E B
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Chester

On this Eighth day of August A.D.
1838 personally appeared before me a Justice of the
peace in and for the said County and State aforesaid
Colonel Caleb North resident of the aforesaid County
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth
on his oath depose and that he was personally
acquainted with Captain Benjamin Bartholomew
and that he served in the Fourth Pennsylvania
Regiment of the continental line during the Revolutionary war, and that he was married to Rachel Bartholomew in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty one, and that the said Rachel has remained his widow ever since the period
of her husband's death the aforesaid Captain
Benjamin Bartholomew.
Sworn and Subscribed before me
[signature] Sampson Davis J. P. 
[signature] Caleb North 
Lt Coll P Line

I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with
the above named Deponent Colonel Caleb
North a highly respectable and Intelligent old
Gentleman who was an old Revolutionary Officer
and that his statement is entitled to full confidence.
[signature] Sampson Davis
J. P.
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Pennsylvania
Chester County SS:

I Benjamin J Miller Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chester
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do Certify that
Sampson Davis Esq. before whom the foregoing acknowledgment
was taken is and at the time the same
bears date was one of the Justices of the Peace of said
Commonwealth duly commissioned and qualified for
the County of Chester to all whose official acts as such
full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal of
said Court at West Chester the 15th
day of August A.D. 1838.
[signature] Benj. J. Miller Prothy
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Chester } SS.
On this thirteenth day of August
A.D. 1838 personally appeared before me a Justice
of the peace in and for the said County
James Brown who being first duly sworn according to
law doth depose and say, that the annexed
Records of the Births and deaths of Benjamin
Bartholomew and his family are the true and
correct copies from the original in the hand
writting of the said Benjamin Bartholomew,
and that the same were copied by me
about three years ago from the old Family
Bible record which was at the time all
in pieces. 
Sworn and subscribed before me
[signature] Joseph Mason J. P.
[signature] J. F. Brown

I do hereby certify that the above named
deponent James Brown is a highly respectable
Gentleman and is entitled to full faith and
credit as a witness, and I further certify that the
annexed leaves of the Births and deaths
of the family of Benjamin Bartholomew were
out from the Family bible in my presence
[signature] Joseph Mason
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Pennsylvania
Chester County SS:
I Benjamin J Miller Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chester
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do Certify that
Joseph Mason Esq. before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was taken is and at the time the same
bears date was one of the Justice of Peace of said
Commonwealth duly commissioned and qualified for
the County of Chester to all whose official acts as
such full faith and credit are and ought to be given.
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of said Court at West Chester the
15th day of August A.D. 1838. 
[signature] Benj J. Miller Prothy
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416
J. J. Moore Esqr.
J. J. Moore
Philada
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Philada. Augst. 16th 1838

J. J. Moore Esqr.
Sir
This is to certify that
Rachel Bartholomew Widow of
Captain Benjamin Bartholomew
is entitled to aid from the Penna. 
Society of the Cincinnati as
the widow of a member. 
Respy Yours
[signature] Wm. Jackson
Secretary of the 
Penna. Society of the 
Cincinnati
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Schuylkill County Ss
Hannah Hughes
widow of John Hughes Esqr and daughter and
oldist child of Captain Benjamin Bartholomew and
Rachel his wife being affirmed according to
law declares and says that she was always
reputed to have been born on the seventh day
of April in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and eighty three that there
was a family record kept by her said father
that said affirmant has not seen it for a long space of time and does not know what has
become of the same but said affirmant believes it to be lost That she has heard that said
record was given to Mr James Brown now of the
University of Pennsylvania to be copied and
was mislaid or lost by him. Said affirmant
further states that she was always reputed to have been born in lawful wedlock and
the she (the said affirmant) was married
in the year one thousand eight hundred
and was at that time a little more than seventeen years of age and less than eighteen. And further saith not
Affirmed & subscribed
this third day of December
A D 1838 before me a Justice of the Peace in and
for said County
[signature] Benjamin Spayd
[signature] Hannah Hughes

I Benjamin Spayd a Justice
of the Peace in and for the said County of Schuylkill before whom the foregoing affidavit was
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taken do hereby certify that the said Hannah
Hughes who has signed the said affidavit is a person
of good character and that her integrity credibility and veracity entitle her to the
fullest reliance on all her statement Witness
my hand and seal this third day of
December A D 1838-
[signature] Benjamin Spayd
J.P. {seal}

