Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 520-100, John Bartlet, Continental

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(3-1776)
Service: Continental

Bartlet, John
Bartlett, "

Number: B.L.Wt. 520-100
CONTENTS

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No. 520
John Bartlett
a Sgt. in the 1st Regt
Lt Dragoons late Va. Line

Warrant issued
12th July 1810

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Charles Town Jefferson County Virginia

I do hereby certify that John Bartlett
was a noncommissioned officer of the
first Regiment of Light Dragoons com-
manded by Col. W. White at the time that
the first and third Regiments were
consolidated. and that he continued
in the service of the United States until
the end of the war at which time
I think he was a quarter Master sergeant.

Given under my hand this 10th day
of June 1810

Geo Hite late
a Lieut 3d [ilegible 1st] Light
Dragoons U. S. Army

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February 15, 1940
The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D.C.

BA-J/AWF
John Bartlet
B.L.Wt. 520-100

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information in regard to John Bartlett, private in the New Jersey troops, in the Revolutionary War, and after the war lived in Bridgeport, Virginia (West Virginia).

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon the service of a John Bartlet or Bartlett who served with the New Jersey troops.

The Revolutionary War records of this office show, however, that on June 10, 1810, George Hite, late a lieutenant in the Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, stated in Charles Town, Jefferson County, Virginia (West Virginia), that John Bartlet (Bartlett) was a noncommissioned officer in the First Regiment of Light Dragoons, commanded by Colonel White, that the First and Third Regiments were consolidated, and that John Bartlett continued in the service until the close of the war, at which time he was a quartermaster sergeant.

On account of this service Warrant #520 for one hundred acres of bounty land was issued July 12, 1810, to John Bartlett. [handwritten] His place of residence [illegible].

There are no further data in this claim in

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February 15, 1940
The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D. C.

BA-J/AWF
John Bartlet
B.L.Wt. 520-100

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for information in regard to John Bartlett, private in the New Jersey troops, in the Revolutionary War, and after the war lived in Bridgeport, Virginia (West Virginia).

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon the service of a John Bartlet or Bartlett who served with the New Jersey troops.

The Revolutionary War records of this office show, however, that on June 10, 1810, George Hite, late a lieutenant in the Third Regiment of Light Dragoons, stated in Charles Town, Jefferson County, Virginia (West Virginia), that John Bartlet (Bartlett) was a noncommissioned officer in the First Regiment of Light Dragoons, commanded by Colonel White, that the First and Third Regiments were consolidated, and that John Bartlett continued in the service until the close of the war, at which time he was a quartermaster sergeant.

On account of this service Warrant #520 for one hundred acres of bounty land was issued July 12, 1810, to John Bartlett.  [handwritten] His place of residence not shown

There are no further data in this claim in

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regard to the service of John Bartlet (Bartlett) and no data relative to his family.
The application for headstone for John Bartlett is returned herewith.  There was no correspondence enclosed.
Very truly yours
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator