Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 23493, Henry Bartley, New York

SERVICE
New York.
Bartley, Henry Ann or Nancy
NUMBER
W 23493
CONTENTS

New York 1643
Anne Bartley
widow of Henry Bartley
N.Y.
who died on the 17. January 1832
of Orange Co. in the State of N. York
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Raymond of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Woodhull. in the N. York line for 15 months
860
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 50 Dollars — Cents, per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Dec. 1837 and sent to Walter Case, New Windsor, N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. '37 325.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Nov. '38. 25.00
$ 350.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 — Page 104

Transcript from the Dead Windsor Session Book kept by the Reverend John Close the officiating Cler- gyman in the Parish of Dead Windsor on the twenty second day of November 1779.
Marriages
1779 November 22 d Henry Bartle and Anna Sher- wood. Cornwall.
State of Dead Windsor
County of Cornwall I James Sherwood a Clergyman residing in the Parish of Dead Windsor village of Dead Windsor County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that I am the officiating Clergyman in said Parish that there has been a Church Record kept in said Parish in a book entitled Dead Windsor Session book ever since the fourteenth day of September one thousand seven hundred & seventy nine (as appears from said Record) from which Record it appears that Henry Bartle and Anna Sherwood intermarried with each other on the twenty second day of November one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine I do hereby certify that the Reverend John Close was the officiating Clergyman in said Parish at the time of said Marriage as he has been in possession and believed and that the annexed transcript is correctly copied from said book.
Sworn to and subscribed
this 24 th day of March 1837 before me
James Sherwood
John R. Walbridge Com r of Deeds

State of New York Orange County
Personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange. Mary Bartley otherwise called Mary Bartley a Cred- ible Witness who having been by me duly sworn doth depose and say that she is the Widow of Henry Bartley late of the Town of Cornwall County and State aforesaid whose application for a pension under the Act of March 18th 1818 was rejected in his life time because he had not served nine months under one enlistment as deponent has been in- formed and believes to be true. The said Hen- ry Bartley served as a private in the New York Voluntary Corps in the Company of Captain Samuel Sugmond of which David Reynolds deceased was first Lieutenant and Joseph Morrell Esquire whose affidavit is annexed was Ensign five months at Fort Constitution in the Town of Cornwall County and State aforesaid in the year 1775 said Company was composed of Volunteers Deponent also saith that said Henry Bartley six months in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six out in what Company or Regiment Deponent cannot now ascertain as she does not know one person living who was in that service she therefore begs leave to refer to the proof of the services of the said Henry on file at the war office of the application and proof of the said Hen- ry aforesaid was placed on file Deponent has often heard and verily believes that the said Henry was engaged in the battle on Long Island Kings Bridge and White Plains in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and was no

charged at Deccoll's Point on the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and she believes it to be true Deponent has often been informed and believes that the said Henry served the full term of six months on Long Island 40th Regiment White Plains & Deccoll's Point Deponent also states that after said Henry was discharged as aforesaid he belonged to the company of Militia commanded by Cap- tain Christian Vanderveer of the Town of Barnwell of which one hour was first lieu- tenant said company belonged to the Regiment of Colonel Woodhull in the column being in the column previous to the battle of Fort Montgomery the said Henry imme- diately repaired to that Post and was in that engagement - Immediately after that Fort was surrendered to the British the said Henry joined his said Company and stood guard at the place above the High- lands in the Town of Barnwell to prevent the Enemy from landing for the term of three weeks Henry Vanderveer whose affidavit is annexed states that he belonged to said Company at the same time as the said Henry in the fall of the year 1778 the said Henry was ordered with a Detachment of said company into the three months ser- vice at Fishkill in Dutchess County un- der the command of the said Captain Vanderveer and served at that place one