Schuylkill County ss
I Lewis Audenried
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of
County of Schuylkill in the State of Pennsylvania
do hereby certify that the above named Benjamin
Spayd is an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such according to Law and that the
name signed Benjamin Spayd to the foregoing
affidavit and certificate is his proper signature
In Witness whereof I have hereunto
affixed my hand and seal of said
Court at Genigeburg this fifth day of December AD 1838

[signature] Lewis Audenried
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D.
4985
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State of Pennsylvania
Chester County ss
On this first day of April
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty
nine personally appeared before me the subscriber
President Judge of the fifteenth Judicial District
of Pennsylvania Rachel Bartholomew a resident
of the Township of East Whiteland in the County of Chester in the State aforesaid aged seventy five
years on the seventh day of March last, who being
first duly affirmed according to law declares and
says and doth hereby make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by
the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Benjamin Bartholomew who
was a captain in the army of the United States during the
war of the revolution, that he entered the Pennsylvania line as a lieutanant in the year 1776, was promoted
to the rank of Captain during that year or on the first day of January 1777 and continued to serve in said
line under the command of General Wayne throughout
the war; that he accompanied the said line in its various
movements and was engaged in the various conflicts in
which that line was engaged - that he was wounded at
the battle of Brandywine in the shoulder and in one of the battles fought in the south, in the leg, and that he
did not leave the service till the end of the war. She
further says that a more particular account of the services of the said Captain Bartholomew will be found
in the affidavit of Col. Caleb North on file in the department of war. 
She further declares that she was married
to the said Benjamin Bartholomew in the fall
of the year seventeen hundred and eighty two
as fully appears by the affidavit of Waters Dewees on file in the department,
and prior to the first day of January seventeen hundred & ninety one
 and that her husband
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the aforesaid Captain Bartholomew died on
the thirtieth day of March A.D. 1812 and that
she has not been since married.
Affirmed & subscribed
before me April 1st A. D. 1839.
[signature] Isaac Darlington
[signature] Rachel Bartholomew

Chester County SS
I Samuel Pinkerton Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the
County aforesaid do certify that the Hon. Isaac
Darlington Esquire who has certified the foregoing attestation & 
duly commissioned and qualified President Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas in the fifteenth Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of
which the County of Chester forms a part.
In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the Seal of said Court at
West Chester the first day of April
A.D. 1839. 
[signature] Saml. Pinkerton Prot.
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State of Pennsylvania
Chester County SS.

The Hon Cromwell Pearce
being sworn according to law deposes & says,
that he has been long well acquainted with the family of the late Major Benjn Bartholomew, who was an
highly esteemed officer in the war of the revolution
under the late Major General Anthony Wayne, that
he is well acquainted with Hannah, the eldest child
of the said Major Bartholomew & Rachel his wife &
that she was always reputed & known as the offspring of the said Major Bartholomew & Rachel his wife, born
in lawful wedlock, & the contrary has never been intimated or suggested to the knowledge of this deponent.
[signature] Cromwell Pearce

Sworn & subscribed before
me a justice of the peace in & for said county this 20th day of February AD 1839. 
[signature] Joseph Mason
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State of Pennsylvania
Chester County ss

Col: Isaac Wayne being
sworn in due form of law deposes and says that
he has been long well acquainted with the family of
the late Major Benjamin Bartholomew who was an
highly esteemed officer in the war of the revolution under
this deponent's father the late Major General Anthony
Wayne, that he is well acquainted with Hannah the
eldest child of the said Major Bartholomew and Rachel his wife and that she was always reputed and known as
the offspring of the said Major Bartholomew
and Rachel his wife born in lawful wedlock, and the
contrary has never been intimated or suggested to the knowledge of this deponent. 
[signature] I Wayne

Sworn and subscribed before
me a Justice of the Peace in &
for said County Feb. 20th
A.D. 1839
[signature] Joseph Mason
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Chester County SS

I Samuel Pinkerton Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said
County do hereby certify that Joseph Mason the
Magistrate before whom the annexed deposition have
been taken is an acting Justice of the peace in and
for said County duly commissioned and qualified
according to law that full faith and credit are to be
given to all his official acts as such and that the
name Joseph Mason signed to the Jurat of the said
deposition is his proper and genuine signature.

