Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 576, John Bartle, New York.

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New York
Bartle, John
R. 576

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State of Kentucky}
Franklin County} Ss;
I, Jas W. Batchelor a Notary Public in and for the County & State aforesaid do Certify, That it has this day Satisfactorily appeared to me, that John Bartle a Captain in the Army of the Revolution, died on the 9th of December 1845 and left no widow, and but two living children John Bartle and Eliza Pearce.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this 4th day of December 1851
Jas. W Batchelor
Notary Public Franklin County

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State of Kentucky}
Campbell County}   Ss.  On the 13th day of March 1838 personally appeared
before me Samuel Baker a Justice of the Peace in and for the af-
=oresaid state and county of Campbell John Bartle, a resident of
the county and state afsd aged ninety-two years on the 2nd day of
April last, who being first duly sworn 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 as a volunteer
on the 1st day of November 1775. and he was elected Capt of the
company on his entrance, and served one year, and he took
command of his company at what was called the "Bloody-
Pond, and marched from there to Saratoga, and there the
Army stood, and Genl. Gates had the command, and there
we took Burgoyne, and then Arnold applied to Gates, for
permission to go to the right wing of the British Army, and Gates regus-
=ed him permission, and Arnold went, and I as captain and my 
company, and nine other capts and their companies went, and
we defeated them and drove them from their Cannon, and
turned their Guns on them, and we took 1400 or 1500 prisoners
and we killed Genl. Reitzel a British Genl. and he the above
named declarent was wounded in the thigh, and we then
went into Winter Quarters at Albany, this was in the month of
October 1777 And now this declarent had a commission
as Capt of the troops in the United states army and James Living
=ston was the Colonel, and his Brother Richd was Lieut.
Colo. and Abraham was Cap. in the same Regt
and sometime in the winter of this year or towards the spring
of 1778 Colo. Willett or Cap. Willett I do not know which, requ
=ested me to go with him, and take my company
with me, on an expidition against a fort on Lake Ontario
opposite to Carrolton Island, and Colo. Livingston gave
me permission to go, and we went and destroyed the
fort, and the British made their escape, by taking
shelter in their ships. I know this was in the winter
for we travelled part of the way in sleighs and on our
return I was taken prisoner by the Indians at a place near
called wood creek near Rome in the state of New York 
and they transferred me from tribe to tribe for the

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term of five years or near that time, and they took me
to Lake Superior, and there I was liberated by the humanity 
of Colo. Campbell of the 56 Regt. then stationed at Niagara
I wrote to him on a piece of Burch bark, with Indian ink
and he procured my releasement; and treated me with
a great deal of affection, and gave me a decent suit
of clothes and furnished me with 70 Guineas, and sent
me to my Father who then lived in the County of Albany
in the state of New York, and I went by way of Quebeck to
Boston, and from Boston to my Fathers, and my Father
returned Colo. Campbell his money again, and this declarant
states that he served one year as a volunteer Capt and
was about three or four months as a regular Capt. com
=missioned in the United States Army, before his was taken pris-
=oner and is positive that he served six years all together
and in this time was with the Indians five years, and could
recount many cruelties that I suffered with them.
I once knew Genl. George Washington and many of the
heros of the Revolution, I have lived in the County
of Campbell and state of Kentucky for the space of
41 years past with the exception of a few years in
Indiana (the time of my return home from the Indians
was in the year 1782 but I cannot tell the day of the month, nor
the month itself, but am certain it was after Cornwallis sur
=rendered to Washington, I have been and still am acqu
=ainted with Genl James Taylor Richard Southgate W.W. South
=gate and all most all the noted men in my county
and once could give a very correct narative, but my
memory and strength and sight and wealth are all left me
and but few to take me by the hand.  I have filled many offices
both civil and Military in my county, have no documentary 
evidence of my age, and know of no person that I can from
my service by He hereby reliquishes every claim
to a pension or annuity except
the present and declares that                        W Bartle
his name is not on the pension
Roll of any agency in the united 
states.

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We E. L. Southgate a clergyman residing in the same neighborhood of John Bartle and Wm M. Grant a respectable person, residing in the same neighborhood , certify that we are well acquainted with the above named Bartle, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be of the age of 92 years [unknown] and that he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the revolution.

