Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9345, Joseph Bartholomew, Conn.
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Conn. 
Bartholomew, Joseph Sina
W. 9345
B. L. 61241-160-55
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1832
Ohio, Pittsburgh

Joseph Bartholomew
of Trumbull in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Osborne of the Regt commanded
by Thompson in the Cont [Connecticut]
line for Eight months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. Pittsburgh. 
at the rate of 26. Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of April
1833 and sent to R. P. Spalding. Warren. Ohio.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833                 53.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833  13.33
                                                                $66.65
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by Wm R. Palmer, Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 8. Page 106

[On facing page}
Letter to Noah M. Green 7th May 1853.
I Bender April 14 /54
Same Apl 26 1854

[number at bottom of page] 240528
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6.172
Michigan
Sina Bartholomew, widow of
Joseph Bartholomew
Conn
who served in the Revolutionary war,
as a private,

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 26. dollars 66. cents per annum, 
to commence
on the 31st October 1854

Certificate of Pension issued
15th day of July 1857 and sent to
Tucker & Lloyd
Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 157. Vol. H.

[On facing page] 
1858 = [illegible]Transferred from
Cleveland Ohio to Detroit Mich
from Sept 4 1857 & sent to
Chas Jewett Esqr
Miles Mick

Date of death not [illegible]  
A B
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240.528
Act Mar 3. '55
April 3. '66
Sina Bartholomew, wid.
Joseph Bartholomew, pri.
Joseph Bartholomew. [signature]

[written across page] 
61.241.[illegible]  April 29th/57

Reviy. War.
[illegible] Act 7 June 1832, Ohio Apr

Ohio June 3rd - 1832
[illegible] 160 ac Aprl 29/57
[illegible signature]
Spect  S.C.B.

Vol 131, page 47.
C.C. Tucker
Present.
Set: C.C. Tucker. Aug. 22d/56
Erid P

60218-160
16040
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No 17147. N. 7832
Joseph Bartholomew
Lordstown County - Tennessee
Admitted for 8 months
from 1776
$26.66

Rufus P. Spalding
Warren Trumbull Co. Ohio

[the following was crossed out]
George Parsons Clk
Trumbull County Court Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Joseph Bartholomew
of Lordstown County in the State of Tennessee
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court

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

3. How old is he? 74

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period: In 1776

Duration of Service:  Drafted; about 1 month
Rank:  Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Lieut. Barnabas 
 
Duration of Service: Enlisted;  3 months
Rank:  Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Capt Osborne

Duration of Service: Drafted; 2 months
Rank:  Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: 

Duration of Service: Drafted; 2 months
Rank:  Drummer
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served: Lieut. Benedict - Col Thompson - Gen'l Wooster

5. In what battles was he engaged? Skirmish.

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Haven Co Conn.

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

Dyer Castor [signature]
Examining Clerk.
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I also certify that on the 6th inst I joined in Marriage Mr Joseph Bartholomew and Miss Sina Bronson Norton February 17th A.D. 1828

Hezekiah Ward Justice Peace

The State of Ohio
Medina County ss]

I Henry Warner Probate Judge in and for said county and State do hereby certify that the above Record is a true copy from the Record of Marriages now on file in this Office.

Given under my hand and seal this 10th
day of December A.D. 1853 -

Henry Warner
Probate Judge
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Joseph Bartholomew
Application for Pension

17147
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The State of Ohio}
Trumbull County}ss

On this 2nd day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Warren within and for the County of Trumbull & State of Ohio Joseph Bartholomew a resident of Lordstown, County & State aforesaid aged seventy-four years on the 28th day of March 1832, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as
herein stated. one or two weeks before the Battle of Long Island I was drafted in a place, then called Amity now Woodbridge, in the County of Newhaven [New Haven] State of Connecticut, was placed under command
of Lieutenant Barnabas Baldwin, marched into
New York City, remained the month or six
week on duty, was in the City of New York at the time the Battle was fought on Long Island, I served at this tour about six weeks, was discharged at New York.  The winter following my first tour of duty I enlisted at the same place that I was drafted for a tour of three months under command of Capt Samuel Osborn, marched to the Saw Pitts, in station there a short time to guard the military stores, from there we marched to North Castle to guard the hay & grain which belonged
to the army of United States.  I served out my tour of three months & was discharged at that place.

The next year I was drafted for a tour of two
months, marched to Fishkills, where I was obliged to stand guard every third day,
during the time for which I was drafted, after my term of service had expired I was discharged I cannot Recollect the names of my officers this tour of duty - the year immediately following my last tour of service
I moved to Waterbury in the County of Newhaven
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State of Connecticut, when I was drafted again for a tour of two months. I marched to the Horseneck under command of Lieutenant Aaron Benedict I was drummer for the company to which I belonged, the most
part of this tour, untill my [illegible] was cut to
peaces [pieces] by the enemy.  We had a small skirmish there the enemy was much stronger in numbers that we were & our officers thought best to retreat. The guard
was all killed on the spot except two who were mortally wounded the guard house was burned, Captain Fowler a British officer was killed; we were under command of Gen Wooster when we were at the Saw Pitts - 
Thompson of Darby Newhaven County was my Colonel the first tour of duty I served, I am not able to recollect the precise date of any of the tours that I served.  I was born in Wolcott Newhaven County State of Connecticut in the year A.D. 1758, I have no record of my age-

I lived [illegible] the war in Waterbury State of Connecticut about fifteen years, I then moved to the County of Trumbull, & excepting a short time I lived in Portage County State of Ohio, have lied there ever since.  I never [illegible] a written discharge.

I know of no person now living by whom I can prove my service in the war except my sister [illegible] Scovill, who is known to my going into the service.

Hon Richard Hays associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Matthew Scott
my neighbours can testify as to my character for veracity and the belief concerning my answers as a soldier in the Revolution.
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

[signed] Joseph Bartholomew

Sworn to & subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
George Parsons Clerk [signature]
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We Richard Hayes & Matthew Scott - residents of the County of Trumbull and State of Ohio hereby certify that we [are] well acquainted with Joseph Bartholomew who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is a man of truth & veracity, and that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have
been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Richard Hayes [signature]
Matthew Scott [signature]

Sworn to and Subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
George Parsons [signature] Clk.

And the said Court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Richard Hayes & Mathew Scott who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the County of Trumbull and are credible persons
and that their statement is entitled to credit.

The State of Ohio
Trumbull County ss

I George Parsons Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said County in the matter of the application of Joseph Bartholomew for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Warren this 19th day of October AD. 1832
George Parsons
Clerk
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CLAIM FOR PENSION.
____________

Act of February 3d 1853
Mrs. Sina Bartholomew
Widow of Joseph
DECLARATION.
____________

CHAS C. TUCKER.
Attorney.
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Declaration of Mrs. Sina Bartholomew
widow of Joseph Bartholomew Pensioner, Act of 1832.
For Revolutionary Pension under the Act of February 3d 1853

State of Ohio
County of Summit]ss

On this 27 day of March 1856, personally
appeared before the Court of Common Pleas
of the County and State above named, Sina Bartholomew, a resident of Suffield Portage Co. in the State of Ohio - aged 65 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 February 3, 1853 granting pensions
to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Joseph Bartholomew who was a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and a
pensioner of the United States by reason of his said services on the Ohio roll at Twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per year.