In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at West Chester the 21st day of
February A.D. 1839.
[signature] Samuel Pinkerton, Prot,
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State of Pennsylvania
Chester County ss

Caleb North formerly Lieutenant
& Colonel in the army of the United States being affirmed
according to law declares and says as follows to
wit; I am past eighty five years of age. I served in
the continental army during the war of the revolution and was well acquainted with Captain
Benjamin Bartholomew late of the township of
Tredyffrin in the County of Chester and State a
foresaid deceased. He the said Benjamin Bartholomew entered the said army in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six as a lieutenant
in Captain Frazers company, which was part of Col. Waynes regiment. I commanded a company
in the same regiment and was on terms of intimacy and friendship with the said Benjamin through
out the war and up to the time of his death. He continued in the army to the end of the war according to the best of my recollection and was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth & 
and accompanied the brigade of Gen Wayne through
out all its various maneuvres and shared in all
its hardships and services. He was a brave and
faithful officer always performed his duty in a
soldier like manner and possessed fully the confidence of his superiors. He was wounded in the
shoulder in the battle of Brandywine and some
time after (at what time I cannot now recollect)
was promoted to a captaincy. Soon after the war
he married Rachel Dewees (his present widow &
the applicant for the benefit of the pension law). I
was well acquainted with her prior to their marriage. She remains to be his widow, not having
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been married with any other person. Owing to the
imperfection of memory occasioned by the increasing
infirmities of years I am not able to say precisely at what time the marriage took place, or even what year
On
further reflection I prefer to add that the
said Benjamin Bartholomew on the redirection of
the army was retained and continued in the
army to the end of the war.
I was yesterday called upon by a person professing himself to be the agent of the said Rachel Bartholomew and signed an affidavit taken for the same
purpose as the foregoing.
[signature] Caleb North

Affirmed and subscribed before me a Justice
of the peace in & for the County
of Chester this Eleventh day
of August A.D. 1838

[signature] John Davis
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Pennsylvania
Chester County SS.

I Benjamin J. Miller
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County
of Chester, in the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby
certify that John Davis Esquire before whom the foregoing
was taken is and was on the Eleventh day of August last, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said
County duly commissioned and qualified as such
according to law, that full faith and credit will be 
given to all his official acts as Justice as aforesaid,
and that the signature annexed to the said
affidavit is his genuine signature. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at West
Chester the tenth day
of October A.D. 1838.

[signature] A M Chamberlain Pro. Prote.
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Fifth Regiment. 1782. 

We and each of us whose names are hereunto subscribed, do
acknowledge to have received from Major Thomas B. Bowen,
and Captain Ercurius Beatty agents for the late Pennsylvania Line
the several sums opposite to our names respectively in certificates, dated
July 1. 1784, bearing Interest at six per cent from January the first 1783 signed by John Pierce Commissioner, and described as below
being for the Balance of a settlement between the United States
and us
for pay to January the first 1783. 

Date of Issues | No. of Certificate | Letter | Names. | Sums | Dollars | 90ths | Signers. 
Jany 175h 1785 | 70581 | N. | Benj. Bartholomew | 400.00 | Benj. Bartholomew

Auditor General's Office
Harrisburg March 14th 1839
I certify the above to be a correct extract from the original
Pay Rolls of the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolutionary war
remaining in this office.

Witness my hand and seal of office
the day and year aforesaid
[signature] Nath P. Hobart
Aud. Genl.
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State of Pennsylvania
Chester County

On the twenty second
day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two, personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the Associate
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas & of Chester
County in the State of Pennsylvania,
Sarah
Woodman a resident of Tredyffrin Township, in the
County and State aforesaid
who being first duly affirmed according to law, doth declare and say
that she was well acquainted with Rachel
Bartholomew, formerly Rachel Dewees from her early childhood, her father and the affirmants father living
next neighbours to each other, that the said Rachel
was Intermarried with Benjamin Bartholomew an
officer in the Revolutionary army, and to the best of
my recollection the marriage took place perhaps
before the expiration of the month of February of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, or
at least very early in that spring, as I have a distinct
recollection that it was solemized a short time after the
birth of my sister's (Mary Rosseter's) second son who
was born the nineteenth day of that February;
I have also a recollection of assisting her about some
houshold sewing shortly after her wedding, and I was myself then a little more than twenty three years of age, 
and I was born the thirteenth day of February in the
year one thousand seven hundred and fifty nine, and
further saith not.

[signature] Sarah Woodman

Affirmed and subscribed on the
day & year above written before
[signature] Thomas Jones
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Chester County ss.
I Saml. Pinkerton, Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County
Do Certify that Thomas Jones Esquire, before whom
the foregoing affirmation was taken, and who has thereunto
affixed his name, is duly commissioned and qualified
Associate Judge of the several Courts of Chester County
forming part of the Fifteenth Judicial District of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court at West Chester, the
24th day of January A.D. 1842
[signature] Saml. Pinkerton
Prot.
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No. 9. Certificate for [British pound sign] 517. 16. 8 Specie.

