Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 593, Joseph Bartman, Conn. Mass Sea Service

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Bartman, Joseph
P 593
or Mass.
Sea Service
CONTENTS
War against France " " Algiers " of 1812

34.737

State of New York ss City and County of New York On this 9 th day of November 1838 personally appeared before the Board of Aldermen Joseph H. Biddiman being a Court of Record for the County of New York Joseph H. Biddiman being a resident in said City aged eighty years last October who being duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain a pension by the provisions made by the Act of Congress of the 15 th May 1828 and a Supplementary Act passed 7 th June 1832 That he was born in Baltimore in the year 1758 as near as he can recollect having no record of his age a year or two afterwards his father removed to Boston in Massachus- setts where they resided till 1775 In the year 1774 he and his father joined the company who threw the Tea over board from the British Ship then in Boston Harbor The high and rich men of the town held a meeting in Faneuil Hall to determine what should be done about the tea tax, and several hundred of the common class of folks held a meeting by themselves a little out of town on the same subject He the Deponent and his father were among the latter We determined to disguise ourselves and destroy all the tea we could find which paid duty and went down to the Ship and threw over board all we could find and besides got some out of some stores where it had been stored That he was there about 17 years old - That in the year 1775 before the Battle of Bunker Hill - he enlisted as a private, for during the War, in the Massachusetts line in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Chapman of Connecticut deceased - The number of the Company or the name of its Commander he does not remember That he was in the Battle of Bunker Hill where he received two severe wounds in his left leg one by a musket ball just above the knee The other just above his ankle by a cannon ball The latter wound was a very bad one as the shin bone was shattered It has never become sound to this

day, but recals over occasionally and then breaks out again and continues open for months and gives great pain so that he is thereby disabled from labor That he was confined in camp at Boston under physicians hands for nearly two years and was there discharged by reason of his disability for service from his wounds - That about one year and a half after he was discharged his wounds so far recovered that he enlisted for during the War again on board the ship or Brig  Hulken then commanded by Captain Samuel Brooks of Connecticut supposing that he could do duty better there than on land wounded as he was in his leg - That he did that to get some revenge for the death of his Father who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill - That he continued in the Navy between two & three years and helped take as many as seven or eight prizes some of which they carried into Brest, one into Boston & one into New London - That when cruising in the Long Island Sound he was chased by the British Frigate the Ramilies and run upon the Executioner where he with about sixty others were captured by the Ramilies and put on board the Jersey Prison Ship at Wallabout where they were kept till the close of the War in 1783 - Several of the Officers of said Ship escaped in Boats to the north Shore of the Sound
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That he served about three years on board the Sloop of War Connecticut during the difficulties between the U S and France in John Adams Administration That he enlisted again on board the U S Frigate Constellation under Captain Campbell for three years and served in the expedition against Algiers and was in said Frigate till his enlistment ended
That in the last War with England he enlisted on board the Frigate United States and was in her when she took the Macedonian and continued in

when she took the Macedonian and continued in
For Frigate about three years. That in 1788 he was shipwrecked in Bristol channel where he lost his discharges and all his other papers which he carried with him in his chest so that he has no written evidence or documents to substantiate his claim. That all who served with him in the Army that he knew are dead or gone to places unknown to him. That by reason of old age and forgetfulness he cannot say the time of his service precisely, but that he enlisted for during the war. That since the Revolutionary War he has resided in New York except a small part of the time that he lived in East Haddam in Connecticut.
When the British attacked New Orleans in the last war he happened to be there as a sailor on board the Sloop Amelia from Lyme in Connecticut, that he there volunteered his services in the Militia under General Jackson and was in that bloody Battle but received no wounds. After the Battle was over he was discharged with the rest. The reason why he has not applied before for a pension is that he supposed he had property enough to carry him through life comfortably but from sickness, losses by reason of his wounds, physicians bills a large family and loss of property in various ways he has become poor and unable to support himself and therefore makes this application to his country for relief.
That he hereby relinquishes all claim to any pension except the present, that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Joseph his Bartman mark
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 the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that

