Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 4940, William Bartlett, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Bartlett, William
SH940
carded
CONTENTS

2156 Massachusetts,
William Bartlett
of Brookfield in the State of Massachusetts, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Vose — of the Reg't commanded by Col. Brackett in the Massachusetts line for 20 months.
Mass. Continental, Records completed, of May 4, 1904.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts, at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of November 1832 and sent to G. Folsom of Worcester, Mass. (Present.)
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $99.99 Semizant. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 33.33 $133.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Hiles Clerk, Book D Vol. 2 Page 95
1889 Nov 1 history by M m Bartlett Prior

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this Seventh day of September in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathl Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester now sitting William Bartlett a resident of Brookfield in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Eighty-one 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 act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. Vir. Tho in the latter part of April seventeen hundred & seventy-five on the forenoon of May of said year at Conchester in the County of Worcester he enlisted a soldier in the war of the revolution a volunteer in the Massachusetts line for the term of eight months, then called the eight months service & served in the Company commanded by Capt Elijah Rose , which company was attached to the Regiment under Col. John Grafton & was stationed at the fort part of said term at Allens formed so called in said Conchester or Conchester heights watching the enemy afterwards he marched to Cambridge & was stationed in fort Callender and was employed on sentry watching the enemy in Boston until the expiration of said eight months at which time he was discharged but received no written discharge from the Captain or any other Officer. That in the month of December seventeen hundred & seventy-five and before he left the camp after his discharge from the eight months service aforesaid he enlisted in the Continental line for the term of one year and served in the Company commanded by Capt Elijah Rose , which company was attached to the Regiment under Col. John Grafton & marched from said Cambridge (the day after the British left Boston ) being the eighteenth day of March 1776 to the town of Norwich in the State of Connecticut from thence to New London when he embarked on board of a vessel & sailed from thence to New York when he spent about three weeks from thence sailed to Albany in the State of New York from thence he marched to Frederick & again to Crown Point & St Johns and from thence to Montreal in Lower Canada and there remained about four weeks until the United States Troops retreated from thence he marched back to Mount Independence when the Troops made a stand against the enemy from thence he marched (in the month of October) to McIntosh in the State of New Jersey and there remained until he was discharged from his years enlistment at which time he did not receive a written discharge although he served out the full time of his enlistment. But did afterwards receive from the Captain of said Company a Certificate setting forth the time of his enlistment & when he left the service & of his faithful performance of the duties of a soldier during said twelve months which said certificate is now at the war department. That he was placed on the pension roll under the act of March 18, 1818 and was dropped therefrom on account of property. Since he left the service he has resided in Boston until June 1814 at which time he removed to Brookfield , where he resided at the time he made application for a pension under the act of March 18, 1818 and where he now resides. That he had no documentary evidence except the certificate aforesaid, which is now at the war department. He knows of no other person whose testimony he can procure except the testimony of John  Heard & Salmon Adams whose depositions are hereto annexed. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. Except as above named
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Nathl Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
William Bartlett

We _____ a Clergyman residing in the _____ and residing in _____ hereby certify that we are well acquainted with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be _____ years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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 above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that _____ who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that _____ who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl. Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Shephard Wheeler Register , Clerk of the Court of Probate for Worcester County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of William Bartlett for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Probate Court this 5 th day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Shephard Wheeler Reg t of Probate Court for said County in Massachusetts
Wm Bartlett Declaration

Rev War
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File No. 4940
William Bartlett
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index: Vol. IV , Page 17
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By his Excellency LEVI LINCOLN, Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
Know Ye, That Nathaniel Cushing Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Norfolk.
in the said Commonwealth, duly con. stituted and commissioned, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this twenty third day of August, A. D. 1832, and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor,
Edward D. Bangs
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

No. 674 Massachusetts
William Bartlett
of Brookfield in the state of Massachusetts, who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Greadon of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year That is to say from the 3rd of July 1818 to the 3rd of July 1819
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3rd of July 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th of Sept r 1819 and sent to Mr Wainwright Boston Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1819 113 54 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4th March 1820 4 8
(13 29 3/4) $107 54
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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This May Certify, that William Bartlett enlisted into Col. John Greadon's Regiment in the Continental Service, in Decem r 1775 and served as a good faithful Soldier. one year and was Discharged.
Milton June 30 th 1818
Elijah Vose Lieut Col.