We do certify, that the State of Pennsylvania is indebted to
Captain Benjamin Bartholomew of the Fifth Pennsylvania
Regiment, in the sum of Five hundred seventeen pounds sixteen
Shillings and eight pence specie; being the amount of the depreciation of his pay from January 1st 1777 to August 1st 1780
Pursuant to an act of Assembly, passed at Philadelphia the 18th of December 1780. 
Reading 
March 27. 1781

Jas. Stevenson A. G. 
Henry Christ A. 
Henry Halley A. 

Auditor Generals Office
Harrisburg March 14. 1839
I certify the above to be a correct copy of the original
certificate remaining on file in this office.
Witness my hand and seal of office
the day and year aforesaid. 
[signature] Nath. P. Hobart
Aud. Genl.
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Copies Letters
to
J. L. Edwards
Case
Mrs Josiah J Bartholomew
Aug 18.1838
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Philada Aug 18 1838
JL Edwards Esq
Sir

enclosed you have the declaration and
proof thereto annexed in the case of Mrs Elizabeth Josiah
widow of the late Capt James Josiah. 
You will confer a particular favor on the widow
by making the earliest Report most convenient. 
I am Sir
Very Respectfully
Your Obdt Svt. 

Certificate dated
Sept 26th 1838

Philada Aug 18 1838

You will find enclosed the declaration
and proof annexed in the case of Mrs. Rachel Bartholomew widow of the late Benjamin Bartholomew .
Your earliest Report will bestow a particular favor on the widow. 
I am Sir
Very Respectfully
Your obdt Svt.
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AN ACT granting a pension to certain [ widows of ] Revolutionary soldiers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the widow of any person who served in the War of the Revolution in the manner set forth in
the act approved the seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled ""An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," and whose widow, in virtue
of an act approved the seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, entitled ""An act granting half
pay and pensions to certain widows," and an act approved the twenty-third day of August, eighteen hundred
and forty-two amendatory thereof, and a resolution approved the sixteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and
forty-two, entitled "A resolution declarative of the Pension Act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight," received, or is entitled to an annuity or pension for the term of five years from the fourth of March,
eighteen hundred and thirty-six, shall be entitled to receive the same annuity or pension which she received or
is entitled to receive, under said acts or said resolution, or either of them, for and during the further term of one
year, from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-three, or during such portion of said term as said widow shall survive, subject in all respects, however, to the rules, limitations, and conditions, in and by said acts and resolution made and approved.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three hundred and eighty thousand dollars be, and
the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the
annuities or pensions in and by this act granted.

JOHN WHITE.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WILLIE P. MANGUM,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
APPROVED 3d March, 1843.
JOHN TYLER.

PENSION OFFICE:
March 9, 1843.
In order to carry into effect the foregoing Act, the applicant who may claim a pension, must make a
declaration under oath before some magistrate in the county where she resides, which declaration must be duly
authenticated. The official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer under his seal of office, and the magistrate must certify that the declarant is personally known to him.
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

DECLARATION.
in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to
certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838.

State of Pennsylvania ss. 
On this Fourth day of September 1843 personally  appeared before the Subscriber one of the Associate Judges Rachel Bartholomew, a resident of the township E whiteland in the county of Chester and State of Penna aged Seventy eight years, who being first duly affirmed, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on  the 3d March, 1813, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the wide of Capt. Benja. Bartholomew who was a [here insert the  rank the husband held in the army, navy or militia, as the case may be, and the regiment, corps or vessel in which he served, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838.] Amount heretofore received $480. per year. further declared that she is still a widow. 
[signature] Rachel Bartholomew

Affirmed to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and I also certify that the declarant is personally known to me. 
[signature] Thomas Jones

[footnote] 03 - Many persons make enquiries as to the provisions of the act of 1832, 1838, and 1842, above referred to; long letters
are written and numerous questions are propounded, most of which are unnecessary. One answer is sufficient for all such
enquiries: and it is simply this:--If the widow has obtained the benefits of the law of July 7, 1838, she is entitled to the
provisions of the law of March 3, 1843, and not otherwise.
The marriage of the widow after the death of the husband for whose services she claims, is no bar to her claim under the
law of 1838, provided she is a widow when she makes application for the pension; and notwithstanding the husband may
have drawn a pension after the 7th July, 1838, she may also draw a pension under the law passed on that day, provided she was
married before 1794. No widow is entitled to the benefits of the acts providing for the widows of Revolutionary officers and
soldiers, if the husband did not serve at least six months. Two years service entitles the claimant to the maximum allowance, and six months service to the minimum allowance.
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Chester County SS:
I Abner M. Chamberlain Prothonotary
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chester in
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do Certify that the Hon: 
Thomas Jones before whom the foregoing declaration was
made is duly commissioned and qualified associate
Judge for the said County of Chester. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of said Court
at West Chester the 12th day of September
A.D. 1843.