Walter Pugsley who has sworn to and subscribed the Deposition hereto annexed is a Physician and Surgeon residing in the City of New York is a credible person and that his deposition is entitled to credit
M c Whorter
First Judge
I Joseph Horner Clerk of the Court
I H.
of Common Pleas for the County of New York Together with the affidavits of Walter Pugsley Samuel Hovey & Joseph Wood hereto annexed do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Bauman for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 30 th day of November 1838 January 1839.
Joseph Horner Clerk

Mattew Pugsley of the City of New York of lawfull age Surgeon and Physician being duly sworn doth depose and say that he has been acquainted with Joseph Bartman of said City and has been his Family Physician during that time he having lived in Deponents neighborhood - Said Bartman has been reputed and known generally as a Revolutionary Soldier in said Neighbor- hood and believed to have been one. Deponent has ever considered him as such and has no doubt of that fact. That the Deponent has during his acquaintance with said Bartman prescribed for a bad wound on his left leg a little above the ankle, which wound has the appear- ance of having been caused by a Musket or Cannon ball and Deponent has no doubt but such was the cause. The bone of the leg has from all appearances been shattered and the veins of the leg have become varicose or enlarged in consequence of said wound which occasionally heals up for a time and then breaks out again, and Deponent thinks it incurable. That in consequence of the pain and lameness occa- sioned by said wound the said Bartman is wholly unable to earn his living by labor - The said Bartman has also a large scar above the left knee which was a flesh wound and as said Bartman says and Deponent verily believes was caused by a musket ball a long time since. That the said Bartman is poor and has had a large family to bring up - That said Bartman is apparently eighty years of age and sustains the reputation of generally of a man of truth and veracity and good morals. That Deponent has heard read and seen the Declaration of said Bartman and the same appears to them that

hereto annexed and has no doubt of the truth of the facts therein stated and verily believes the said Bartman justly entitled to a pension for his services as a Revolutionary Soldier. That his acquaintance with William Bartman whose deposition is hereto annexed & that his reputation for truth & veracity is good
City & County of New York in the Court of Common Pleas.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 9 th day of November 1838
Joseph Stone Atty

Williams Bartman of East Haddam in the County of New London and State of Connecticut of lawful age being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is forty years of age and that he is the son of Joseph Bartman of the City of New York whose deposition is hereto annexed. That he lived in the family with his said Father untill the Deponent was twenty one years of age and knows that the said Joseph had two wounds on his left leg one above his knee the other little above his ankle which wound he always understood from his father he received in the Battle of Bunker Hill in the Revolutionary War and of which the Deponent has no doubt.
The wound near his ankle would sometimes heal up for a month or so and then break out and discharge and continue discharging for several months in consequence of which he was wholly disabled from labor for a great portion of the time more especially during the warm and best part of the season for work - and was compelled to have Physicians attend him during many years occasionally, whereby he has incurred great expenses should say several hundred Dollars. Deponent has often heard his Father tell about his helping throw the Tea overboard at Boston before the War and about the Battle of Bunker Hill how they whipped the British - Deponent further says that his Father has been out away at sea several times and lost his property in that way and by other misfortunes so that he is now reduced to poverty and is unable to support himself being unable to labour much if any. Deponent further says that his father was absent from home at the time of the Battle of New Orleans about three years and as his Father has often since that

said and as Deponent verily believes that his said Father was engaged in that Battle as he happened to be at New Orleans at that time that Deponent never heard his Father verily called in question by any one and believes it has ever been good & Deponent further saith that he verily believes that his said Father is as old as he has represented himself to be in his affidavit hereto annexed, that he is reputed in the neighborhood where he has lived to have been and believed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier.
Thos Bartman
City & County of New York in the Court of Common Pleas The above named W m Bartman appeared and being duly sworn made oath to the foregoing affidavit and subscribed his name thereto in open Court on the 22 day of November 1838
Frank Horie Clk

Samuel Hawley of the City of New York Physician being duly sworn cloth before said say that he is well acquainted with Walter Pylesy whose affidavit is hereto annexed that the said Pylesy is a respectable Physician and surgeon a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the City of New York that his reputation for truth and veracity is good and that full faith and credit may be given to whatever the said Pylesy has said in his affidavit hereto annexed regarding the said Bathman wounds and his claims for a pension from the United States
Samuel Hawley
State of New York to wit: County of New York On this 25 th day of November 1828 personally before the undersigned Jehiel being a Notary Public for the County of New York came Samuel Hawley Physician above named and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Frank H. Allen
further certifies that it appears to them that

Joseph Wood of the City of New York Councilman at Large being duly sworn doth depose and say that the Joseph Bartman mentioned in the affidavits of John Foster and Samuel Palmer hereto annexed is the same Joseph Bartman who made oath to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration hereto annexed. Joseph Wood City & County of New York in the Court of Common Pleas personally appeared Joseph Wood above named and made oath to the foregoing affidavit and subscribed his name thereto in open Court on this 30 th day of January 1830.
Joseph Wood
34.137

Ex'r.
INVALID.
1890
RECORDED
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Joseph Bateman
P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. D. _____

N. York
Joseph Bartman
lit. to Hon. H. L. Ellsworth 27 March '39
" Mrs. T. Lambert Sept 65 '46
593
Act. June 7. 1832

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by _____
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Joseph Bartman
Service _____
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No Sur. Wid. or Rej. claim except P. 593. (books searched)
Neither Am. Claims, Cl. 9 nor Siss of 1835, N.Y. Co., N.Y. and Conn. show Sur. pension

Sept 5 46
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James L Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

W. Edwards sir
Will you please ascertain if Mr — Joseph Bartolomeus is on the Pension list and if so if his money has been drawn out to whose order to put his papers into a Lawyer's hands to get his Pension in 1840 out he has not yet received He served under Genl. Washington and is now very poor & if you will oblige me immediately you will oblige me Please direct a letter to Mrs Lambert
300 Pearl St New York

Sir
I enclose an application recd from my brother in law Mr Wood of New York and solicit your usual consideration —
Respectfully
W. S. Mansfield
July 5
Mon
L. L. Edwards
Conner
Deborah

I Samuel Palmer of East Hampton County of Wiltshire State of Connecticut aged Eighty Three years before and say that I have been acquainted with Joseph Bartman of said East Hampton for thirty years and have ever understood from said Bartman and from general report that he said Bartman was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War that he was at the battle of Bunker Hill and received wounds in said battle, he has scars of wounds on his left leg which he says came by wounds received in the aforesaid engagement — I have no personal knowledge of said Bartmans services, but should put the utmost confidence in what he would declare and say under oath as his reputation for truth and veracity is good — Said Bartman is Eighty one years old in firm and poor and needs help from his country for his services and further the deponent saith not —
Samuel Palmer
Wiltshire County ss East Hampton Jany 12 th AD 1839 Personally appeared the above named Samuel Palmer and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. I also certify that I am well acquainted with the said Samuel Palmer and that his reputation for truth and veracity is good
Oliver Holmes Justice of the peace

I John Foster of East Grantham County of Windham State of Connecticut aged Eighty nine years Depose and say that I have been acquainted with Joseph Bartman of said East Grantham for several years past and have ever under- stood from him and from general report that said Bartman was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War that he was at the Bunker Hill Battle and received wounds in said battle, he has scars of wounds on his left leg which he says came by wounds received in the aforesaid engagement -- I have no personal knowledge of said Bartman's services, but should put confidence in what he would say under oath, as his reputation for truth and veracity is good -- Said Bartman is Eighty one years old infirm and poor, and needs help from his country for his services - and further the deponent saith not - John Foster
Windham County ss East Grantham Jan'y 14 th AD 1839
Personally appeared the above named John Foster and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed I also certify that I am well acquainted with the said John Foster and that his reputation for truth and veracity is good
B. Deems Holmes Justice of the peace

State of Connecticut. I John Fisk Clerk of the Middlesex County Court of said County of Middlesex do Certify that Elias Holmes Esq d is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex as per Com d on file in my Office & that his name subscribed to the prece- ding Certificates in part A. B. are his proper Hand Writing & signatures In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 16 th day of Jan y A.D. 1839 J. Fisk Clk