Sworn to and subscribed this 25th day of March 1838.

E. L. Southgate
Wm M. Grant

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I Samuel Baker a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, certify that the above named John Bartle personally appeared, before me, and made the above declaration and after the investigation of the whole matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, I am of the opinion that the said John Bartle was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and I also certify that I have known him for thirty-nine years past, and have known him when he was one of the most intelligent men in our county, was one of the first Justices, was Merchant-Sheriff, and an active businessman, but has now lost his eyesight, and is not able to appear in court by reason of bodily infirmities and he can neither read nor write and subscribed his name to his declaration by hand.

Samuel Baker J.P.

Questions by the court, where and in what year were you born?

Ans. I was born in the year 1745 on the 2nd day of April, in the City and County of New York.

Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it?

Ans. I have no record of my age, but had till 8 or 10 years ago, and it was destroyed in the house of my daughter-in-law in Newport in this county.

Where were you living when you were called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?

Ans. I lived in the county of Albany in the State of New York when I went into service and from there I came to the state of Kentucky and I have lived in the state of this and Indiana since that time and I now live in Campbell County, Ky.

How were you called into service? 

Ans. I volunteered for one year and then I has a battle commission in the regular

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service for the balance of the time.

Did you ever receive a commission, and if so by whom was it signed?

I did receive a commission, but I do not recollect by whom it was signed and I kept it for many years and I lost it in Licking River in this county by a canoe turning over and I lost many other valuable things with it. This happened about 40 years ago. 

J. Bartle

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Campbell County Court
March Term 1838

The said court, being a court of record, hereby certify that the are well satisfied that the above named John Bartle was a soldier and officer in the war of the Revolution & served as he states in his declaration and it also appears to the said court that E.L. Southgate, whose certificate is hereto attached is a clergyman residing in said county and that Wm M Grant, who has signed the same certificate, resides in the same county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit, and finally the court in addition to the statement of Samuel Baker Esq, and of the Justices of the Peace in & for said county certify from their knowledge of the standing of said John Bartle who has signed his declaration as certified by the above named Samuel Baker Esq did actually serve as stated by him in his said declaration.

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Campbell County
Commonwealth of Kentucky

John N. Taliaferra, Clerk of the County of Campbell aforesaid do hereby certify that the above named Samuel Baker Esq. is one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said county now acting and fully qualified to act as such and that the above named E. L. Southgate, a clergyman, & Wm M. Grant, signed & swore to their certificate as above in open court. [Unknown] my hand & the seal of said county this 26th March, 1838.

John N. Taliaferra, Clk

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576

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State of Kentucky
Franklin County } Set
Know All Men By these Presents
that I John Weems the Administrator of the Estate of John Bartle[?] or Butle[?] Decsd. who
was a Captain in the Army of the Revolution
D[?] By [illegible] of these Presents nominate constitute & Appoint Wade M[?] Tratum[?]
of Frankfort Ky My True and Lawful Attorney, for [illegible] in My name to Prosecute any 
Claim or Claims. that the afrd
John Bart[illegible] or B[illegible] may have 
to a Pension or any aw[illegible] of Pension due
under the act of Congress
7th of June 1832 or any other act of 
Congress, for his services in the Army
of the Revolution, in whatsoever Business 
That he may think proper I hereby granting the same, 

Given under my hand and seal this
the  18th day of November 1851
John Weems
Administrator of the Estate of John Ba[illegible]
Decsd.
In Presence of
J [?] Boon
Thomas J Givin

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I an acting Justice of the Peace in and for
the County Do certify that John Weens
is a man
of truth and respectability in
whose statements the fullest faith and credit
should be placed,
and that he acknowledged the signing sealing and delivering the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his own voluntary act and deed.
Given under my hand this the 18th day of
November 1851
Geo W Gwin J.P.