[signature] A. M. Chamberlain
Prote.
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4204
Rachel Bartholomew
$480
Hon. A.R. McIlvain
H. R.
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to
certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838.

State of Pennsylvania
County of Chester ss.
On this second day of November A. D. 1843 personally
appeared before the subscriber Justice
of the Peace in and for said county
Rachel Bartholomew
a resident of the Township of East Whiteland
in the county of Chester aforesaid
aged between seventy seven and seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make
the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Benjamin Bartholomew who was a Captain in the army of the revolution and served in the Pennsylvania line
and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838, was four
hundred and eighty dollars-- 
She further declares that she is still a widow.
[signature] Rachel Bartholomew

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
me a Justice of the peace in & for said County
[signature ] John Acker

State of Pennsylvania
County of Chester ss.

November 2nd 1843
I, John Acker
a Magistrate in the county above named, do hereby
certify, that I have the most satisfactory evidence, viz, my own personal knowledge, that Rachel 
Bartholomew
who this day appeared before me, and made oath to the truth
of the foregoing declaration, is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Given under my hand at East Whiteland on the day and year above written.
[signature] John Acker

I, Abner M Chamberlain Prothonotary of the Court of Common
Pleas of Chester
county, certify that John Acker is a
magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and
subscribed my name, this Sixth
day of November in
the year
A.D. 1843
[signature] A. M. Chamberlain
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Deaths
Benjamin Bartholomew died March 30, 1812
aged 61 years
Edward Bartholomew died Dec 5, 1786
son died April 6th 1794
William Bartholomew died May 4th 1808 aged
11 years.
Ann Bartholomew died June 21st 1805
Rachel Davis died Nov 30th 1833


Philadelphia City ss
James F. Brown being affirmed according to
law deposes & says that he made a copy some years ago of the
family record of the late Major Benjamin Bartholomew which
copy is now or was lately in the possession of J. J. Moore, who
has refused to give up the same, that the original record, the first page of which as above represented, was in the hand writing of the
said Benjamin, & since lost that the foregoing is to the best of his
recollection an accurate copy of the same, that this deponent is
intimately acquainted with the surviving members of the family of the
said Benjamin, and that Hannah the eldest daughter now the
widow of Mr. Hughes has always been reputed to be legitimate. 
[signature] James F. Brown

Sworn and Subscribed
July 23, 1839 Before 
[signature] John Brims Alt.

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County Ss
I, William O. Kline Esquire 
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County
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do certify that John Brims Esq. before whom the within affidavit was made and whom his own proper hand Writing has hereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is an alderman in and for the city of Philadelphia and ex Officion Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and  ought to be given as well in courts of Judicature as the record. 

In Testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said court at Philadelphia this 23d. February 1839. 

[signature] William O. Kline Prothy
Per Jos. S. Tennery
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Births

Benjamin Bartholomew born Feb 5th 1752
Rachel Bartholomew March 7 1765

Children of Benjamin & Rachel Bartholomew
Hannah born April 7. 1783
Joseph " Oct 12. 1784
Edward " Oct 20 1786
Sarah " Nov 20 1787
John " Dec 12 1789
Rachel " May 28 1792
Son " March 27. 1794
Mary Ann " June 11. 1795
William " April 6. 1797
Edward " Jany 8. 1799
Augustine " April 15. 1801
Ann " April 16. 1803
Benjamin " Augt 25. 1804
Ellen " Jany 7. 1806
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State of Pennsylvania
Chester County ss

