Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 586, Samuel Bartlett, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bartlett, Samuel Bartlit
R. 586
CONTENTS

Bartlett, Samuel
His name appears on a list of invalid pensioners returned by the Circuit Court for the district of Vermont, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Dec. 14, 1792, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 61.
Rank : Captain
Regt. : Colonel Weston's Mass.
Disability : Health greatly impaired by the fatigues and hardships he endured in defending Fort Stanwix, alias Fort Schuyler, when besieged by the British in 1777.
Date of commencement : June 29, 1792
Monthly allowance : $5.00
Arrears due : $100.00

Bartlett, Samuel
His name appears on a list of claimants to be placed on the pension list returned by the Circuit Court for the District of Vermont, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War, on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 119.
Rank: Captain
Regt: Col. Weston's
Disability: Infirm, and debilitated, owing to the fatigue and hardships he underwent while besieged by the British in Fort Stanwix, which renders him incapable of acquiring subsistence.
When and where disabled: 1777, Fort Stanwix.
Residence: Windsor. Bennington.
Monthly allowance: $ 5.00
Arrearages: $100.00
Remarks: There are no musters of this regiment in this office.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 18 Aug. 25 1855

Washington Feby. 16. 1852
House of Representatives
Sir
I have received a letter from an acquaintance. J. M. Younglove of Urbana. Steubew Co. N.Y. in which he says that he made an application through Hon. D. Rumsey of the last Congress. for a pension in the case of Capt. Samuel Bartlett of the Revolution. that Bartlett was his Maternal Grandfather - the application was denied
He is exceedingly desirous of procuring his Grandfather Bartlett Commission. which he says has the proper signature of John Hancock to it. and he prizes it very highly
Can you return me the commission . It might be detached & a copy annexed in its place with a proper Mem. of the fact. It can be of no use in fact in your office. as the Pension was denied and it is therefore the foundation of no right
I am Very Resp y Your Obed t S. G. Haven
J. E. Heath Comm. of Pensions

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES,
made by the Daughter of the party who rendered the service.
State of New York — County of Steubenville Town of Urbana ss. }
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Captain Samuel Bartlett in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Chatham in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut .
He enlisted from the Town of Ashfield in the County of (now Hampshire) and State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 as a First Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain Webber in Dorchester — Regiment Nine — and he served as follows, * viz:—
He served eight months in the capacity of first Lieutenant under said Webber. Soon after he took command of a company under Colonel, Ward in the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment. He left the service on account of ill health in December 1777 on furlough and his health continued so bad that he resigned his commission and procured his discharge from the Army on the Sixth of March 1778.
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

For farther particulars I refer you to After his term of eight months under Capt Nabber expired he took listing orders to raise a company of men for the grass service and was stationed at Dorchester under Col. Ward until the British left Boston - soon after the army sailed the company aforesaid went to New York and were discharged at the Highlands on the North River. He then took listing orders to raise a company for their grass or during the war when he served under Col. Weston until December 1777 as aforesaid. I do not know the exact length of time he served but think he served all the time from April 1775 to December 1777
I am now sixty sixty-nine years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this Sixteenth day of October A. D. 1849. Hannah Younglove
Signed by said in my presence,
Hannah Younglove W. S. Cornstock
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
The first line at the top of this page erased before execution W. S. Cornstock Justice

Application of 3902 Hannah Younglove for Service of Samuel Bartlit

State of New York Steubens County ss-
I Oliver Hoyt of the town of Reading County of Steubens and State of New York being Seventy Eight years old do hereby testify and say that I became acquainted with Captain Samuel Bartlett of the town of Ashfield Massachusetts in the year 1780 when he with his family moved from the aforesaid place to the town of Sunderland County of Bennington State of Vermont where he continued to reside until the month of April 1803 when he again moved to the town of Sheshequin County of Luzerne (now Bradford) in the State of Pennsylvania.
He had five children viz Polly, Hannah, Statira, Samuel and Timothy - When he moved to Pennsylvania he left his daughters Hannah (who married Cornelius Younglove in 1802) and Statira - taking with him his daughter Polly (who was then married to Samuel Hoyt) and his two sons Samuel and Timothy - He continued to live in Sheshequin until July first 1810 when he died.
I have frequently heard him refer to his Revolutionary Services (as well as others) and it was generally understood that he commanded a company during the war. He always carried the title of Captain Bartlett.
And I further testify that I began  acquainted have known the above mentioned Hannah Bartlett (now Hannah Younglove) from her infancy to the present time - She was born in Sunderland Vermont in November 1780 and she now lives in the town of Urbana County of Steubens and State of New York and is the same person named in the application hereto annexed.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16 th day of October 1849
Oliver Hoyt
W. S. Cornstock
Justice of the Peace
in & for said County
The words became acquainted in said before signing or swearing to the above W. S. Cornstock, Justice

