Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,590, Isaac Bartholomew, Continental (Conn.)

SERVICE
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Continental (Conn.) Bartholomew Isaac 8,44,590
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10. 6 1/2 New-york
Isaac Bartholomew
of Maduel in the state of New-york who was a Corporal in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sheldon of the Connecticut line, for the term of Three years
Inscribed on the Roll of New-york at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 of October 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of May 1818 and sent to Nathan Forster Ogdenburgh — New-york
Arrears to 4th of March 1819  $35.61 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep 1819. 6 mo 18.
$83.61
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Isaac Bartholomew. Corp. Colonel. Sheldons Regt. 1780 to 1783
On roll
Admitted

State of New York } St Lawrence County } ss:
On this twenty second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen before me the subscriber First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York personally appear Isaac Bartholomew aged fifty seven years resident in the Town of Madrid in the said County of St Lawrence who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said Isaac Bartholomew enlisted in Hartford in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain William Stanton of the second Regiment of Light Dragoons commanded by Colonel Elisha Sheldon. That he enlisted in the month of December 1780 for during the war, and that he continued to serve in the said Corps and in the service of the United States from the period of his enlistment until the month of June 1783 when he received a Discharge with a furlough indorsed thereon at Danbury in the State of Connecticut, and in the month of September following was discharged by proclamation. That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. That his original warrant as a corporal is herewith sent. but his discharge is lost. and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. • Isaac Bartholomew
sworn to and declared before me the day & year aforesaid. The words "but his discharge is lost" being interlined.
Nathan Ford - First Judge of St Lawrence County

I Nathan Ford first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of St Lawrence aforesaid Do certify that it ap- pears to my satisfaction that the said Isaac Bartholomew did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy - That he is in reduced circumstances in life and needs the assistance of his country for support: And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the secre- tary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Witness my hand and the seal of the said court this twenty second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. —
Nathan Ford First Judge of the County St Lawrence
State of New York St Lawrence County
I Certify that Nathan Ford whose signature appears to the above Certificate, is First Judge of the County aforesaid duly commissioned —
Given under my hand and the seal of the County this 22 d day of October 1818.
Hyatt W. Hitchcock C.W. St Lawrence

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 Isaac Bartholomew 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. 1780 June 1783 Pvt. & Corp. Wm. Stanton Elisha Sheldon 3 d Regt of Continental Light Dragoons                                     
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl at Hartford Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct 22, 1878  This claim was ab.
Residence at date of application, Madrid, St Lawrence Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 57
Remarks: No family data
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

44 590 INVALID. Rev
File No. 44 590
Isaac Bartholomew Coast Rev. War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1919 Nov. 13. Mrs. M. D. Ingram furnished history etc.

in Rev. Sec. Ogdensburg, New York Nov. 1, 1919.
The Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
Will you kindly send me the record of Captain Isaac Bartholomew , who served during the Revolution. He enlisted in Hartford under Captain William Stanton in Colonel Elisha Sheldon's regiment. Was made

Corporal in 1786. He also served in the Isaac it was in 1812 see Msd Cof. 13508. war of 1812. but he did not state his father's name I am anxious to become a member of the D.A.R. and for that reason am asking this favor of you.
Very truly Mrs W. D. Ingram.

ELISHA Colonel of the Regt by the United States
To By Virtue of the Power Delegates from the said these Presents, reposing Loyalty, Courage and you the said Serjeant in the therefore carefully and Serjeant, in ordering a aforesaid, commanding yourself to observe such from time to time receiv- ers, according to Mil- the said reposed in you Warrant. Given under Day of
Corporal J. Bartholomews Warrant 1. Augt 1782

ELISHA SHELDON, Esquire, Colonel of the second Regiment of Light-Dragoons, raised by the United States of North-America.
To Isaac Bartholomew John Andrews Esquire _____ Greeting.
By Virtue of the Power and Authority to me given, by the Delegates from the said States in Congress assembled, I do, by these Presents, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct, constitute and appoint you the said Isaac Bartholomew to be the fourth  first  Corporal  Sergeant in the sixth Troop, in said Regiment; you are therefore carefully and dilligently to discharge the duty of a Corporal  Sergeant , in ordering and exercising said Troop in the service aforesaid, commanding them to obey you as their Corporal  Sergeant , and yourself to observe such Orders and Instructions as you shall from time to time receive from me, or other your superior Officers, according to Military Rules and Discipline, pursuant to the trust reposed in you, for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant. Given under my Hand and Seal this First Day of August Anno. Domini, 1782
Elisha Sheldon Colonel

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44.590

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
No. of Pigeon 430
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
26 July 1828.
Isaac Bartholomew, — of Madrid, — in the County of St. Lawrence — in the State of New York — 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 Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Corporal — in captain Stanton 's company, in Col. Sheldon's the regiment of the Light Dragoons — line, and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
29. July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Isaac Bartholomew in the Sheldon's Dragoons
It further appears that Isaac Bartholomew is now on the pension list of the  any — — — — — agency, and has been so since the 3. March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
John Hagner
$44.590
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Allowed

State of New York } St Lawrence County } ss:
For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th day of May 1828, I Isaac Bartholomew of the Town of Madrid in the County of St Lawrence and State of New York, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination - at which period I was a Corporal in Captain William Stantons Company of the 2 d Regiment of Light Dragoons commanded by Elisha Sheldon - And I also declare that I afterwards received a commutation note for Eighty Dollars to which I was entitled under a Resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778 -
And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March 1828 on the pension list of the United States -
Isaac Bartholomew
Sworn & Subscribed to this 20 th day of June 1828 before me Baron S Dohy Justice Peace

State of New York St Lawrence County ss:
Before me Baron S. Doty a Justice of the Peace in the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York personally appeared this day, Isaac Burnham and Amos Wells of the said County, who did severally make oath that Isaac Bartholomew by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reported and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this 20 th day of June in the year of our Lord 1828. —
Baron S. Doty Justice of the peace
I James G Hopkins Clerk of the Court of the County of St Lawrence in the State of New York Do Certify that Baron S. Doty before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace in the County of St Lawrence and duly empowered to administer Oaths.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 20 th day of June in the year of our Lord 1828. —
J. G. Hopkins Clk

Ogdensburgh New York June 20 th 1828
Isaac Bartholomew late a Corporal in the Army of the Revolution doth hereby Certify and declare that his discharge which was granted to him at the close of the war hath been worn out and destroyed, and that his warrant as a corporal was transmitted to the War Department at the time he made his Application to be placed on the Pension List under the Act of the 18 th of March 1818, and that the same has not been returned to him - And he doth further certify that on the 15 th day of May 1819 a Pension Certificate was granted to him on his said Application, the pay commencing on the 22 d day of October 1818 - and that he received the Pension under said Certificate until the passage of the Act of May 1820 when it was discontinued - And the said Isaac Bartholomew doth hereby further request that the Amount of Compensation allowed him under the Act of May 15 th 1828 may be transmitted to him by mail directed to the Post Office at Wadsworth in the County of St Lawrence , that being the Post office in the Town of Madrid in which he resides - Isaac Bartholomew

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Bartholomew Isaac GRADE Private LINE Sheldon's Dragoons (Connecticut)
WARRANT NUMBER 5540 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 1, 1793 to Stephen Thorne
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.