Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,589, Stephen Bartlett, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
Bartlett, Stephen
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Conn. Continental
S. 44.589
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5439 4 From Massachusetts
No. 1000000 Stephen Bartlett Capt Parson's Conn. Corporeal Rhode Island line '77. 3 years in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th of Jan'y 1819 and sent to John Hooker Esq. Judge Springfield Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818  21 9 4 / 30 11 30 m ts 38. 66 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar: 1819 48 00  $86.66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Wampden County
May 18
1880 Rev History by M M Bartlett Prior
Received of M c M c Bartlett Esq. the sum of Eighty Six Dollars and 66 Cents for Pension of Stephen Bartlett late of Wampden County New York Wampden Nelson County New York

State of New York Ulster County ss
Be it remembered that on this 18 th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred twenty personally appeared the  affidavit of Common Pleas held at Kingston in the County of Ulster and State of New York before the Judges of the said Court being a Court of Record recognized by the Laws of the State of New York, which said Court is a Court of record proceeding according to the course of the common Law with a Jurisdiction un- limited in point of Amount keeping a record of its proce- edings and having a Clerk and Seal and also having the power of fine and imprisonment) Stephen Bartlett late of the Town of Springfield in the State of Massachusetts but now residing in the Town of Warwarsing in the County of Ulster aged sixty four  64 years who being first duly sworn According to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows As a corporal in the Reg t commanded by Col l Henry Sherburn in the Company of Capt t Elijah Blackman in the Massachu- setts Agency And that he is now on the Pension list of the United States his Certificate bearing date the 19 th day of January 1819 - His Pension to commence on the 10 th April 1818 at the rate of eight Dollars p r Month and that the number of his Certificate is five thousand four hundred and thirty nine (5,439) And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. 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 & Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th March 1818. And I have not now had 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 this schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
And this Deponent further says that he is by occupa- tion a farmer that he is much infirm in health and not able to perform a days work That he has no other person in his family except his wife of the age of about forty  40 years who is in tolerable good health and capable of doing the ordinary work of women at that age that it is difficult for this Deponent to procure work and when procured it is at reduced prices from his inability to perform  perform a days labour. That his eye sight has for several years failed him and is now so bad that he can scarcely read  see with Glasses and cannot distinctly see at the distance of twenty feet and that it is growing worse that he now rents about Twenty acres of ground under  under cultivation but new lands and rough with the necessary timber lands on which he expects to raise sufficient for the support of himself and wife

and which affords them a shelter But the rent of which he cannot pay without the aid of the Pension of the United States.
Stephen Bartlett
I was in open Court the 4 th Day of July 1820 before me
Lucas Elmendorf first Judge of the Court of common Pleas in and for the County of Ulster
Schedule of the Property Real and Personal of the Above named Stephen Bartlett. — of Real Estate now in Possession Remain- der or Reversion Except about 20 acres of new cleared Lands in the Town of Wawarsing in Ulster County & sufficient wood for fire wood &c Small House which I have rented from Mr - Cornelius Hoornbeck of Wawarsing in said County at $25- per Year for one Year of Cloaths & Bedding & House hold furni- ture not sufficient for ordinary purposes Having scarcely more than a change of Cloaths for myself and wife respectively No oxen. Horses Cows. Sheep - Rags or Pottery. Waggons harness & Ploughs nor any kind of personal property except Bed Bedding & wearing apparel That he subsists on the occasional labor of himself & wife when work can be procured and by what he expects to support himself hope to raise on the Place - Rented The rent of which he expects to pay out of the Bounty of the Government & that he moved from Massachusetts into the Town of Wawarsing in the County of Ulster and State of New York the last spring Stephen Bartlett.

