Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 23481, Caleb Bartlett, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Bartlett, Caleb Elizabeth
W 23481
CONTENTS

Deed 7,385 Maine.
Caleb Bartlett 4 of Westbrook Dit in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bond of the Massachusetts line, for the term of twelve months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist. of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of March 1819 and sent to John Murray Esq. Portland Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 — 81.83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sep r 1819 48 — $129.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Rev. Cmp. 13, 1820 from G. B.
Stephen and wife Mary H. 1819 John and wife Mary 1819 Daniel and wife 1819

Maine 3055
Elizabeth Bartlett, widow of Caleb Bartlett, Maine who was a pensioner under the Act of 18: Mar. 18 and who died on the 30 th Aug. 1820 of Cambridge in the State of Maine who was a P. in the Company commanded by Captain Mayhew of the Regt. commanded by Sprout - in the Mass. line for 20 men
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of June '39, and entitled Jos. P. P. a, Portland, Me.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. - $199.98 Semi-annual allowance ending 33.33 $233.31
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk, Book A Vol. 15 Page 2.
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838, from 14 March 1839 to 23 April 1840. - Agent Notified 2 Oct 1841.
1889 Newl. History by M. M. Bartlett Prior

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 22 d , 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The child en of Elizabeth Bartlett, Rec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of Sixty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1839, to the 23 d April 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

I Caleb Bartlett of Westbrook in the District of Maine a Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty four years being duly sworn do depose and say that I enlisted as a private in or about the twenty third day of April 1775 in Capt. Thomas Mayhew's company Colonel Cotten's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line Continental Establishment and faith- fully served eight months the time I enlisted for when I was honorably dismissed at Cambridge And on the first of January 1776 For the declaration that I again enlisted in 1777 as a Drummer in Captain Thomas Mayhew's com- pany in Colonel Bond's Regiment Massachusetts Line of the Continental Establishment for the period of twelve months and faithfully served until December 1776 when I was honorably dismissed at Albany in the State of New York. For the declaration that I am in reduced circumstances in life and am in need of the assistance my country for support: that I do not receive nor am I entitled to receive any pension from the United States ex- cept by virtue of the Act of Congress providing for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the Uni- ted States in the Revolutionary War passed the 18 th March 1818 — Caleb Bartlett
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Before me
Albion H. Larris Judge etc

N o 228. Caleb Bartlett
Copy
y. 355
Coma 1819.
Sept. 1819
Andover

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth . . . day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty third day of June . . . in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty third day of June . . . in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Galeb Bartlett . . . aged sixty five . . . years, resident in Westbrook . . . in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private . . . in the company commanded by Capt. Thos. Mayhew in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bend . . . in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 28 th day of April . . . A. D. 1810, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7385 . . . was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner 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 18th day of March, 1818: 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Galeb Bartlett
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty third day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
} U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real estate — I have none — Personal estate — one cow — one swine — I have no income — a few necessary utensils I have in a small house which I hire and where I live
Caleb Bartlett
Sworn to June 23. 1820
Before Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Caleb Bartlett, who, by occupation am a Sailor — which I am not able to pursue by reason of nor have been for a number of years, on account of sickness and rheumatism
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife Elizabeth — 62 able to do housework well for an old woman   Susan — 29 able to support herself   Charles — 25 able to support himself   Holmes — 23 able to support himself   George — 27 in the insane hospital at Charleston  
Caleb Bartlett
Sworn to Before Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, JUNR. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 twenty three dollars and eighty seven cents. and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty third day of June - A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
423.87

I Thomas Drew, Clerk of the Town of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts, hereby certify, that in the Book of Records of said Town, containing the "marriages & births," page Two hundred and sixty eight, under the head of "Marriages, solemnized by the Rev: Mr. Chandler Robbins of Plymouth, at Plymouth," there is the following entry, viz:
Seventeen hundred and seventy eight, January the fifteenth Caleb Bartlett and Elizabeth Holmes, both of Plymouth
And I certify, that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows
1778. January 15.
I, Thomas Drew, above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me
Thomas Drew, Clerk of the Town of Plymouth
Plymouth October 12th. 1838. -
Plymouth Jp. October 12, 1838 Sworn & subscribed on the day & year aforesaid Before me
Jacob H. Lord Jn. Pease

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Plymouth
Attest Office October 12 1938
I, William C. Clark of the Judicial Court for the said County of Plymouth hereby certify that first & foremost before whom the foregoing deposition was sworn to a full and true for said County of Plymouth duly commissioned & qualified and that his signature & the jurat of said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court on the day & year aforesaid.
William C. Clark

4291
Elizabeth Bartlett's Application for a Pension
Recd July 7. 1838
m 78 d 20.
Dec 15. 69. on 8 mo 75 out 1818. 12. 76
admed 20 mo. per
$66.66
No deduction
Joseph Pope Esq Portland Me