month. The said Henry Vanderveer served with the said Henry Bartley with the said detachment at the same time and place as Deponent has before said has often heard said others to be true. Depo- nent also saith that a short time before said work was burnt by the Indians. The said Hen- ry Bartley was ordered with a detachment of said band of Christian Vanderveer of which Henry Vanderveer was one to Pungah on the In- dian border and was gone some time in that town - in days - Deponent also saith that in the month of June 1883 there was an alarm at West Point and the whole company of Captain Vanderveer turned out & the said Henry Bartley with them - he was absent the day according to Deponent's recollection - and said Depo- nent also saith that the said Henry Bartley was a dealer in deer skins - said a time were married to turn out on cover alarm. Deponent was married to the said Bartley by the Reverend John Close deceased then the of the Presbyterian in the Parish of New Windsor on the 22 nd day of November 1879 - The said Henry Bartley died on the seventeenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty five leaving De- ponent his widow. Deponent since the death of said Henry has not been marri- ed to any one. Deponent's marriage was recorded by the said John Close in a book entitled New Windsor Session Book by the name of Anna Sherwood that the name Anna and Henry are the same and that she is the identical Anna Sherwood who is said in said book to have been married to the said Henry Bartley on the twenty second day of November

as above said - Sworn to and Subscribed } This 25 th day of April 1837 before me
her Ann or Nancy X Barkley mark
J. W. Clinton one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Orange
Orange County ss. Deponent also saith that by reason of her age and bodily Infirmité she is unable to attend Court
Sworn to and subscribed } This tenth day of May 1837 before me
her Ann or Nancy X Barkley mark
J. W. Clinton

sion on file in this Bureau.
Henry Bartley Med. File 20493
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 5 mos Pvt. Samuel Raymond N.Y.   1776 6 mos William Jackson   1777 3 mos Christian Vanduzer Woodhall   Fall of 1778 1 mo " "   1778 10 days " "   June 1780 10 days " "  
Battles engaged in, Red Bank, Brandywine, White Plains, Saratoga
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, Oct 23-1837 For his own
Residence at date of application, Orange Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 71
Remarks: Soldier married in the Parish of New Windsor Oct. 22 1779. Anna or Mary Sherwood and died Jan 17 1832
Orange Co NY A. T. C.

1909 Aug. 13 High. So F. J. Walter V.L.M.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 28493
Anne Bartley widow of Henry Bartley Rev Rev Pwar
Act: July 4th 1836
Index:—Vol. A , Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870.]
New York Nancy Bartley Surinam Lt to W. Case Esq June 29, 1837 — Hon. A. R. Poinsett 21 Sep 1837

STATE OF NEW YORK } ss. I, LEBBEUS L. VAIL, CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County ORANGE COUNTY, }
of Orange, Do Hereby Certify, That James C. Clinton before whom the foregoing Affidavits was subscribed and sworn, was, at the time of taking the same, a Judge of Common Pleas Court in, and for said county : and further
that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the signature to the said Affidavits and Certificate is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the
Seal of the said County, the 17 th day of May
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Lebbeus L. Vail Clerk
FREDERICK J. WALTER, M. D. ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO
July 31 st. 1909.
Comissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
I am referred to you by the War Department in answer to a question which they could not definitely answer. Were any of the following men enrolled as troops in the New York or Continental troops during the Revolutionary War ?
Henry Bartley. Wm. Hervey Bartley. } Peter Van Vliet. } Abram Hasbrouck. }
This is a matter of considerable importance and any information will be appreciated.
Yours truly,
F. J. Walter -

Michael Smith Elizabeth his wife

Post
Buffalo N.Y. Dec 5 th
free
Hon Nancy Bartley
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
Recd Oct 20
Not sent to J. L. Edwards 21 Sept 1891 27 Jan 1892

Hon
J. L. Edwards
New Windsor Decem- 4th 1837-
Sir
The repeated and almost incessant importunities of Damer  Bartle , the Widow of Henry  Bartle , deceased a Revolutionary  Soldier , whose claim for a Pension according to my recollection was sent to the Pension office early last Spring , induces me again to enquire, whether her Pension Certificate has been sent out. If it has it has miscarried, which I presume was the case with my letter in answer to yours of June 29 th 1837- in which you say: "The tour of five months in Captain Raymond's Company in 1775, 3 months in 1777 under Captain Banden -yer, one month in 1778, a tour of ten days in the same year, and a tour of 10 days in 1780, will be allowed. All that can be allowed for the tour in Captain Jackson's Company in 1776, is six months unless Mr Morrell the Witness can speak definitely as to any thing before that term." To this letter I replied immediately (in substance) That Judge Morrell's recollection had been so shattered by repeated shocks of the Ruby , that no further credence could be obtained from him on the subject, & signifying the willingness of Mrs Bartle to relinquish her claim for all the service of her husband, except 15 months - In your letter to the Secretary of War of September 21 st 1837, which I received in a letter from Hon D. Nathaniel Jones , you say in conclusion "if it be intended to accept a Pension for fifteen