She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Bartholomew on the Sixth
day of February A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight at Norton Medina Co. Ohio by one Hezekiel Ward a Justice
of the peace that her name before her said marriage was Sina Bronson the 31st
and that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Bartholomew died at Suffield Portage Co. O.
on the 31st day of October. A. D. 1854, and that she has remained a widow since the death of her said husband.

Sina Bartholomew X Her Mark [signature]
 
Attest, NB Stone [signature]

State of Ohio Summit County
I Edwin P Green Clerk of said Court of Common in and for said County, hereby certify that the above named Sina Bartholomew  appeared in open Court and
upon her oath made the foregoing declaration and subscribed the same.

In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 27th day of March 1856

E.P. Green, Clerk. [signature]
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INSTRUCTIONS

1. Claimant's name.
2. Soldier's name.
3. Here specify the service as follows: " in the company commanded by Captain ________ in the regiment of Col. ___________" or "a _______ on board of the United States ship _________ commanded by ____________ in the war of ________" or as the case may be.
4.  Enlisted, volunteered, was drafted, or shipped.
5. "Add, "that she has never before made application for Bounty Land, or that she made an application for Bounty Land for said service, and her claim was rejected or suspended."
6. The claimant will here state that no public or private record of her marriage exists, or can be obtained, if such is the case. If there is a County, Town, or Church record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of such record must be sent. If there is no but a private or family record containing the marriage or the births of children, a copy of such record must be sent, and the magistrate will certify that it is a correct copy of the original.  Parol evidence of the marriage or of co-habitation, is not admissible until absence of record evidence is accounted for.
7. Claimant's signature.
8. Witnesses' signatures.
9. Magistrate's signature.


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240.528.
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BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
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ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
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ORIGINAL CLAIM FOR LAND WARRANT.
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Mrs. Sina Bartholomew
WIDOW OF Joseph

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CHAS C. TUCKER,
Att'y for Claimant,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
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Declaration to be made by a Widow who has never received Bounty Land.
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STATE OF Ohio
Summit COUNTY, ] ss.

On this 27 day of March 1856, before me, a Justice of the peace in and for the County and State above named personally appeared (1) Sina Bartholomew aged 65 years, a resident of Portage Co. Ohio, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of (2) Joseph Bartholomew, who was a (3) private soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner under the Act of June 7, 1832, at $26.66 per year on the Ohio roll.  [point (4) is struck out, as not applicable] and (5) that she has never before made application for Bounty Land.

She further states that she was married to the said (2) Joseph Bartholomew at ________ on the 6th day of February A.D. 1828 by one___ a
Justice of the peace that her name before her said marriage was Sina Bronson -  that her said husband died at Portage Co. Ohio on the 31st day of October 1854 and she is now a widow. (6)

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the act of March 3, 1855, never having received Bounty Land or knowing that she is entitled except for the above service; and she hereby constitutes and appoints CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington, D.C., her attorney to prosecute her claim and procure her warrant. Hereby authorizing and empowering her said attorney to obtain from the proper authorities at Washington City, or elsewhere, certified copies of any Army
or Navy records or documents in which her said husband's services may be recorded, and to procure any and all other evidence that may be necessary to establish her claim, as fully as if personally present; and revoking and countermanding all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.

Attest E.P.  Green (7)
[signed] Sina Bartholomew Her Mark

Sworn to, subscribed, and acknowledged before me the day and year first above written; and on the same day personally came before me Cleora Clinton, a resident of Portage County, in the State above named, and Lester Clinton, a resident of Portage County, in said State, to me known as credible witnesses, who being duly sworn, declare that they are personally acquainted with (1) Sina Bartholomew - widow of (2) Joseph Bartholomew - who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration; that they were personally acquainted with (2) Joseph Bartholomew and his wife
during the lifetime of the former, and know that they lived together as man and wife, and were so reputed; and they believe that the husband of the said (1) Sina Bartholomew was the identical person who performed the service mentioned in the above declaration; that the above named (2) Joseph Bartholomew is now dead, and the said (1) Sina Bartholomew is now a widow. And they further swear that they are disinterested in this claim.

(8) Cleora Clinton [signature]
Lester Clinton [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed before me, and I certify that I am not interested in the claim or concerned in its prosecution.

(9) Salmon Beardsley, J.P.
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STATE OF Ohio }
Summit County } ss

I, Edwin P Green Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above named, do hereby certify that Salmon Beardsley Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavits 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 above
named, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature thereto is genuine.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 27 day of March 1856.

E.P. Green Clerk [signature]
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July 30, 1937

BA-J/EEL
Joseph Bartholomew W.9345

Fern B. Frouk
612 7" Street
Ogden, Utah

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Joseph Bartholomew, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. 

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.9365, based upon the military
service in that war of Joseph Bartholomew, the only soldier of that name that is found on the records of this office.

Joseph Bartholomew was born March 28, 1758, in Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown.

Joseph Bartholomew enlisted at Amity (later Woodbridge) New Haven County, Connecticut, shortly before the battle of Long
Island, and served six weeks as private under Lieutenant Barnabas Baldwin and Colonel Thompson in the Connecticut troops; the following winter, he enlisted and served three months in Captain Samuel Osborn's Connecticut Company; sometime the next year, he again enlisted and served two months, officers' names not given; in the following year, he moved to Waterbury, Connecticut, enlisted there, and served two months as a drummer under Lieutenant
Aaron Benedict and was in a small skirmish. He stated that he had his drum cut to pieces by the enemy. No dates are given for any of the above tours of service.

After the Revolution, he resided in Waterbury, Connecticut, for about fifteen years; then moved to the state of Ohio and resided
in Portage and Trumbull Counties, that state.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832, while residing in Lordstown, Trumbull County, Ohio. At one
time he resided in Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio, and about 1845,
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moved from there to Springfield, Summit County, Ohio.

Joseph Bartholomew died October 31, 1854, in Suffield Township, Portage County, Ohio.

The soldier married February 6, 1828, at Norton, Medina (later Summit) County, Ohio, Miss Sina Bronson. The date and place of
her birth and the names of her parents are not shown.

Soldier's widow, Sina, was allowed pension on her application executed March 27, 1856, at which time she was aged sixty-five years and resided in Suffield Township, Ohio. In 1838, she had removed to Niles, Berrien County, Michigan and was residing with her brother, Gad Bronson.

It was stated that soldier and his wife had a large family of children and that in 1854, all the children had removed to some other state except one daughter, who, herself, had a large family: no names of the children are given.

