Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,971, John Bartlett, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Bartlett, John
S. 33,971
CONTENTS
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1889 History by M c Bartlett Prior
Reference that Mr. R. 18 th 1820 to John ... Hecker ... Salem Mass.
Massachusetts Roll 1825
John T. Bartlett Capt Whiting's Company
Mass. Line 1775. 1 year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of Feb 1818 and sent to Hon. John Paton Salem. Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 Semi-annual account ending
Am t 17/30ths $35.50
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
Warblehead 6/11

Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
Be it remembered, That John Bartlett of Marblehead — in the County of Essex, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth make upon oath the following DECLARATION , to wit,
That the said John Bartlett was a Soldier in the American Revolution- ary War and in the Month of December A.D. Seventeen hundred & seventy five I enlisted as a private for the term of one year in Capt Moses Whittings Company Col Gratons Regiment and Marched to Cambridge, and on the eighteenth of March follow- ing our Regiment was ordered to march into Boston. (then evacuated by the Enemy) The next day after our Regiment was ordered to New York and after about five Weeks stay at New York we were ordered to March for Canada to Join General Montgo- merys Army for the reduction of Quebec, on our March met with Montgomerys Army on the Retreat, we Joined them and returned back to Crownpoint. and were soon after Stationed at Fort Independence & in about three or four Months afterwards we were ordered to March to Morristown to Join the Army Under the Command of General Washington, and when the term of my enlistment was expired I was requested to continue in the service one Month longer until the new recruits came to take my place, after which to wit in January A.D. Seventeen hundred & seventy seven I was Honourably Discharged having been thirteen Months in the service of my Country.
That this Declarant received a written Certificate of my Discharge and that I have lost the same by time and Accident.
That I am Sixty nine years old — — — — —
and That this Declarant is infirm; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States.
John Bartlett

AFFIDAVIT.
I William Phillips of Marblehead in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do on oath depose and testify,
That I was at Cambridge at the time when the within named John Bartlett marched in Capt. Whiting's Company for New York and I well know that the said Bartlett was in the Army for more than nine months and I verily believe that what he has stated in the within declaration is the truth —
William Phillips
[ Additional Proof. ]
We William Very of Salem, and Jonathan Harwood of Danvers on oath testify that we well know John Bart- lett, now of Marblehead — we know said Bartlett served as a Soldier in Capt. Whiting's Company in Col. Greaton's Regiment one whole year, all 1776 — we were messmates with him and know he was all that time in the service: he was discharged at the end of the year. He is now poor and infirm.
We are now so old and infirm and our hands shake so, that we are obliged to make our marks.
Wm his X Very mark Jona his X Harwood mark
Subscribed and sworn to this 23. day of June 1810 Then the above named Wm Very and Jona Harwood subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit, it having first been read distinctly to them — before me
Bray Merrill Dist. Clerk

AFFIDAVIT.
I William Phillips of Marblehead in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do on oath depose and testify,
That I was at Cambridge at the time when the within named John Bartlett marched in Capt Whiting's Company for New York and I well know that the said Bartlett was in the Army for more than nine months and I verily believe that what he has stated in the within declaration is the truth —
William Phillips
[ Additional Proof. ]
We William Very of Salem, and Jonathan Harwood of Danvers on oath testify that we well know John Bart- lett, now of Marblehead — we know said Bartlett served as a Soldier in Capt. Whiting's Company in Col. Greaton's Regiment one whole year, all 1776 — we were messmates with him and know he was all that time in the service: he was discharged at the end of the year. He is now poor and infirm.
We are now so old and infirm and our hands shake so, that we are obliged to make our marks.
W m  his X Very mark
Jon a  his X Harwood mark
Ex rs p s : June 23. 1810 Then the above named W m Very and Jon a Harwood subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit, it having first been read distinctly to them — before me
Br y Merrill Dist. Clerk

Essex ss: June. 23 d . 1818 I further certify that the said W m Very and Jonathan Harwood are credible and disinterested witnesses and that the said John Bartlett is poor and indigent.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass s
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
On this Eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me
Samuel Putnam one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid
the aforesaid John Bartlett & William Phillips and in my presence severally subscribed and made solemn oath to the aforesaid Declaration and AFFIDAVIT, by them respectively made as aforesaid:—And it appearing to my satisfaction, that the aforesaid John Bartlett served more than NINE MONTHS, to wit, from the Month  of December A. D. 1775 to the Month  of January A. D. 1777 at one period of the Revolutionary War, on the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy, I do hereby certify the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the Court aforesaid, at  this Eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
S. Putnam Just S. J. Court of Mass s

John Pratt
18th April
1818
Abn
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss I Ichabod Tucker Clerk of all the Judicial courts of said State in & for the county of Essex do certify that the Hon Samuel Putnam is a judge of said Supreme judicial court, that the within signature is his proper hand- writing & that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said court.
Salem April 20 1818
Attest Ichabod Tucker Clerk
Essex ss: June 23. 1818 I further certify that Benjamin Merrill whose signature is under the depositions of Wm. W. Boy and John Harwood is a Justice of the Peace qualified & minister oaths.
Attest Ichabod Tucker Clerk

1825 John Bartlett
July 1818 Con. Sep 25 1820
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Bartlett resident in Marblehead in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1.825 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, John Bartlett late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the eighteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ."
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"Given at the War of Office of the United States, this sixteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ."
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Real Estate None
Personal Estate.
  6 old chairs $1 1 old case drawers $1.25 $2.25   1 pair handirons shovel & tongs $1.50 1 pine table 75cts 2.25   1 old walnut desk $2 1 arm chair 50cts 2.50   1 small looking glass $1.50 Crockery ware $1.75 3.25   2 iron pots $1.25 Tea kettle 75cts. Lin ware 30cts. 2.30   Whole amount of property $12.55 
Declarant is seventy one years old - has lost the entire use of one side by a paralytic stroke - and has not been able to walk or help himself for several months past - is by occupation a Sexton. Has one daughter Hannah aged thirty nine, who lives with and takes care of him, and two sons viz: Nathaniel aged forty and William aged thirty five both idiotical and incapable of

Taking care of themselves. . Declarant entered the service in December 1795 in Capt. Whitney's company Col. Greaton's Regt., for twelve months, and faithfully served his term, and was honorably discharged at Morris Town in New Jersey.
John Bartlett.
Sworn to and declared before
W m Wetmore Judge within named.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, John Bartlett do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
John Bartlett
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed John Bartlett took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
W m Wetmore
Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
twelve — dollars fifty five cents —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July — A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clk

33 971 Rev INVALID.
1914 Oct. 6 Hist. Soc. H. B. Brown
File No. 33 971
John Bartlett Rev  Rev  Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 27
[Arrangement of 1870.]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Bartlett a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1775 18 mos Pvt. Moses Whiting Greaton Mass.            
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Apr. 18, 1818
Residence at date of application, Marblehead Essex Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, 69 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820 soldier's daughter Hannah was 29 yrs. old  and son Nathaniel was 25. No other family data
For date of last payment of pension &c.
Respectfully,
1818 61 1749 Commissioner.