months service, her intention to that effect should be signified." soon after the receipt of two letters Mrs Bartley appeared before Judge Clinton and for- mally relinquished her claim for a Pension, on account of the service of her late husband in the Revolutionary war, except  the  time  there  months for which it had been intended, a Pension would be allowed to the applicant. This Relinquish- ment was formally made, I sent to Washington without delay with the proper direction, but so far as yet received no Pension Certificate.
When I consider that the important skills early are made under the pressure of events and the apprehensions of a long and arduous warfare, I cannot resist the urgent solicitations to write, and hope you will excuse me for again troubling you on this subject
Yours sincerely Very Respectfully Yours
Edgar Allan Poe

1978 NY Oct 9 Nancy Bartley Accepts pension Dec 6th 1837
Dec
James J. Schuch
Commutation
Washington City

Hon
J. L. Edward,
Sir
Your Report of Sept 21 st Alt, relative to the claim of Nancy Bartley the widow of Henry Bartley deceased a revolutionary Soldier, together with the Letter of the Secretary of War to the Hon. D. P. Lewis, were transmitted to me, and duly received. In compliance with your intimation, I herewith send an instrument duly executed by Nancy Bartley, and formally acknowledged, by which she signifies her intention to accept a pension for fifteen months service of her late Husband.
I Remain Very Respectfully,
Yours
For the base
New Windsor October 5 th 37

State of New York Nancy Bartlett
State of New York ✓ 1978 Nancy Bartlett Pension Plan
Walter base agent
New Windsor
Orange County
5 - 1975
3 - 1977
1 - 1978
Annual
Private 15 months
Walter Case Esq. New Windsor New York

State of New York Orange County ss.
I James G. Clinton one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County aforesaid do hereby Certify that Mary Burt is the Widow of Henry Burt late of the Town of Cornwall aforesaid now deceased that she was married to the said Henry by the Reverend John Close Deceased at that time the officiating Clergyman in the Parish of New Windsor on the twenty second day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine that the said Henry  and died on the nineteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty two leaving the said Mary (the applicant) for a pension below named his widow who has not since the death of the said Henry been married to any one and still remains his Widow. I further Certify that it has been satisfactorily proved to me that the said Henry Burt served in the Revolutionary War as stated in the annexed declaration of the said Mary, I also Certify that James Sherwood who signed the annexed Certificate is a Respectable Clergyman and is now the officiating Clergyman in the Parish of New Windsor - and I further Certify that it has been satisfactorily proved before me that the said Mary is unable to attend Court by reason of bodily Infirmary.
I also Certify that the annexed transcript from the New Windsor Session book is a correct Copy of an original entry in said Book of the intermarriage of the said Henry Burt with the said Mary (the applicant) and it has been proved to my satisfaction that the names Henry & Anne are the same.

and used synonymously - and that Emma Sherwood named in said book and also in said transcript as having been married to the said Henry Burty on the twenty second day of November one thou- and seven hundred and seventy ninety nine is the same person who subscribed the preceding affidavit by the name of Emma Burty and is the widow of the said Henry Burty and the applicant for a pension before named, and that she was married to the said Henry on the twenty second day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy ninety nine
W. H. L. H. one of the Judges of Orange County Common Pleas -

State of New York Orange County
Personally appeared before the Subscribers Michael Smith of the Town of Cornwall County and State aforesaid a pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832 and Elizabeth his wife Credible Fortner and hav- ing been by me due sworn according to law before and say each one for him and herself respectively and first the said Michael Smith that he was well acquainted with Henry Bartle who was a Revolutionary Soldier in his life time the husband of Nancy Bartle now the applicant for a pension who is the widow of the said Henry Bartle and whose affidavit is here- unto annexed. On the year one thousand eight- een hundred and seventy seven deponent and the said Henry Bartle were Privates in the Com- pany of Militia, commanded by Captain Eli- han Burdewyer of the town of Cornwall County and State aforesaid, to which Com- pany Henry Burdewyer whose affidavit is annex- ed also belonged. Said Company was divided into detachments which alternately performed mil- itary duty on the frontier or at the Militia Posts in erecting Fortifications, until relieved by some other detachment. In case of General alarm the whole Company turned out En Mass - on the summer of the year one thou- sand seven hundred and seventy eight, the said Company was ordered to redoubts Number one, two, three and four, which were situated in the Valley West of Fort Putnam (now Fort Independence) there be- ing a General Alarm at those Posts, and an ap- -prehension that the Enemy were about