In 1832, Sue Scovill, made affidavit in Vienna Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, that she was a sister of the soldier Joseph Bartholomew and that she was born January 21, 1757. She did not give the name of her husband.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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1922 Mch. 3 Hist to Helene
Dawson
1932 - June 6 - Hist to Grace Minnagle
EEL
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1933 May 18, 1933 - Hist to Mrs JE Long
Letter sent to Record Division - EEL
_______________________
1935 July 20.  Mrs. JE Lowe 
adv. only once etc.
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1937 - July 30. Hist to Fern B. Frank 
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
__________________
File No. 93455
Sina Bartholomew
Wid
Joseph Bartholomew
Privt Rev. War
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Act: Feb 3d 1853
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 32

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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No 6,714.
Sina Bartholomew,
Widow of Joseph
Summit Co. Ohio

For C. C. Tucker,
April 28/57

Act Feb'y 3. 1853
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Sina Bartholomew
widow of Joseph
Summit Co. Ohio
Admitted, Act Feb 3/53
at rate of $26.66 per
Annum - Commencing
from October 31. 1854.
when he died.
=
Private Infantry 8 months
=
Certificate to
Tucker & Lloyd
Washington, DC
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Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Will Please direct Communications (if any) to your obt svt
Noah M Green


Bounty land laim
Act 3rd March 1855
Additional

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Comm. of Pensions
Washington DC

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Joseph Bartholomew dec'd

Rev. Case Changed to 
Mr Geddes April 23/57
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Pension Office, April 24, 1857
The third auditors will please certify the date to which the within named pensioners were paid - and date of
death and name of widow
Very Respectfully
S. Cole
Chief Clerk

3 " Auditors Office
April 25, 1837
Joseph Barthol
Cleveland Ohio
Act 7 June 1838, has been
paid in full to Sept. 1837
Yours respfly
Auditors
Rev C Whiting Esq
Commr of Pensions
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Luc Scovills affidavit
as to Rev. Services of 
Joseph Bartholomew
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I was Born January 21 AD1757 and I was knowing to Joseph Bartholomew being in the service of the United States at different times in the Revolution war.
Luc Scoville [signature]


The State of Ohio }
Trumbull County }

Vienna Township
October 6th AD 1832
Personally Appeared Lue Scovill and 
and made oath to the above
Certificate Before me

Miles of Wilmot Justice of the Peace
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Washington D.C. June 29. 1857


Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Com'r of Pensions

Sir,
We enclose here - with the additional evidence required in the Pension claim, under Act of July 3. 1853, of Sina Bartholomew widow of Joseph. 
Your letter of the 28th April 57 required the exact date of her husbands death, the
affidavits enclosed, will we presume be deemed
sufficient proof of the above.

Very respectfully
Your Obdt Servant
Tucker & Lloyd
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The State of Ohio }
PORTAGE COUNTY, SS}

I, EBENEZER SPALDING, County Clerk and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Portage and State of Ohio, do hereby certify that William Paulus
Esquire, before whom the foregoing and annexed acknowledgment etc was taken, was at the time of taking the same Justice of
the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts, as such, full faith and credit are due and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine; and that said instrument is executed and acknowledged as required by the statutes of this State.

WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, at Ravenna, this
29th day of March A. D. 1854.

E Spalding, Clerk
By H. M. Clark, Deputy Clerk.
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Washington April 20th 1857

Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Sir
I herewith enclose the application of Mrs Sina Bartholomew for a pension, under act of 3 March 1853.

I respectfully request an early consideration of her claim.

Very respectfully
Your Obt'd Servant

Chas. C. Tucker [signature]
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The State of Ohio }
Medina County } SS

Before the subscriber a Justice of the
Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally came Reuben F. Warner, who being duly sworn according to Law deposes and says, that he is a resident of
Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio, aged Sixty Two years, that he was well acquainted with Joseph Bartholomew, formerly of Medina County, and later of Portage County Ohio, who was a pensioner of the United States for Revolutionary services.  that the said Joseph Bartholomew died the 31st day of October A.D. 1854 in the Township of Suffield, Portage County Ohio - This affiant was present at the funeral of said Joseph and carried his widow Sina Bartholomew in his carriage, to the grave - Affiant made an affidavit on or about the 13th day of April 1857 for the purpose of establishing the above facts, in which it is stated, that said Bartholomew died in 1855 - which is a mistake, and occurred in reckoning back as affiant knew it was two years ago last fall, by mistake it was reckoned 1855, when it should have been 1854 - Affiant now states that he is
1854 -
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positive that said Joseph Bartholomew
died October 31st 1854 because affiant
was married to his present wife, on the
Saturday before the funeral of said Joseph
and said marriage was on the 28th day of October 1854-
R. F. Warner  [signature]


Sworn to by the said Reuben F. Warner before me and signed by him in my presence this 17th day of June AD 1857 and I further certify
that I am personally aquainted [acquainted] with the said Reuben F. Warner and that I know him to be a person of credibility


Sherman Blocker Justice of the Peace [signature]
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The State of Ohio }
Medina County } SS

Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid
personally came Bennett Bartholomew Warner who being duly sworn according to Law, deposes and says, that he is a resident of Wadsworth Medina County Ohio, and is aged Thirty Two years - that he was well acquainted with Joseph Bartholomew, formerly of Medina County and later
of Portage County Ohio, who was a Pensioner of the United States for Revolutionary services, that the said Joseph Bartholomew died on the 31st day of October 1854, in the Township of Suffield Portage County, Ohio. That affiant is a son of Reuben F Warner whose affidavit accompanies this, and together with said Reuben F. made an affidavit for the purpose of establishing
the above facts, with others - said affidavit was made on the 13th day of April 1857, or thereabout and it is stated therein that said Joseph Bartholomew died in the year 1855 which mistake was made by a miscalculation in reckoning back as it was known that it was two years ago, last fall, It was by mistake, called 1855, instead of 1854.  Affiant well reccollects the event of said death, and now states that he is 

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positive of the date.  Affiant is a grandson
of said Joseph, but he is not interested
in the claim of Sina Bartholomew, the present
widow of said Joseph, for a pension, and is
not related to her, only in consequence of her
marriage to said Joseph

Bennett B. Warner [signature]

Sworn to by the said Bennett B Warner before me and Signed by him in my presence this 17th day of June AD 1857 and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said witness and know him to be a person of credibility.

Sherman Blocker Justice of the Peace [signature]

The State of Ohio }
Medina County ss}

I Oscar S. Codding Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that Sherman Blocker Esq whose genuine signatures before appear
is & was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified & authorized to administer oaths for general purposes and that full faith & credit are due and should be given to all his official acts.

Given under my hand & the seal of our said
Court at Medina this 22nd day of June 1857
Oscar S. Codding Clerk [signature]
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The State of Ohio
Medina County, Ss.

Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Personally
came Reuben F. Warner, who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says. that he was acquainted with Joseph Bartholomew, who was a Pensioner of the United States for Revolutionary services, that he became acquainted with him first as early as the year 1817, and knew him thereafter intimately until his death.  

That when he first became acquainted with
said Bartholomew, he was not a Pensioner, but affiant well recollects the said Bartholomew making application for, and obtaining said Pension, at which time said Bartholomew resided as affiant thinks in Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio, - that affiant is also well acquainted with Sina Bartholomew, who is an applicant for a Pension and for Bounty Land as the
Widow of said Joseph Bartholomew.  Affiant
was not present at the marriage of said Sina 
and Joseph, but he was invited to the  wedding which was about the month of March 1828 as affiant thinks - and the next day after said wedding affiant recollects that said Sina and Joseph visited at affiants house since which time affiant has been intimately acquainted with both of said parties. Said Joseph Bartholomew and Sina his wife removed from Wadsworth Medina County, to Springfield Summit County, Ohio about the year 1845 as affiant thinks, from whence they removed to Suffield, Portage County, Ohio
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within two or three years afterwards, where they resided as husband and wife until the death of the said Joseph, which death took place as near as affiant can now recollect in the month of November 1855 - and somewhere about the twentieth day of said month.

Affiant attended the funeral of said Joseph
and carried the widow in his carriage to the grave.

He therefore has positive knowledge and he
states that the said Sina Bartholomew, Applicant for Pension and Bounty Land is the widow of the identical Joseph Bartholomew who was a Pensioner as aforesaid and that the said Sina is now a widow never having been married since the death of the said Joseph.  The said Joseph, died at
Suffield, Portage County, Ohio.

The said affiant is aged sixty two years, and is disinterested in the said claims, of said Sina for Pension and Bounty Land.  Affiant resides  in Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio, and has resided there since the year 1814.

R F Warner [signature]


Sworn to and subscribed by the said R F Warner Before me this 13th day of April A D 1857 and I certify that the said Ruben F Warner is personally known to me and that he is a person of credibility

Sherman Blocker Justice of the Peace,
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State of Ohio
Medina County ss.

Before the subscriber a Justice of the
Peace in and for the county aforesaid, Personally came Bennet B. Warner, who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, that he was acquainted with Joseph Bartholomew, who was a Pensioner of the United States for Revolutionary services, that he became acquainted with him first, as early as the year 1829 and knew him there after, intimately until his death.  That affiant is
also well acquainted with Sina Bartholomew who is an applicant for Pension and for Bounty Land as the widow of said Joseph Bartholomew.

Said Joseph Bartholomew and Sina his wife
removed from Wadsworth, Medina County, to
Springfield Summit County, Ohio, about the year 1845 as affiant thinks, from whence they removed to Suffield, Portage County, Ohio, within two or three years afterwards, where they resided as husband and wife, until the
death of the said Joseph, which death took place as near as affiant can now recollect in the month of November 1855, and somewhere about the 20th day of said month.

He has positive knowledge and he states that the said Sina Bartholomew applicant for Pension and Bounty Land is the widow of the identical Joseph Bartholomew who was a Pensioner for Revolutionary services as aforesaid, and that the said Sina is now a widow never having been married since the death of said Joseph.  Said Joseph died at Suffield Portage County, Ohio.

the said affiant is aged Thirty one
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years, and is disinterested in the said claims
of said Sina for Pension and Bounty Land.

Affiant resides in Wadsworth, Medina County
Ohio, and has resided there since the year 1825.

Bennet B. Warner [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed by the said Bennet B Warner this 13th day of April A D 1857 and I certify that the said Bennet B Warner is
personally known to me and that he is a person of credibility.

Sherman Blocker Justice of the Peace [signature]

The State of Ohio }
Medina County ss}

I Oscar S Codding Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid hereby certify that Sherman Blocker whose genuine signatures before appear
and before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken was at the time of signing the same & taking such affidavits a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified & that full faith
and credit are due and should be given to all
his official acts

Given and my hand & the Seal of our said
Court at Medina this 15th day of April 1857
Oscar S Codding Clerk [signature]
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M L Waldo Commissioner
Pensions
please examin the within and
allow as proof of law directs (young)
bearing in and the facts as set
forth and if there is a doubt in any
portion of the application or evi-
dence please in form for I know
the most of the facts to be as is stated
and believe the rest to be true as
set forth March 31st 1854
Truly yours
Amos Burden
Address
Alliance
Clark County
Ohio