State of Kentucky
Franklin County } set
I Alexander H Rennick Clerk of this County Court of the County and State afsd. do Certify that George W Givin is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County duly commissioned and sworn
and that his signature above 
written is Genuine

Given under my hand and seal
of office on this 19th day of
November 1851
A H Rennick Clerk
Franklin County Court

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State of New York
Secretary's Office I certify that it appears from
Book No. 26. of Military Returns, page 168, filed
in this Office, that John Bartee was appointed
Captain in the First Regiment of Militia  in the
Claverack District commanded by Col Robert VanRenselaer of the third Company in
said Regiment, and that his commission as
Captain was issued on the 20th day of October
1775. I further certify that the said Claverack
District was at that date a part of Albany County
Dated Albany, Nov. 15, 1851,
A.G. Johnson
Dep. Sec. of State,

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[Printed Form with information filled in by hand.]

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Revolutionary Claims

Treasury Department 

23 January 1829

John Bartle of ______ in the County of Campbell in the State of Kentucky has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was an officer on the Continental line, and served as such until the reduction under the resolves of Congress, 

at which period he was a Captain in Col. Livingston regiment of the New York line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.

By order of the Secretary
[Unknown, signature]

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Ref. File No. 576

Treasury Department,

Third Auditor's Office, 

24th January 1829

It does not appear by the records of this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to John Bartle in the New York line.

It further appears that John Bartle is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been since the 3d March 1826.

The Revolutionary records in this office furnish no information whatever in relation to the services of Captain John Bartle of the New York line.

[Unknown signature]

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[Handwritten notes]

Certificate of

M.V. Grant Mayor of the City of Covington 
Campbell Co., Ky

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[Handwritten notes]
I certify that I have been intimately acquainted with Major John Bartle for forty years at least, and he was an intimate acquaintance  of my father, and often at my father's in my boyhood, and I can well remember of hearing him detail some of this adventures in the Revolutionary War, and I am still of that opinion, and I believe him to be a gentleman of strict veracity and was one of the most polished gentlemen in Campbell County, Kentucky.

I also know that he must be of the age of 92 or 93 years, the last time I saw him he had lost his eyesight, by having a [unknown] formed on the sight of his eyes, but could see a little, but not so as to read or write. I also certify my only object of giving this certificate is to serve the cause of humanity and not by or at the request of Major Bartle, for he does not know that I have any knowledge of his application for a pension. 

Witness my hand this 30th day of March 1838.

M.V. Grant
Mayor of City of Covington
Kentucky

[Unknown]
14th April 1838

I [unknown] in this [unknown] the proper hand writing of M. V. Grant, Mayor of Covington

[Unknown, signature]

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Ref # 576

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John Bartle

Revolutionary Claim

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(illegible)

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Recd 9 Jany 1829

Revolutionary Claim
Jany 1 1829
 Free
Hon Richard Rush
Lic. T. Treasury
Washington City

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Revolutionary Claims.

Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.

Treasury Department

3 Feb. 1829

The annexed paper, relating to the claim of John Bartle under the aforementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether it appears, by any records in the War Department, that the claimant has received, or is entitled to receive, the bounty in land granted by Congress for service in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution; and, if so, whether he became entitled to the same by service to the termination of the war, or in what other manner.

[Signature, unknown]

The Hon. the Secretary of War.

War Depart.
Bountyland Office

The records of this office do not show that John Bartle [unknown] officer of the New York line ever received or is entitled to bounty land of the United States.

Robert Taylor
3 July 1829

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W. Hendricks respects to W. Rush and asks to be informed about the application of John Bartle herein alluded to
Jan. 9. 1829.

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State of Kentucky
Campbell County [illegible]
For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act entitled an act, entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution" approved on the 15th of May 1828 I John Bartle of the County of Campbell and State of Kentucky do hereby
declare, that I was an officer in the Continental line of the army of the revolution, and served as such to the time when the arrangement of the army, provided by the resolves of Congress of the 3d and 21st of October 1780, was carried into effect, and was reduced under that arrangement at which period I was a Captain, in the regiment commanded by Col James Livingston of the New York line. And I also declare, that I afterwards received a certificate, commonly called a commutation certificate
for a sum equal to the amount of five years full [pay?], which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22d March 1783 instead of the half pay for life to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st October 1780. And I do further declare that I have received of the United State as a pensioner since the 3d day of March 1826 no money
John Bartle
Before me Samuel Winston a Justice of the peace duly empowered to administer oaths in the County of Campbell and State of Kentucky personally appeared this 25th day of December 1828 Jacob Fowler and George Turner who did severally make oath that John Bartle by whom the foregoing declaration was
subscribed, is generally reputed & believed to have been an officer in the army of the revolution in manner therein stated, witness my hand this 25th day of December in the year 1828.
Saml Winston J.P.C.C.