Israel Smith D r S th Field unpaid

We the subscribers selectmen of the Town of Brookfield in the County of Worcester, hereby certify that William Bartlett late of Boston in the County of Suffolk, but now residing in said Brookfield is in low & ready circumstances as to property & according to the best information we have, of his situation - he stands in need of the aid & support either of his friends or his county for his daily subsistence. Brookfield July 19 th 1819
Israel Smith } Selectmen Seth Field } of Brookfield
Worcester July 19 th 1819 Then personally appeared the above named Israel Smith & Seth Field and made oath that the facts set forth in the above writing contain the truth & nothing but the truth before me Jos. B. Dyer } his Clerk }

United States,
Massachusetts District -
William Bartlett of Brookfield, in the county of Worcester, and District of Massachusetts, a resident citizen of the United States, applicant for a pension from the United States under 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," maketh oath, That he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, one year in manner following - he enlisted in December 1775 in the company commanded by Eleazar Bous, in the Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel John Greaton and served in said corps in New York, and at Newbreake one year when he was honorably discharged but not in writing and is in very reduced circumstances as to require the aid of his country.
William Bartlett
Massachusetts District S.
Boston 3. July 1818
Sworn to before me
J. W. Davis Dist. Judge Mass. District.

Summons before me
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
29. July 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, William Bartlett by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M. Davis { District Judge U. S. { Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

before me The undersigned
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston July 7
A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that William Bartlett subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, and the accompanying documents marked A with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M c Dermit
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.
Mr. ...

Wounds Lign
Wounds Description

I Joshua Wood of Milton in the County of Norfolk of Legal ability to give evidence do testify & say that in the year 1776 - I enlisted in the Massachusetts Militia for eight months in Capt. Elijah Vose Company Col. Gnatons Regi- ment, the time we enlisted was about the first of May of that year; at first we were stationed at Dorchester at a place called Allen place - we were then moved to Cambridge & were stationed the remainder of the time at fort No. 2 - then so called in that place - About the same time that I enlisted William Bartlett enlisted in the same company I think it was the same day - he was a baker - by trade - & he remained in the Company & did duty in it in till we were dismissed which was about the first of Jan- uary 1776 -
Joshua Wood
Norfolk ss. August 22 - 1832
Then personally appeared before me the sub- -scribed the above named Joshua Wood & made oath that the above named Deposition by him subscribed was true - & I further certify that I am acquainted with said Wood & am of opinion that his Deposition is entitled to credit.
Abel Cushing Just. of Peace

Adams. Sep 11
Adams. Disposition

I John Adams of Milton in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Mass- achusetts of legal ability to give evidence do testify & say that in the year 1775 - I enlisted in the Mass- achusetts Militia for eight months the time of my enlistment was about the 10th  soon after Lexington fight of April then  then given & it was in the company commanded by Capt. Elijah Dow Col. Grout's Regiment - At first we were stationed near Dorchester heights at a place called Allen's Plains - where we were then marched to Cambridge & stationed in fort No. 2 - as it was then called; here, we staid until the first of January 1776 when we were dismissed although we intended to remain only for eight months yet we staid about nine . About the same time that I en- -listed Mr. William Barth enlisted, in our com- -pany as a private, I think he came from Salisbury or North-head & he staid & did duty in the same company with me until we were dismissed as I have before stated - John Adams
Norfolk p. August 22-1832
Then personally appeared before me the subscriber the above named John Adams & made oath that the foregoing deposition by him submitted was true; & I further testify that I am acquainted with the said Adams & am of opinion that his deposition is entitled to credit. —
Abel Cushing J. of P.

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Boston Mass. at the Branch Bank U.S.  C.W.
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
William 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 com- mence on the third day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twentieth day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
H. Callahan Secretary of War.