N/B if his statement wood to
have the sum of one son Ben
rich or pensioner in connection with
Benedict Statement it should be
late factory evidence of the addtima
time that the applicant fund and in
not alone sention for in his
former application the high
ven by him in connection with Bond
dic statement
prove him four month
hers for said plan which he
or to receive by this aplication
which you will please exoner
⎬
and port & soon as conven
Bunder
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Brief in case Jos.
Batholomew for
increase of pension
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Brief-- in case J. Bartholomen
J. Bartholomew in open Court 22 Oct 1832. Pittsburg O
aged 74 years 28th March 1832. 1 or 2 weeks before battle of Long Island aft' at a place now called Woodbridge in State Connecticut under Lt. Barnabas Baldwin, marched into NY remained there 1 month or 6 weeks on duty was in NY when battle. L. I. was fought and was on this town about 6 weeks. discharged at N.Y. Winter following 1st town, enlisted at same time & place for term of 3 months, Capt S. Osborne, marched to Law Pills stationed a short time to guard military stores, thence to North Castle to guard hay & grain belonging to U.S. & served out sd time & discharged. Next year drafted for time 2 months served & was discharged does not recollect officers names. Year following last tour of service moved to Waterbury Connect. drafted again for tour of 2 months marched to Horse Neck under Lt. Aaron Benedict was drummer for the Co. (and served out this term). Was born in 1758 - lived since war in Waterbury about 15 yes. then removed to Trumbull Co. (excepting a
short time lived in Portage Co Ohio) & lived there ever
since - never had a discharge - knows no person
who can prove service except his sister L. Scoville
 Hon. R. Hays Circ. Judge C. P. & Matthew Scott can
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testify to his character for veracity & belief con-
cerning his service as a soldier.-
Richd Hays & M. Scott testify to his veracity
his reputation as a revolutionary soldier
The court also certifies
Lue Scovill affidavit & certificate & signatures
all in same hand writing
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U. S. Pension Agency
Cleveland O. Nov 27 1858,
of Noving your letter of the 23d day
Sir
Your letter of the 23d day of November 1858
inquiring, to what time
Lena Bartholemew widow of Joseph
a revolutionary Pensioner, on the Roll
of my Agency under the 2d Section of the
act of February 3, 1853, was last paid,
I have to inform you, that she has
been paid by me to the 4th day of
September A.D. 1857
I am respectfully
your obedient servant
E  Hessenmueller
Pension Agent
Geo C. Whiting Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
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Nily Michigan
Oct 30th 1858
Hon Comr of Pensions
Sir
I enclose the
application of Lina
Bartholomew for the
purpose of getting her
Pension transfered from
Cleveland Ohio to the
Detroit, Michigan Agency
Not having the forms
have drawn the
papers by guess-
Respectfly Yours
Charles Jewett
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State of Michigan
Berrien County SS
⎬Sina Bartholomew
being duly sworn says that she is sixty
six years of age, & removed from Suffie-
ld Portage County Ohio to Niles in the
State of Michigan in June 1858. that she
is the widow of (the) Joseph Bartholomew
who was a private in the Revolutionary War
& who died at Suffield Ohio in
October 1854 - That the Department of
the Interior on the 15th day of July
1857 issued a pension certificate to
her for the payment of $26.66 per annum
& payable at the Pension Agency of the U
S at Cleveland, Ohio, that said pension
was allowed to her as the widow of said
Joseph Bartholomew aforesaid - that she
has taken up her residence at Niles
in aforesaid County of Berrien & prays
that the payment of her pension may
be transfered from Cleveland to the
Pension Agency at Detroit in the
State of Michigan
Subscribed & sworn to
before me Oct 27, 1858     Sina (Bronson)
Charles Jewett                      Bartholomew
Notary Public
March of many
God Bronson of Niles in Berrien County
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being duly sworn says that he knows
above named Sina Bartholomew and
that she remains unmarried & is the
widow of her late husband Joseph
Bartholomew of Suffield Ohio, deceased
said Sina is a sister of this deponent
& resides with this deponent
at Niles, Berrien County Michigan
Gad Bronson
Subscribed & Sworn to
before me October 27, 1858 & I certify I
know the parties who signed the above
davits to be the identical persons they
represent themselves to be & that I have no
interest in the above application
Charles Jewett
Notary Public
Michigan County of Berrien SS:
I William S. Merrill Clerk of the Circuit Court for said County
do hereby certify that Charles Jewett Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavits were made and who has thereto subscribed his name
was at the time of so doing a Notary Public in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn and that his
signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed
my name and affixed the Seal of the said
Court at Berrien in said County this 29th
day of October A.D. 1858.
Wm S. Merrill Clerk
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I certify that on the 6th inst I joined in Marriage
Mr Joseph Bartholomew and Miss Sina Bronson
Norton February 17th A.D. 1828
Hezekiah Ward Justice Peace
The State of Ohio
Medina County
I Henry Warner Probate
Judge in and for said County
and State do hereby certify that the
above Record of the Marriage
of Joseph Bartholomew and Miss Sina Bronson
is a true and accurate copy  from the Record now in this 
Office Given under my hand and the Seal
of the Probate Court for Medina County and
State of Ohio this 10th day of November A.D 1856
Henry Warner
Probate Judge
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The State of Ohio
Medina County SS
Before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County aforesaid personally came Reuben F
Warner who being duly sworn according to Law
deposes and says that he is a resident of Wadsworth
Medina County Ohio and is aged Sixty two years
That he was acquainted with Joseph Bartholomew, who
was a pensioner of the United States for revolutionary
services that he became acquainted with said Joseph
as early as the year 1817 and knew him thereafter,
intimately until his death that when he first became
acquainted with said Bartholomew he was not a
pensioner but affiant well recollects said
Bartholomew making application for and ob-
taining said pension at which time he resided
as affiant thinks in Wadsworth Medina County
Ohio that affiant is also well acquainted with
in Sina Bartholomew the widow of said
Joseph who is an applicant for a pension and
also for Bounty Land.
Affiant was not present at the marriage of said Sina & Joseph but was invited to the wedding which was about the
month of March 1828 as affiant thinks
and the next day after said wedding said
Sina & Joseph visited at affiants house since
which time affiant has been intimately acquainted with
both of said parties, they removed from
Wadsworth Medina County to
Springfield Summit
County Ohio about the year 1845 as affiant
thinks from whence they removed to Suffield
Portage County Ohio within two or three years
afterwards where they resided as husband and
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wife until the death of said Joseph which death
took place at said Suffield Portage Co Ohio
as near as affiant can reccollect in the
month of November 1855 and about the 20th
of said month affiant attended the funeral
of said Joseph and carried the widow in
his carriage to the Grave he therefore has
positive knowledge and States that the said
Sina Bartholomew is the widow of the identical
Joseph Bartholomew who was a pensioner as
aforesaid and that the said Sina is now a
widow never having been married since
the death of the said Joseph Affiant has
resided in Wadsworth Medina County Ohio
since the year 1814 and is disinterested in the
said claims of said send for pension and
County Land
R F Warner
Sworn to and subscribed by the said
R F Warner this 13th day of April AD 1857
and I certify that the said Ruben F
Warner is personally known
to me and that he is a person
of Credibility
Sherman Blocker Justice of the Peace
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wife until the death of said Joseph which death
took place at said Suffield Portage Co Ohio
as near as affiant can recollect in the
month of November 1855 and about the 20th
of said month affiant attended the funeral
of said Joseph and carried the widow in
his carriage to the Grave he therefore has
positive knowledge and States that the said
Sina Bartholomew is the widow of the identical
Joseph Bartholomew who was a pensioner as
aforesaid and that the said Sina is now a
widow never having been married since
the death of the said Joseph Affiant has
resided in Wadsworth Medina County Ohio
Since the year 1814 and is disinterested in the
said claims of said send for pension and
Bounty Land
R F Warner
Sworn to and subscribed by the said
R F Warner this 13th day of April AD 1857
and I certify that the said Ruben
F Warner is personally known
to me and that he is a person
of Credibility
Sherman Blocker Justice of the Peace
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State of Ohio
Medina County SS
Before the Subscriber a Justice of the
peace in and for the County aforesaid personally came
Bennett B Warner who being duly sworn accord-
ing to law deposes and says that he was acquainted with
Joseph Bartholomew who was a pensioner
of the United States for Revolutionary services. That
he became acquainted with him first as early as the
year 1829 and knew him thereafter intimately until
his death. That affiant is also well acquainted with
Sina Bartholomew who is an applicant for
pension and for Bounty Land as the widow of
said Joseph Bartholomew.  Said Joseph Barthol
new and Sina his wife removed from Wadsworth
Medina County to Springfield Summit County Ohio
about the year 1845 as affiant thinks
whence they removed to Suffield Portage County Ohio
within two or three years afterwards where they resided
as husband and wife until the death of said Joseph
which death took place as near as affiant (think)
can now recollect in the month of November 1855
and somewhere about the 20th day of said month
He has positive knowledge and he states that the said
Sina Bartholomew applicant for pension and County Land
is the widow of the identical Joseph Bartholomew
who was a pensioner for revolutionary services
as aforesaid and that the said Sina is now a
widow never having been married since the death
of said Joseph  Said Joseph died at Suffield
Portage County   The said affiant is aged
Thirty one years and is disinterested in the said
claims of said Sina for pension and Bounty Land
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affiant resides in Wadsworth Medina County Ohio
and has resided there since the year 1825
Bennet B. Warner
Sworn to and subscribed by the said
Bennet B Warner Before me this
13th day of April A D 1857 and I certify
that the said Bennet B Warner is
personally known to me and
that he is a person of credibility
Sherman Blacker Justice of the Peace
The State of Ohio
Medina County
I Oscar S Codding Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas of the County
and State aforesaid hereby certify
that Sherman Blocker whose genuine
signatures before appear & before
whom the foregoing affidavits were
taken was at the time of signing
the same & taking such affidavit a Justice of the
Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and
qualified & that full faith & credit are due and
should be given to all of his official acts
Given under my hand & the Seal of our said Court
at Medina this 15th day of April 1857
Oscar S Codding Clerk
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Brief in the case of Sina Bartholomew, widow of Joseph
Summit County and State of Ohio-
act February 3, 1853
Claim, original
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either state the substance
Husband of Claimant was a pensioner
under act of June 7, 1832, at rate of $26.66 per
annum, and was paid to Sept 4, 1854, as shown
by certificate of 3d auditor
Marriage, in 1828, proved by certified Copy
from County Court Records
Identity of claimant as the widow of 
above named pensioner, and his death
on the 31st October 1854, proved by two credible
witnesses
Allowance accordingly.
Messrs Tucker & Lloyd
Name and residence of Agent
Washington, D. C.

R Geddes
Examining Clerk.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Joseph Bartholomew which require
further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  No
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ______year ____ -- months, and _____days , I served as a  ____. For _____ months and __________________ days, I served as a ____ and for such service I claim a pension.
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3
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Washington D.C. April 20 1857
Har. Geo. C. Whiting
Comr of Pensions
Sir
the Bounty land
Claim of Sina Bartholomew, under act of 3 March
1855, was suspended 22d Augst. '56 for proof of
Marriage, husbands death, present widowhood and
identity. The application was numbered 240.528
I herewith enclose the additional
testimony required, and respectfully request
its early consideration
Very respectfully
Your  Obd Servant
Chas. C. Tucker
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Application of Joseph
Bartholomew for in-
crease of pension
Ohio
Page 58

State of Ohio
Summit County. On this 3rd day of December in the year one
thousand Eight Hundred and fifty two. Personally appeared
Joseph Bartholomew a Pensioner of the United States, aged
Ninety five years Mar 28th March 1853, who being duly sworn
according to Law declares that he now receives a pension
from the United States of twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Six
Cents only - That he enlisted for, and serve three months
was then drafted for, and servd two months at West Point
and after that, was drafted and served at Horse Neck
over two months- Aaron Benedict was his Lieutenant, the
Captains name is forgotten - He makes this affidavit
with a view of getting his Pension increased and
also to obtain some arrear or Back pension
Attest                                                            his
James Wright                                     Joseph   X   Bartholomew
                                                                    Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this third
day of Decr 1852, Noah M Green, Jus of Peace
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Mr L P Waldo Com
Dear Sir
in response to yours of the 14th April '54
your letter stated that you herewith return
the pension certificate of Joseph Bartholomew
an applicant for an increase of pension
as a revolutionary soldier and to state that
he had not been allowed a pension for the full
amount of his service and as being on a comand
for the full time The pension certificate
was not returned therewith) I suppose it was
retained for a fair and reasonable purpose
I must come to the conclusion that the ap-
plication for an increase was not yet up approved
The form from your favour sent me if he
(Bartholomew) would certificate and in-
crease and say positive leasin St
for I think it instance in this case
I am  willing to hear that I have no
trust in the event of the application but
there, for the in trust of the applicant
with this understanding I charge him nothing
unless I succeed in getting some thing more
for him and if I don't  to give me entate
thinks it for my said decease, he
enly alone for five month, is as he
then and that there was some fore months not
cound for which he now the servis of the
Curtenanted to in his declaration of
there is my my to give any for the assistance
to be given him it would be sent
this as if you want further the proof in the case
please inform me and I will again this
20th 1854
Amos Burden
Alliance Ohio
truly yours
Amos Burden
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State of Ohio
County of Portage on the 23d day of March A D
1854 personally appeared before
the subscriber Justice of the peace in and
for the County and State aforesaid Joseph
Bartholomew age 96 who first being duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath make the fol-
lowing declaration to it that he was a pri-
vate in the army of the revolutionary war and
become a pensioner at the rate of $26 66 cent
per annum payable at the Pittsburgh agency
he further states that he was not allowed
and a pension for the full length of his
Servis and that he served at least eight months
as a soldier in the revolutionary war as fol-
lows served three months under Samuel
Arburn as captain-- and served one month
under Capt Barnabas Baldwin and was
sent to take care of one Andrew Bradley
who was sick and called out again and
then served two months and then was called
out the 4th time and then served two months
longer and untill honorable discharge
from said servis making eight months in
Carding the whole term of service
and that one Aaron Benedict was left
tenant and that the captain gave up the 
command to Benedict at horse neck in
1778 and that his service was performed in
the State of Connecticut and new york he fur-
ther states that many since he left the sevice
to it on or about the year AD 1840 at the
County of Summit and State of Ohio
that he was ???? and proved
.
the servis of said Aaron Bendictt above aforesaid refer to
leftenant and prove some months service over
which he Bouthome not
⎬
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Address
Amos Burden
Alliance Stark
County Ohio
allowed pension for either ranks probably from
and at that time he had no idea of getting one
more pension than what he then drew
He further State that he was discharged at north
castle woodbridge and State of Connecticut
befor the states that he was in the forces
at the time the battle was fought at com-
po hill where the british Ship landed
and the british come of to the battle he further
States that Asahel Burton was at the time
thereof the commanding officers He further
States that he is very infirm and much
afflicted and has been confined to the house
for a number of months last past and is
in indigent circumstances and must
depend on the charity of his friends for
the support of himself and his beloved
and ?cannon? wife (who still ?have?
the full the lamations of the dead)
Attest Hiram Spencer                                 his
Asahel  T Blakeslee                        Joseph   X  Bartholomew
                                                                 mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the
day and year above written and thereby
certify that from personal aquaintance
and from credible information I certify
the statement fined and sworn to to
be true in substance and in fact and
told by said applicant and that he is of
the age above stated to it ninety six years
as never heard it questioned or doubted but
what he served the full sum of eight months
as he had claimed
William Paulus
Justice of the peace
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State of Ohio
County of Portage on the 23rd day of March
1854 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace Sina Bartholomew wife of Joseph Bartholomew
that her first being duly sworn according to law
deposeth and say that she has a great number
of different time heard her said husband
speak of the the different times of Service and
and he all ways told the same story and claimed 
to have on the eight months served
as is set forth in the within by my hus-
band Joseph Bartholomew and with the con
fidence She place in him for truth in his
Statements from so many years personal
assistance as a wife She has no more doubt of the truth
of the statement than if She was personal
present and from said person performed as set
forth by said applicant
                                                        her
                                                Sina   X    Bartholomew
                                                      mark
Also personally appeared before me the
Subscriber Justice of the Peace Cleora
Clinton who being duly sworn ac-
cording to law poseth and says that she was
and has been well and personally aquainted
with the said Joseph Bartholomew for more
than forty year last past it and have often
heard him tell of his hardships and services re-
ndered by him in said revolutionary war and
he always told the same story about the
length of time he served and where and when
he served and that She never heard it doubted
or questioned by any one but all appear to
believe that he served as he states and that
she from her own personal aquaintance
for some many years last past firmly 
believes the statement by said Joseph Bar
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tholomew to be true she further state that said
Bartholomew is in indigent circumstance
and ?her to? and has had to depend upon his friends
for his support care and protection and is suf-
fering from total inability and has raised a
large family of childern, all of which are gone
to some foreign state or terry except one only daugh-
ter who has the care of a large family of her own and
cannot under the existing circumstances provide the
assistance that nuture call for and that said Bartholomew
his aged and careworn wife requires
great care and attention
Cleora Clinton
also personally came before me the
before me a Justice of the peace Hirem
Spencer who being first duly sworn according
to law deposeth and say that he has been person-
ally aquainted with said Joseph Bartholomew
for a number of years and that full confidence
?who are in his? his statement as is set forth
the court the some thing from him
of time heard and that to be
eight months which sale to be the
forthly ham Bartholomew Hiram Spencer
All person all all on before me the
be a Justice of the Peace George Clinton
who being first sending
and says that his personally aquainted
with the applicant witness an
that he knows and leave these statement to
in substance and in fact George Clinton
unto and subscribed before me
the day and year above writen by the above named
the same above from personal
and once and credible information to be credible
and reliable witness and have the men of
knowing what they certify about to line
William Paulus
Justice of the peace
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After 5 days, return to
Helene B. Dawson,                           Charleston, 1ll.
715 4th St.
CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS.                   Feb. 1, 1922.