to attempt to penetrate through that defile to the country above the Highlands. Deponent believes that the said Henry Bartle was turned out with the said Company on that occasion. He was an active & zealous brig and the scarcity of men at that time was so great that if the said Bartle had not turned out with the Company, Deponent thinks he should remember it. The said Company remained at the said place two or three weeks according to Deponent's recollection & belief. Deponent also saith that the said Henry Bartle was with said Company at Fort Hill in the fall of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, under the command of Captain Vanderveer and the said Deponent Elizabeth Smith for herself saith that David Reynols her father was first lieutenant of the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Raymond, in which the said Henry Bartle served as a private at Fort Constitution in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five. Deponent is well acquainted with Henry Bartle the applicant, who was the bride and is now the widow of the said Henry Bartle. The said Henry and Mary were near neighbours to Deponent in the Revolutionary war & intermarried sometime in the middle thereof. — Deponent also saith that Anna and Mary are the same name as she has always understood & believes
sworn & subscribed to this 23 d day of March 1837 before me John R. Caldwell Com d of Deeds etc.
Elizabeth Smith

Joseph Merrill
1837
76
1764
17
1778 - 1801
1 1 1
Francis Burleigh

State of New York Orange County Sp
Personally appeared before the Subscriber Joseph Morell Esquire of the Town of New Windsor Coun- ty and State aforesaid a Credible Witness to me known to be known who having been by me duly sworn accord- ing to law doth depose and say that he is eighty years of age that he served in the Revolutionary War as a Commissioned officer from the commencement to the end thereof and is now a Prisoner of the United States in consequence of said service at the rate of twenty dollars per month - That in the month of August 1775 in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy- five he enlisted in a Company Commanded by Captain Samuel Haymond and continued to serve therein until the spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six at which time he enlist- ed in a Company Commanded by Captain Wil- iam Jackson of Colonel James Clinton's Regiment for one year that being the term for which said Company engaged to serve But in the month of December of the year last aforesaid Congress passed a law to raise an army for three years or during the war with Great Britain Deponent there- in engaged in a Company Commanded by Captain Isaac Smith of the fourth Regiment Com- manded by Colonel Henry B. Livingston for and during the war and served therein until the first of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty one when the five New York Regiments were condensed into two Regiments - Deponent was intimately acquainted with Henry Bartle deceased late the husband of Nancy Bartle the applicant for a pension whose declaration is hereto an- nexed. That the said Henry was a Private in the

said Company Commanded by the said Capitain William Jackson and was Deponents book The Company of the said Jackson was so reduced by the Private Soldiers enlisting into the Continental line (which they were permitted to do) that the Company was broken up Deponent cannot now Recollect whether the said Henry Burty joined the Company of the said Israel Smith but he has no doubt that he served out the term of his Enlistment In the Continental Army Deponent lived in the same neighbourhood with the said Henry untill the time of his death - was intimately acquainted with him during all that time and such was the demand for men at that Period that he feels confident that if the said Henry had shrunk from Military duty Deponent would have heard of it and if he had heard of it he has no doubt that he would now Remember it and deponent also saith that he has often heard and believes it to be true that the said Henry was in the service of his Country at several other times during the Revolutionary war but at what particular times and the duration of his tours of service deponent cannot now state Deponent also saith that Daniel Bartley was the

wife and is now the Widow of the said Henry Bartley and has never been married to any other person to the knowledge of this Deponent. Deponent well recollects that the said Henry was a private Soldier and in actual service at the time he was married but can not state with certainty in what year it took place although Deponent was present at the wedding according to the best of his recollections and belief — The said Henry continued in service after his marriage.
Sworn to and Subscribed to Joseph Morton This 17 th  to 20 th February 1837 before me
John R Caldwell Comt. of deeds

