Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4923, Elijah Bartlett, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bartlett Elijah
S.4923.
boarded
CONTENTS

2300
Massachusetts
Elijah Bartlett
of New Hampshire in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col Woodbridge in the [blank] time for 19 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Nov 1832 and sent to [blank] Pittsfield New Hampshire Mass
Annuity to 4th of Sept 1832 $94.99 Semi-annual allowance ending Mar 31 st 31.66 $126.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H S Blair Clerk Book D Vol. 2 nd Page 95
1889 Nov 1, History by M M Bartlett
Prior

2685
Elizah Bartlett
Mass
Private
19 Months
The witness not confirmed to be credible
admitted
$6333
Chas P. Huntington Esq
Nathanville
Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Elijah Burdick  of  Northampton  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 3. How old is he? Seventy four years - 4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 6 " Private Gen. Capt. Lyman   76 7 " " Col. Woodbridge   77 1 " " Br. Genl. Lyman   77 1 " " Capt. Pomeroy   78 four or five months " Col. Porter  
5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Northampton Mass. 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & traditional evidence - 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Living mtnefs, not stated on file -
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. H. Addams Examining Clerk.

No 2685
23 Elijah Battle Nigeria

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this Eighth day of Augt. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate the court now sitting, Elizah Bartlett a resident of Northampton in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
He entered the service in the year 1775 the latter part of August or first of September under Oliver Lyman Capt. one Lyman, Lieutenant but he does not recollect the names of other officers of the company. He continued in said service till the 1 st of March ensuing. He marched from Northampton to Belchertown the first day & thence through Leicester, Worcester on the Old Bay road so called to Dorchester & was there stationed guarding the heights during said term of 6 months. He recollects standing sentry a number of times at Gen Ward's quarters in Dorchester aforesaid. He recollects the name of this officer because he had been previously acquainted with him at Northampton near where he had property in lead mines. He entered the service in this way. One of the selectmen of Northampton told his father that he must furnish a soldier & said Elizah offered to go being then very young but full grown as to size. He entered the service at Northampton & thinks that his company was not attached to any regiment being stationed at the heights. He has no documentary evidence of this term of service & knows of no one whose testimony he can procure. In 1776 in the Spring, soon after his return, he enlisted in Northampton aforesaid for six months but served 7 months, being detained one month on the threatened invasion of Burgoyne. Joseph Lyman was captain of the company. Elisha Bascom Lieut. Benj. Reed Ensign. He was in Col Woodbridge's Regiment. Lieut. Col was Leonard. He marched through Chesterfield, Williamstown, Whitehall &c to Ticonderoga. After reaching Ticonderoga the company was ordered back to Whitehall then called Skene'sboro' on account of the fear of small pox at Ticonderoga for a fortnight. The remainder of the time he was at Ticonderoga. Gen Gates commanded. Gen Arnold next in command. In August 1777 he went into the service as a volunteer in the company of Capt Daniel Lyman & belonged to no Regiment. He marched to Bennington from said Northampton and reached there soon after the battle. He guarded prisoners from Bennington to Springfield & then returned home, being absent in said service about one month. The same year he was in the service aforesaid as a volunteer one month at the time of Burgoyne's capture in Capt Samuel Pomeroy's company as appears from the original roll of said company. He had the measles at the time of the battle at Stillwater. He enlisted again in the Spring of 1778 at Northampton under
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel H. Wischley Judge of Probate  Elizah Bartlett
We, Solomon Williams residing in the town of Northampton and Luther Clark residing in ?? Town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Elizah Bartlett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbor- hood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel H. Wischley Judge of Probate  Solomon Williams Luther Clark
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Solomon Williams , who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Northampton and that Luther Clark who has also signed the same, is a resident in Northampton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel H. Wischley Judge of Probate
I, Samuel F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elizah Bartlett for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Sam F. Lyman Register

Capt. Joseph Lyman aforesaid. (Lieut. Birge, he thinks) It marched through Coventry Connecticut to New London. He was stationed \frac{1}{2} a mile or thereabouts from the wharf of landing. Col. Porter of Hadley was Colonel of the Regiment, but he thinks he did not call the regiment together. He continued in the service 4 or 5 months, as he thinks, at that time. Said Elijah was born in the year 1758 March 5 th , in Northampton & has for the most part resided in Northampton since that time. He has a record of his age copied from his father's bible. He has never received a written discharge. He is known to most of the older inhabitants in Northampton & can refer to Deacon Jonathan Dutton  Deacon Jonathan Clark & Rev. Solomon Williams of whose church he is a member, for credentials as to character & belief of services. His Benevolent service can be proved by the Captain's roll sent on to the department in Lockout Bank's application, under the new act.