I Christopher Tappan Junior Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County in the State of New York do certify the fore- going part and the schedule thereto annex- ed are truly copied from the originals on file in the office of said Clerk. And that it is the opinion of said Court that Stephen Bartlett is dependent on the aid of his county for support. And that the Total Amount in Value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is nothing without my hand and the seal of said Court. July 4th 1820
C. Tappan Jr
Stephen Bartlett 5439 The Frank Church 1820

Stephen Bartlett Private 1777 to 1780 Sherburne R. Island Regt Admitted Not on Roll
Returned with further evidence as herein certified.
Looker Spencer Hall
I Stephen Bartlett within named do further testify & declare that the discharge hereunto an- nexed was given me at the expiration of the last term of my service mentioned herein - that I left the same at the office in Hartford then called the Pay table office soon after receiving the same and that I obtained the same from the office of Comptroller in the state of Connecticut within less than 30 days since
Stephen Bartlett
I John Hooker within named do hereby certify that the said Stephen Bartlett on the seventh day of Dec. A.D. 1810 personally appeared & produced the discharge hereunto annexed & made oath to the truth of the supplemental affidavit by him subscribed - and I do hereby return this application with the additional evidence to the Secretary of the department of War -
John Hooker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden Co.
On this 10 th day of April A.D. 1818 personally appeared before John Hooker Esq. Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said Commonwealth including said Hampden County Stephen Bartlett a Citizen of the United States & resident in the town of Springfield in said County who being duly sworn deposed & saith That in April 1775 he volunteered into the service of the United States as a private soldier that he went to Roxbury in Massachusetts from Ellington in Connecticut that at said Roxbury he enlisted in the regular army under Capt Dawson that he continued in the army for five years under different Captains in several Regiments that during the last three years he served in Col. Sherburne's Regiment & Capt Elijah Blackman's company & was honorably discharged at Morristown in New Jersey that he does not now recollect by whom his discharge was signed & that it is now lost - And this Deponent further saith that he is in reduced circumstances in life by reason thereof stands in need of assistance from his Country for support
April 10.
Stephen Bartlett
I John Marlin of Milbraham do depose & say that I served in the same Company with the said Stephen Bartlett in Col. Henry Sherburne's Regiment - I know of his serving as a soldier in said Regiment for three years in the continental establishment as he has set forth in the above affidavit -
John Marlin

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Stephen Bartlett Copfl. Rev. War.
Act: 13 th March 1818
Index: — Vol. 3 , Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar. 15. 1897 - H Hon. J. D. Leigh of Representatives
Feb. 14 - 1890 Edward R. Runk Pke

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampden
ss. B E IT REMEMBERED, That on the Seventh day of April A. D. 1818, came before me, JOHN HOOKER,
Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said State, and including the said county of Hampden — the above named
Stephen Bartlett the applicant  John Hamlin I generally
made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him respectively subscribed, and hereto annexed.
I do thereupon hereby declare, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Stephen Bartlett the applicant did serve in the
revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for more than nine months, on the continental establishment, as set forth in his affidavit aforesaid, and that he is yet a res-
ident citizen of the United States, is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court for the said county of Hampden to be affixed hereto, this Seventh day of April 1818
I do therefore hereby certify the above named as the testimony & proceedings had on said application of Bartlett & transmit the same to the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States
J. H. Hooker

Stephen Barilett. St 44 589 Conn.

1.2 Land Warlers
New Jersey --- April 1880. This Certifies that Stephen Bartlett Corp o in the 2 nd Comp y . Col o Henry Sherburne's Reg t has served three years the term of his Engagement as a Good and Faithful Corp o and is hereby Discharged from the Service with Reputation.
Abijah Lacey Capt Com d Col Sherburne's Head
To all Concerned.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of New York County of Ulster — ss.
On this 18 th day of June 1820, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Ulster personally appeared Stephen Bartlett who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Elijah Blackman in the regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Sherburn in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Massachusetts - from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.
Sworn and subscribed to, before } me, the day and year aforesaid. }
Stephen Bartlett
James E. D. D. D.
NOTE. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

County of Ulster ss
I certify that James L DeWitt Esq. at the date within mentioned was a Justice of the Peace duly qualified in & for the County of Ulster & that the within signature of his name is as truly believed his own hand writing.
Witness the seal of said County this 19. February 1821.
Ch. Dappen Jrn.
Clerk