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:-
Can you give me any information about
Joseph Bartholomew and his former wife
Christiana (Pickenpaugh) Bartholomew, of
whom I am a descendant?
Here are his name and references as I found
them in the Connecticut Pension List
Joseph Bartholomew, W. Lina,
B L W t. 61241 - 160 - 55.
W. 9345.
Any information that will help me to join
the D. A. R.'s. will be appreciated very much.
Yours very truly Helene B. Dawson
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                                                  Warren, Ohio,
                                                   April 27, 1932
Veteran's Administration
Bureau of Pensions,
Department of Wars of Revolution
in 1812,
Washington, D. C.                                                   2
Gentlemen:-
Information contained in your                                            Pa
files on Joseph Bartholomew, who applied
for a Pension from Trumbull County, in 1832;
also on John Williams, who applied for Pension
the same date, according to the Trumbull County
Records, will be much appreciated.
Yours truly,
Grace M. Winnagle
Grace M. Winnagle
267 Belmont St. N. W.

GMW:EGC
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Ogden Utah
July 16, 1937
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C
Dear sir
Will you kindly search
your records for any information
of the parents of
Joseph Bartholomew who
fought in the Revolutionary War
Thanking you
Sincerely
Fern B. Fronk
612.7th It

RECEIVED
Jul 19 1937
MAIL SUB-DIV
READER 12
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L4106
Mullen Nebraska
July 12 1935
Veterans Administration
Washington D. C
Dear Sir
Do you have was records of
two men who served in the
Revolutionary War by the name of
Joseph Bartholomew from Connecticut
I have record of one who married
Miss Sina Bronson and my
ancestor whom I am trying to locate
Married Miss Esther Cleveland
I would appreciate any information
you could give to me on this
I am Resp
Mrs. J. E. Lowe
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.       3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
W.F. 9345-                                    Washington, D. C.  ______, 19___          


In reply to your request of ______,  received ______
a statement of the military history of Joseph 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.

DATE OF ENLITMENT	LENGTH OF	RANK	OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVISE WAS RENDER		STATE
 OR APPOINTMENT	SERVICE		                        CAPT		           COL		
							
1776	                         6 mos	         Pvt	        Lt Barnabas Baldwin	Thompson		                Conn
winter following               3 mos	         Pvt	         Samuel Osborn         General Wooster		
Next Year		                 2 mos              Pvt	                                  Officers	not filed
year following                  2 mos	  Drummer	Lieut Aaron Benedict

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, drafted at Amity, New Haven Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 8 1832 His cl was al
Residence at date of application, Lordstown Trumball Co Ohio
Age at date of application, born Mch  28 1758 in Wolcott New Haven Co Conn
                                           dec'd Oct. 31, 1854 at Suffield Ohio 
Remarks:
He mar Feby 6 1828 at Norton, Ohio Miss Sina Bronson
She was allowed pension on an app. Mch 27, 1856
while a resident of Suffield Portage Co Ohio aged 65 years
It is stated that they raised a large family of children
but no names are given and there is no reference to
another wife
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6 -- 2850

1822
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July 20, 1935.
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BA-J/ady
Mrs. J. E. Lowe
Box 106
Mullen, Nebraska
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to
Joseph Bartholomew, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, 
who married Esther Cleveland.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office
are obtained from claims made to the United States
for pension and bounty land based upon military
service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show
such a claim on file on account of the services of
Joseph Bartholomew as described by you, all spellings
of the surname searched
The record of the only Joseph Bartholomew that
is found on the Revolutionary War records of this
office was furnished you. May 18, 1933.
from Conn
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON                                          May 18, 1933
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                                                                  HA-J/MMHF/eel
Mrs. J. H. Lowe
Box 106
Mullen, Nebraska

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revo-
lutionary War record of Joseph Bartholomew and Amos Holliday, of Wal-
lingford, Connecticut, and of the grandfather of Rodolphas W. Smart,
also, the Mexican War record of the last named person.
The records of Joseph Bartholomew and Amos Holladay are furnished
you herewith, both of Connecticut, and the only soldiers so named
that are found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. No
record can be identified as that of the grandfather of Rodolphas W.
Smart, of Vermont. The full name of a soldier is essential in a
search of the records.
Your letter has been referred to the proper division for reply
in regard to the Mexican War soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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                                               May 18, 1933
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                                               BA-J/EEL
                                              Joseph Bartholomew - W. 9345
                                               Amos Holladay-S.10858
Mrs. J. E. Lowe
Box 106
Mullen, Nebraska
Dear Madam:

You are herewith furnished the histories of Joseph Bartholomew and Amos Holladay as found in the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 9345 and 8.10858, based upon the military services of those men in that war.
Joseph Bartholomew
W. 9345
Joseph Bartholomew was born March 28, 1758, in Wolcott, 
New Haven County, Connecticut.
He enlisted at Amity (later Woodbridge), New Haven County, Connecticut shortly before the battle of Long Island, and served six weeks as a private under Lieutenant Barnabas Baldwin and Colonel Thompson in the
Connecticut Troops; the following winter, he enlisted and served three months in Captain Samuel Osborn's Connecticut Company; sometime in the next year, he again enlisted and served two months, officers were not given; in the following year, he moved to Waterbury, Connecticut enlisted
there, and served two months as a drummer under Lieutenant
Benedict and was in a small skirmish. He stated that he had his drum cut to pieces by the enemy. No dates are given for any of the
tours of service.
After the Revolution, he resided in Waterbury Connecticut for
about fifteen years; then moved to the state of Ohio
Portage and Trumbull Counties, that state.
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                                              May 18, 1933
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                                              BA-J/EEL
                                              Joseph Bartholomew W. 9345
                                              Amos Holladay-S.10858
Mrs. J. E. Lowe
Box 106
Mullen, Nebraska
Dear Madam:
You are herewith furnished the histories of Joseph Bartholomew
and Amos Holladay as found in the papers on file in Revolutionary War
pension claims, W.9345 and S.10858, based upon the military 
services of those men in that war.

Joseph Bartholomew
W. 9345
Joseph Bartholomew was born March 28, 1758, in Wolcott, New Haven County, Connecticut.
He enlisted at Amity (later Woodbridge), New Haven County, Connecticut shortly before the battle of Long Island, and served six weeks as a private under Lieutenant Barnabas Baldwin and Colonel Thompson in the Connecticut Troops; the following winter, he enlisted and served three months in Captain Samuel Osborn's Connecticut Company; sometime in the next year, he again enlisted and served two months, officers' names not
given in the following year, he moved to Waterbury, Connecticut, enlisted there, and served two months as a drummer under Lieutenant Aaron Benedict and was in a small skirmish. He stated that he had his drum cut to pieces by the enemy. No dates are given for any of the above tours of service.
After the Revolution, he resided in Waterbury, Connecticut, for
about fifteen years; then moved to the state of Ohio and resided in Portage and Trumbull Counties, that state.
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Joseph Bartholomew was allowed pension on his application executed
October 2, 1832, while residing in Lordstown, Trumbull County,
Ohio. At one time, he resided in Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio,
and about 1845, moved from there to Springfield, Summit County, Ohio.
He died October 31, 1854, in Suffield Township, Portage County,
Ohio.
The soldier married February 6, 1828, at Morton, Medina (later
Summit) County, Ohio, Miss Sina Bronson
Soldier's widow, Sina, was allowed pension on her application
executed March 27, 1856, at which time she was aged sixty-five years
and resided in Suffield Township, Ohio. In 1858, she had removed
to Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, and was residing with her brother,
Gad Bronson.
It was stated that soldier and his wife had a large family of
children and that in 1864, all the children had removed to some other
state except one daughter, who, herself, had a large family of; no names
of children are given.
In 1832, Sue Scovill, made affidavit in Vienna Township Trun
bull County, Ohio, and stated that she was a sister of the soldier
and that she was born January 31, 1757.
There are no further data as to family.
Amos Holladay
S. 10858
Amos Holladay was born in 1754, in Simsbury, Connecticut.
While residing in Simsbury, Connecticut, he enlisted and served
as a private as follows: from sometime in 1775, nine months in Captain
Israel Seymour's Company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connectiicut
Regiment; from March or April, 1776, nine months in Captain
Israel Seymour's Company, Colonel John Chester's Connecticut Regiment,
was in the retreat from Long Island and in the battle of Flatbush,
where he received a slight wound in the side by a ball from March
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April, 1777, nine months in Captain Strong's Company, Colonel
Sherburn's Regiment, which regiment he joined at White Plains; from
December, 1777, three months in Captain Asa Bray's Company, Colonel
Mead's Connecticut Regiment and was in an attack on a fort near King's
Bridge; from March, 1778, nine months in Captain Strong's Company.
Colonel Sherburn's Regiment, which he joined in Westchester County,
New York, from December, 1778, three months in Captain Berry's Company
, Colonel Mead's Connecticut Regiment; from March, 1779, nine
months in Captain Strong's Company, Colonel Sherburn's Regiment and
Joined same at Hackensack, New Jersey; from December, 1779, three
months in Captain John Rice's Company, Colonel Mead's Connecticut
Regiment; and from March, 1780, until December, 1780, in a company
called "Silver Greys" commanded by Colonel Hezekiah Swift,
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 16,
1883, while residing in Cohocton, Steuben County, New York.
There are no data as to family of Amos Holladay,
" " "
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator,
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Grace M. Winnagle
267 Belmont Street, N.W.
Warren, Ohio
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Jospeh Bartholomew,
a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file
in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, W.9346, based upon the
military service of Joseph Bartholomew in that war.
Joseph Bartholomew was born March 28, 1758, in Wolcott, New Haven
County, Connecticut.
He enlisted at Amity (later Woodbridge), New Haven County, Connectiist
, shortly before the battle of Long Island, and served six weeks as a
private under Lieutenant Barnabas Baldwin and Colonel Thompson in the
Connecticut Troops; the following winter, he enlisted and served three
months in Captain Samuel Osborn's Connecticut Company; sometime in the
next year, he again enlisted and served two months, officers' names not
given: in the following year, he moved to Waterbury, Connecticut, enlisted
there, and served two months as a drummer under Lieutenant Aaron Benedict
and was in a small skirmish. He stated that he had his drum cut to
pieces by the enemy. No dates are given for any of the above tours of service.
After the Revolution, he resided in Waterbury, Connecticut, for
about fifteen years; then moved to the state of Ohio and resided in
Portage and Trumbull Counties, that state.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 2, 1832, while residing in Lordstown, Trumbull County Ohio. At one time, he resided in Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio, and about 1845, moved from
there to Springfield, Summit County, Ohio.
He died October 31, 1851 in Suffield Township.
Portage County, Ohio.

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The soldier married February 6, 1828, at Norton, Medina (later
Summit County, Ohio, Miss Sina Bronson
Soldier's widow, Sina, was allowed pension on her application
executed March 27, 1856, at which time she was aged sixty-five years
and resided in Suffield Township, Ohio. In 1848, she had removed
to Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, and was residing with her brother,
Gad Bronson,
It was stated that soldier and his wife had a large family of
children, and that in 1854 all of the children had removed to some
other state except one daughter, who, herself, had a large family.
No names of children are given.
In 1832, Sue Scovill, made affidavit in Vienna Township, Trumbull
County, Ohio, and stated that she was a sister of the soldier
and that she was born January 21, 1757.
There are no further data as to family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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