Waters Dewees being solemnly affirmed in due form of law declares and says that he is well acquainted with Mrs Rachel Bartholomew the widow of Captain Benjamin Bartholomew late of the county of Chester deceased. she the said Rachel being the sister of this affirmant: that he was present at her marriage which took place at the house of Col: William Dewees the father of the said Rachel and this affirmant in the township of Tredyffrin in the said county; that this affirmant cannot now recollect the precise date of the said marriage so as to be able to state with certainty the month or the day of the month: but that he cannot well be mistaken as to the year or the time of the year: that according to his clear recollection and positive belief the said marriage took place in the year A.D. one thousand seven hundred and eighty two (1782) and in the fall of the said year: that the said affirmant recollects the circumstance well, she the said Rachel being the oldest child of his father and the first that was married and the event being one calculated to make an impression on his mind: that this affirmant was at the time about eleven years of age: that he is now about sixty seven years of age. The affirmant further says that the said Rachel was never married to any other person than the said Captain Benjamin Bartholomew and that she remains to be the widow of said Benjamin at this day. He also states that the Reverend Mr Simington officiated at the said marriage, that he the said Mr Simington has been dead many years and that this affirmant is ignorant as to what has become of his record.
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The said affirmant further says that he has always resided in the same county and within a short distance of his said sister the said Rachel has been a frequent visiter in her family and in the habit of unrestrained intercourse with them, that he has never seen or heard of any family record of the said marriage and further saith not. 
[signature] Waters Dewees

Affirmed & subscribed 
September 17. A.D. 1838
before me 
[signature] Isaac Darlington

I Isaac Darlington President Judge of the fifteenth Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania do certify that Waters Dewees, the gentleman who made and signed the forgoing affidavit does maintain and always has maintained highly respectable character and credibility, and that my belief full credit may be given to his testimony. Witness my hand September 17t 1838
[signature] Isaac Darlington
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Pennsylvania
Chester County SS.
I, Benjamin J. Miller Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chester, do hereby certify, that the Hon. Isaac Darlington who signed the foregoing certificate is and was at the date of the said Certificate, President Judge of the several Courts in and for the said county, and all of the courts of the fifteenth Judicial District of the State of Pennsylvania, that full faith and credit are to be given to all his official acts as such. that the forgoing certificate is in his hand writing, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto seal my hand and seal of Office at West Chester the tenth day of October A. D. 1838
[signature] A M Chamberlain
Pro. Prot.
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Washington City Feb 26 1839

I certify that I have been long acquainted with the within named Waters Dewees, that he is a gentleman of character and respectability, and that the statement he makes is entitled to full faith and credit. and further that I believe his memory and recollection of dates is such as to be fully relied on. 

[signature] David Potts lew
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State of Pennsylvania
Chester County ss
Edward Bartholomew being affirmed in due form of law declares and says as follows to wit: I am a son of Mrs Rachel Bartholomew now an applicant for the benefit of the Pension Laws of the United States as the widow of my father the late Benjamin Bartholomew, and have at her request assisted her in procuring the necessary evidence in support of her application. Presuming that the Revd Mr Simington by whom the marriage ceremony referred to in the accompanying deposition of Waters Dewees was performed, kept a record of the marriage shewing the precise time at which it took place I have made very diligent seach and inquiry for such record: I have learned that he kept a book in which were noted a number of marriages and hoped to find in that book the record of that of my said father and mother: Mr Simington having died many years ago childless his books and papers appear to have been scattered among his collateral relatives. I have made inquiry of the families of his executers who are both dead; and of every collateral relative into whose hands I supposed it might by any probability have passed. This inquiry which has consumed much time and been carried to a very considerable extent has been altogether fruitless and I have every reason to believe that the record is now lost. The last trace discoverable of the said book was in the hands of Mrs Ann Channel of the city of Philadelphia, who says that she cannot tell what has become of it: Inquiry has also been made of some of the Junior members of her family with no
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better success. Our family record contains no account of the marriage of my father and mother and if my mother ever had a certificate of her marriage (as I have not doubt she had) I never saw it. It was probably lost many years ago. 
My father died in the year A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twelve and my mother still remains his widow. 
[signature] Edw. Bartholomew

Affirmed & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peach in & for said County Oct 15 A. D. 1838. 
[signature] Wm. Everhart

Pennsylvania 
Chester County SS.
I Benjamin J. Miller Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chester in the State of Pennsylvania, do hereby certify that William Everhart Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken is, and was on the 15th day of October A.D. 1838, a Justice of the Peace in & for the said county duly commissioned and qualified as such according to law. That full faith and credit are to be given to all his official acts as Justice as aforesaid, and that the signature annexed to the said affidavit is his genuine signature. 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office at West Chester the 15th day of October A. D. 1838
]signature] A M Chamberlain
Pro. Prot.