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State of Kentucky
Campbell County [illegible]
I James Taylor Clerk of the County Court of Campbell County in the State of Kentucky aforesaid do certify that Samuel Winston, before whom the foregoing affidavits
were sworn, was at the time a Justice of the
Peace, duly empowered to administer oaths - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 31st day of December in the year 1828.
James Taylor

State of Kentucky
Campbell County [illegible]
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid John Bartle, aged Eighty one years who upon his oath declares, that he entered the service of the United States as a Captain in the continental line of the State of
New York in the year 1776 in the Regiment then commanded by Col. Van Courtland, of the City of New York - and afterwards transferred to the Regiment in the line aforesaid, commanded by Col James Livingston that he was captured near wood creek in the year
1778 by the Ondeagua tribe of Indians, while in the time of his duty, at that time under the command of one Col [Willet?] of the New York Millitia, having been placed under his command by the order of Col Livingston in order to undertake an expedition against the said [illegible] of indians - that he remained in captivity for

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nearly three years - at the expiration of which time he again joined the regiment commanded by the said Col Livingston and continued therein until he was finally disbanded That he removed to the western country in the year 1789 from the City of New York - and has resided in the west from that time until the present - that he lost his commission in Licking river in the State of Kentucky upwards of twenty years since - by having the boat in which he was moving upset- That he knows of no person by whom he can
prove his actual service in the army of the revolution now living - and further saith not - Sworn to & subscribed before me this 25th day of December 1828.
Saml Winston J.P.C.C

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Hon. W.W. Southgate wishes a  review of Jno Bartle's case. He thinks that his name might
have been written Bortle, (not Bartle) -

John Bartle [Senior?]
Kentucky
Suspended
See let. 16 April
1838 Hon. W. W. Southgate
do. 5 May 1838
let 19 June 1838
R. M. Johnson.

Act 7th June 1832

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John Barthe
Bartle

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House of Representatives
10th Dec 1851
Hon. James E. Heath
Com of Pensions
Sir
Herewith I enclose you a certificate shewing the day of the death John Bastee a Captain in the revolution and who are his only living children.
May I ask your early consideration of this claim and that when allowed you will please enclose me the certificate of Pension
Very Respectfully
Yr obt. svt.
Ben Edwards Grey

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State of Kentucky
At a County Court held for the County of Franklin at the Court house in the City of Frankfort on Monday the 17th November AD 1851
On the motion of John Weems administration of all and singular the goods rights and chattells of John Bartle or Bertle decd is granted unto him 
Whereupon he took the oath and together with Isaac H Trabue and Stephen F J Trabue his Securities entered into and acknowledged bond to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the penal sum of three hundred dollars conditioned according to law
I Alexander H Rennick Clerk of the County
Court for the County of Franklin in the State of Kentucky do certify that the foregoing is truly
Copied from the records of my office
In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my name as Clerk as aforesaid and affixed the seal of said Court this 17th day of November 1851
A H Rennick Clerk
Franklin County Court

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[illegible] at [illegible]
James L. Edwards Esq
Com of Pensions
Hon. R. M. Johnson,
Vice Pred N.S.

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I am very sorry to find that applicants still think I have more influence than others & they
trouble me & I trouble you
the within is an old case of mine, if I do not mistake
Please let me know what is wanting & all about & send back the within
with yours & oblige your friend
R [illegible] Johnson
18 June 1838
you ought to give Capt Fields his claim it will produce great regret if not granted
R J

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House of Rep
14. Apr. 1838
Sir, 
I transmit to your Dept the enclosed declaration of John Bartle of Campbell County Kentucky - I have known Capt. Bartle from my earliest boyhood. He has [illegible]ed many important stations in by gone days in my native county in Kentucky I take this opportunity to recommend him to the favourable consideration of your Department
I have the Honor
to be your [illegible]
W. W Southgate