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Cumberland, ss.
ON this twenty-seventh day of December 1878 personally appeared before me Ezekiel Whitman an Justice Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said State, Elizabeth Bartlett a resident of Westbrook in the County of Cumberland and State or District of Maine, aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay, and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Caleb Bartlett - who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, and a pensioner under the act of Congress of the 18 of March 1818 - and his name placed on the pension list of the Maine Agency - she cannot tell the particulars of his service, but would refer to his declaration on which his pension was granted. She thinks he served in Col. Sprouts Regiment. She also believes he served eight months more in a different Regiment, she thinks in Col. Bonds Regiment - and that the service was in the vicinity of Boston and thinks the eight months service was first performed - One of the Captains under whom he served was Thomas Mayhew she believes. She also declares that she has not been married since the death of said Caleb Bartlett, but still remains his Widow.
SHE FURTHER DECLARES, that she was married to the said Caleb Bartlett on the fifteenth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight and that her husband, the aforesaid Caleb Bartlett - died on the thirteenth day of August 1820 - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz. at the time above stated.
Witness: - Charles Bartlett -
Her Elizabeth x Bartlett mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
BEFORE me; and I certify that the above declaration of Elizabeth Bartlett was taken at her place of residence in Westbrook she being by reason of age and infirmity unable to attend court. Ezekiel Whitman
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine

Cumberland Co. State of Maine I Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts, within and for said County of Cumberland; certify that Ezekiel Whitman Esquire, is Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine and that the signature, hereto subscribed, and purporting to be his, are genuine. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this thirty first day of December A. D. 1838. — Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts Cumberland County.

I Charles Bartlett of Westbrook testify and say that my father, Caleb Bartlett late of said Westbrook deceased, a Revolutionary pensioner, died on the thirteenth day of August 1820 - and that my mother Elizabeth Bartlett, who has subscribed the foregoing declaration and who has lived with me since the death of said Caleb Bartlett, has not been married since his death but still continues his widow. Charles Bartlett
State of Maine Cumberland ss
On this twenty seventh day of December A.D. 1838 personally appeared the above named Charles Bartlett a person of credibility and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed before me
Ebenezer Whitman Chief Justice of the C.C. Pleas for P. State

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23481
Elizabeth Bartlett wid of Caleb Bartlett Pr. Mass Line
Act July 7 th 88
Index : Vol. A , Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Catamount, Me. Dec r 31. 1838
J. L. Colburn Esq r , Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
I forward herewith the application of Elizabeth Bartlett for a pension under the Act July 7. 1838. If her claim is allowed, please to forward a certificate of pension in her behalf to me -
Yours very respectfully
Joseph Pope

Caleb Bartlett
Private
Col. Bond. Massachusetts line
1776. 1 year
28 o April. 1818.
In the Judges certificate on file

I Benjamin Warren of Plymouth in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts being duly sworn do depose and say that I was a Lieutenant in Captain Mayhew's company in Colonel Cotton's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, Continental Establishment in the eighth month's service, year 1775; and was also a Lieutenant during the year 1776 in the same company in Colonel Bond's Regiment, Massachusetts Line of the Continental Establishment: that Caleb Bartlett of said Plymouth now a resident of the town of Westbrook in the District of Maine was a soldier in said company and faithfully served during the eight month's service in 1775 and also during the twelve month's service in the year 1776 when he was horribly dismissed at Albany State of New York: that he was a private during the first enlistment and a drummer during the second enlistment in said company —
Benj a Warren
Plymouth ss May 15 1818 Then personally appeared the above named Benjamin Warren and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. Taken by virtue of a depositions subpoena issued by the Hon. A. H. Parris Judge of the United States District Court for Maine District and hereunto annexed —
Before me Nathaniel Goodwin Justice of the peace
I further certify that Mr. Benjamin Warren the above deponent is a gentleman of respectability and is to be relied on for truth & veracity —
Nath l Goodwin Justice of the peace

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Nathaniel Goodwin or Leahuel Sampson of Plymouth in the District of Massachusetts
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Portland in said District, on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen , Leahuel Bartlett of Westbrook in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a musician and private in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the town of Plymouth aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Portland in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion H. Parris Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine. xris

This is to certify that Caleb Bartlett of Westbrook, is reduced to indigent circumstances by bodily infirmities and loss of property & that he needs assistance from his country for his support
dated Westbrook May 4 th 1818
Randall Johnson } Selectmen Silas Estlin } of } Westbrook

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Caleb Bartlett the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the deposition of Benjamin Warren who was a Commissioned officer in the Revolutionary army — that said Caleb Bartlett served as a musician for the period of nine months & upwards in continuation on the Continental Establishment and also the certificate hereto annexed of the Municipal authority of the place of said Bartlett's residence that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of the assistance of his country for support
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Caleb Bartlett the applicant, served as a Musician in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Almon H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.