State of New York Steubens County ss-
STATE OF NEW YORK, STEUBEN COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. } ss.
I, PAUL C. COOK, Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that A. S. Comstock Esquire, before whom the annexed Instrument in writing ere was proved or acknowledged, I Sworn to was, at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signatures to said application affidavit are  certification genuine, and that the annexed Instruments are executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at Bath, this Twenty  Second day of October A. D. 1849.
P. C. Cook
Clerk

I, Elisha Bartlett of Georgia, county of Franklin & state of Vermont, aged ninety years four, do hereby testify and say, that Capt Samuel Bartlett, late deceased, was a Brother of mine, formerly a resident of Ashfield, county of Hampshire, & state of Massachusetts. At the commencement of the Revolutionary War, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, my said Brother commanded a company of minute men, as captain of said company, and upon the news of the battle of Lexington he, with his company went to the seat of war (I believe to Dorchester, south of Boston,) and when the eight months men were enlisted, a part of his company, and Captain Webbers joined, and my said brother served in said Webbers company as a Lt, I believe first Lieutenant, and served eight months, while my said brother was in said eight months service, I went to see him in camp, and he was then doing duty as Lt in said Webbers company, and although I was not with him the whole time, during the eight months, I have no doubt but that he served, not only the eight months, but some time previous in the minute service.
As soon as his term of eight months expired he took his discharging orders, & held a Captain's commission, to raise a company of men for the years service, and I belonged to his company, and served out my term of service, in Col Ward's Regt. Stationed at Dorchester until the British

left Boston, and soon after the enemy's defeat, the company of Col. went to New York, and was discharged at the Highlands on the South River. At the expiration of the years service he took listing orders to raise a company for three years, or during the war, and served (I think) until December seventeen hundred and seventy seven, and then returned home on account of ill health (believe he served in Col. Weston Regt; do not know the length of time that he served in the three years' service campaign, but I believe that he served from April 1875 to December 1877, - the whole time.
Sworn to and subscribed Elisha his Bartlett before me mark
Wm Bridges Justice of the Peace
And I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Elisha Bartlett the deponent, and know him to be a worthy old gentleman, and one whose memory is very strong, particularly about past events.
William Bridges Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont } I Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk of the Franklin County } County Court of the County of Franklin aforesaid hereby certify that William Bridges before whom the within named Elisha Bartlett made oath to the foregoing Deposition is one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Franklin aforesaid for the year ending with November 30th A.D. 1849 that the signature purporting to be said Bridges signature is genuine that he is authorized & empowered to take said Deposition & full faith & credit ought to be given to his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have affixed the Seal of the County Court aforesaid, & subscribed my name officially to these Presents, at St. Albans in the County of Franklin aforesaid this fifteenth day of September A.D. One thousand eight hundred and forty nine Joseph H. Brainerd Clerk

1889 Navy History by M. M. Bartlett Prior
Ex'r.
INVALID.
286
July 14, 1862, and March 9, 1870.
Samuel Bartlett
P.O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P.O. _____

Samuel Bartlett Esq. New York Rejected.
Let to Hon D. Rumsey Dec 10/42 " " " S. G. Havin 5 June 1852.
(died in 1810)
Act 7 June 1832

37. 712 S. Bartlett Samuel Bartlett, dec. New York. 586
The Court were pleased say of Bartlett's heirs are entitled to borrow land & also return the original commission —
R. Mansfield
H. R. S. & Co.
In all
Act 7 June 1832

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
November 5, 1849.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Samuel Barlit is borne on a payroll of a company commanded by himself, as Lt. from Ashfield from Apr. 22, 1775. 5 days.
On rolls of 8 mo. service, in Capt. Eben t Webber's Co. Col. John Fellows' Regt. as 1 st Lt. of Ashfield.
On Army books, as a Capt. in 9 th Regt. (Col. Wesson's) and there credited by his service from Jany 1, 1777 to March 6, 1778. - 14 mos. 6 days. resigned March 6, 1778.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
M c A. Swift Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Pension Office May 18, 1832
Rec d from J. E. Heath, Esq., Commr r of Pensions the Commission of Samuel Bartlett, dec d Captain in the Revolution.
Reuben Noble