Sarah Phelps Affidavit -

I the Subscriber Sarah Phelps widow of William Phelps of Northampton Co. Hampshire Mass. aged 76. Do testify, depose, & say that I am the sister of Elijah Brattle of Northampton. That during the revolutionary war we both were members of our father's family who lived in what was then till near the close of the war, Northampton, now Southampton. That I well recollect that said Elijah went into the service of the United States as a soldier & served as I suppose several months at different times. I recollect that he left our then home as a soldier in said service to go to Dorchester in 1775. In 1776 to go to Ticonderoga - in August of the year 1777. to go to Bennington & the same year to go to Stillwater at the time Burgoyne had a battle with the American troops & in 1778 to go to New London where he surrendered. I cannot testify how long he was gone each time, but I never heard that he did not serve his time out. I know that he was sick once when absent & my father was obliged to get him home. - I have frequently heard him talk over his campaigns with old soldiers who are now dead as I suppose - July 30 th . Witness C. P. Huntington. Sarah Phelps her mark
Com te of Massachusetts. Hampshire ss. July 30 th 1832. Then personally appeared the above named Sarah & made oath to the truth of the foregoing instrument by her subscribed with her mark before me. C. P. Huntington. Justice of the Peace.
Hampshire ss Nov 5. 1832
I hereby further certify that the above named Sarah who made the foregoing affidavit before me is a person of truth & veracity. C. P. Huntington
Justice of the Peace -

1905 Oct. 23. Heist to L. D. Cowles (aw)
Rev War
4923 INVALID.
File No. 4923
Elijah Bartlett Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1837
Index:—Vol. M, Page 18
[Arrangement of 1876.]

Zadock Danks, for Elijal Bartlett.

I Zadock Danks of Easthampton Mass. aged 79 do testify depose & say that I have known Elijah Bartlett these fifty years. In 1777 we both volunteered as private soldiers in Capt Lemuel Pomeroy's Company, Lieut Lemuel Rust, Ebenezer Sheldon Ensign in September & served from the 20 th of September to the 19 th of October. Stationed at Stillwater. Bartlett was sick & I took care of him all the way home. Aug 8 th 1832. Zadock Danks.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Simsbury J Aug 8 th 1832.
Then personally appeared the above named Zadock Danks & made oath to the truth of the foregoing instrument by him subscribed before me Chas. P. Huntington
Justice of the Peace.
Hampshire J Nov 5 th 1832
I hereby further certify that the above named Zadock who made the foregoing affidavit before me is a person of truth & veracity.
Chas. P. Huntington Justice of the Peace.

Asa French, In Elijah Bartlett.

I the Subscriber Asa French of Northampton Mass a now pensioner aged 74 as testify depose & say that I knew Elizeah Bartlett of Northampton in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war. I was in said service in 1776 from May till about the 1 st of December at Ticonderoga 7 months in Capt Joseph Lyman's Company, Col Woodbridge's regiment. Said Elizeah was in the same service same company, the same length of time as a private. I have known him ever since — Aug 6 th 1832.
Witness C. P. Huntington.
Asa French his mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampshire ss. Aug 6 th 1832.
Then personally appeared the above named Asa French & made oath to the truth of the foregoing instrument by him subscribed with his mark before me
Chas. P. Huntington
Justice of the peace.
Hampshire ss Nov 5 th 1832. I hereby further certify that the above named Asa is a person of truth & veracity, & that he made the foregoing affidavit before me
Chas. P. Huntington
Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPSHIRE ss. I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Pro- bate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Charles P. Huntington Esquire, before whom the annexed depositions (2) were taken, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said Coun- ty, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annex- ed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 12 th day of August
A. D. 1832.
Sam l F. Lyman Register of Probate.

OWN gen Platteburg Barracks N.Y.
Oct. 14, 1905,
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
NAVY OCT 19 1905
Sir:
If Elijah Bartlett of Hampshire County, Mass. ever filed an application for a pension for services during the War of the Revolution, I have the honor to request to be furnished with a statement of his services, date of birth or age and names of persons mentioned in application.
Very respectfully, Calvin D. Cowles, Col. 5 th Inf.
data from card

Elijah Bartlett Northampton Mass. No 2685.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Elijah Bartlett which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes, Northampton II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes 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? Yes 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? they have in his favor IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes 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? He has, it has an inscription whereby it can be distinguished

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? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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? he has produced living witnesses
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no
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? yes
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? they are
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? they are answered satisfactorily
 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.”

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.
† 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ 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.