STATE OF NEW YORK, ORANGE COUNTY,
} SS.
I, LEBBEUS L. VAIL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County
of Orange, Do Hereby Certify, That
John R Caldwell
before whom
the foregoing Affidavits
was subscribed and sworn, was at the time of taking the
same, a
Conveyance of Deeds
in, and for said county: and further,
that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Conveyance
and verily believe that the signature to the
said
Affidavits
is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the
Seal of the said county, the
17 th
day of
May
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Lebbeus L. Vail

State of New York Essex County ss
Personally appeared before the undersigned Henry Branderburger of the Town of Cornwall County and State aforesaid a Pensioner under the Law of June 7th 1832 and a Credible Witness who having been legally and duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that he served in the Company of Captain Christian Branderburger of the Militia as a private in the Revolutionary War. That Henry Brante, whose widow is an applicant for a Pension and whose affidavit is annexed was a private in said Company during all the time Deponent belonged to the same which was from sometime in the month of _____ in the year 1777 - according to the best of Deponent's Recollection and belief. Said Company was divided into detachments who took alternately regular duty and performed duty on the lines or elsewhere until relieved by some other detachment of said Company in order that the burdens of the war might fall equally on all. On General Alarms the whole Company turned out, Deponent cannot now recollect the particular terms of service performed by the said Henry Brante with precision. But Deponent well recollects that a detachment of said Company of which Deponent was one served three weeks at Ramapo & Hackensack in the State of New Jersey. We arrived at Hackensack shortly after the British had left that place. This was sometime in the Winter. The next Spring I went as one of a detachment of said Company to Ramapo and stayed there and at Flouts and Sovereigns during said term of service which was about three months. Immediately after the battle of Fort Montgomery on the sixth day of October one thousand seven

hundred and seventy seven our whole company was ordered to the River to prevent the Enemy from landing on the way up we remained there three weeks. Deponent also saith that the whole of said company was ordered to Fishkill in the fall of the year 1778. In detachments & the said Henry Bartle turned out with the detachment to which I belonged and remained there one month according to deponent's recollection and belief and were then ordered to hold ourselves in readiness to turn out at a moment's warning. Towards the end of a detachment of said company which was sent to protect the Western border against the Indians we took guard at Dukes on the Hudson. Deponent at this late period scarcely recollects at what particular period the said Henry served with detachments of said company but de- ponent does state that he has no doubt but that the said Henry turned out with the said com- pany on every General alarm and served at all times (when not elsewhere engaged in service) with the detachment of said com- pany to which he belonged and that the services of said detachments were equalled as much as practicable and Deponent also saith that he is acquainted with the Applicant whose declaration is annexed ed that she was in the time of the Revolutionary War reputed to be the wife of the said Henry Bart- le and deponent believes it was true — and Deponent also saith that he has had the statement & affidavit of the said Hen- ry Bartle read & Deponent has no doubt that it is correct altho it states that the whole company of Christian Vanderwerker turned out on an alarm

at least Point in the month of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty a fact which Deponent did not distinctly recol- lect when he made his declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Law of Congress of June 7 th 1832 but a fact of which he has now no doubt sworn to & subscribed & the tenth day of March { Henry Van Dyke 1837 before me John R. Caldwell Com: of deeds &c

In Woodstock N.Y. Sept 13
C
M~
Jerob Bartley — Atkins
Fishkill Landing
Dutchess County —

State of New York } Orange County } 1/
Personally appeared before the Subscriber James G. Clinton one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Coun- ty aforesaid Nancy Barker the widow of Henry Bark- ley deceased (a Revolutionary Soldier) to me person- ally known to be an applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress of July 4th 1836 and thereby relinquishes all claim to a Pension on account of the services of her late Husband Henry Barkley as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War as stated in her original declaration on file at the War Office at the City of Washington, except the Pension to which she is by law entitled on account services of of her said Henry in said War amounting to fifteen months in all —
Taken & acknowledged } before me this fifth } day of October 1837 }
Nancy her Barker mark
James G. Clinton a Judge of Orange County Common Pleas

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Bartley, John GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 11957 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 6, 1793 To Francis Graves, assignee
*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.