BARTLETT, JOHN - CONTINENTAL VIRGINIA AND SEA SERVICE - PENSION # S 35, 126

John Bartlett applied for a pension in Allen County, Kentucky on Sept 1823 and made declaration that he is a resident of said county and is 73 years old. He enlisted in Feb 1776 about five miles below Cabin Point near Suffolk, Virginia in a company of horses commanded by Capt. Armong or Armlong in the regiment commanded by Col. Nelson in the line of the state of Virginia and on the continental establishment. He served till Jan 1783 when he left the company and with the permission of his commander went to Hampton, Virginia and enlisted as a marine soldier on board the vessel, Liberty, in the service of the United States. He continued till sometime in 1783 when he was discharged.

He was in the Battle at Petersburg, Virginia and was at the siege of York. He was ill in the hospital at Hanover, Virginia when Cornwallis was taken. He made a schedule of his property. He also applied for a pension in Davidson County, Tennessee, 18 May 1825 and made statements similar as above and stated that his name was placed on the pension roll of Kentucky, from which he lately removed, that he now resides in Williamson County, Tennessee. These statements were made before Nathan Ewing, clerk of the court at Nashville, Tennessee. John Bartlett of Allen County, Kentucky who was a private in the company commanded by Colonel Nelson in the Virginia line from 1776 to 1783 and was inscribed on the pension roll of the Kentucky agency to commence on 15 Sep 1823. Certificate of the pension was issued on 08 Jan 1824.

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BARTLETT, JOHN - PENSION # S 39, 158

23 Jul 1821 - State of Kentucky, 5th Judicial District. He personally appeared in the Jefferson Circuit Court as he was a resident of said county, aged 57. Declares that he served in the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the U. S. that he enlisted in the Virginia Line, on Continental Establishment at Winchester, Virginia, under Capt. Robert Yancey and Col. Bland of the First Regiment of Cavalry. He was put in the 3rd troop commanded by Capt. Watts, that he enlisted for and during the war, that he was enlisted in the summer of 1780, and while in the south was under Col. Walton White, and while in the south was at Charleston, Savannah, Guilford Court House, and Camden. He was one of those sent back to Virginia, under a Lieutenant to mess horses for the regiment. While in Virginia, in Oct 1781, he was at the siege of York. Soon afterwards, he went back to the south and was discharged at Ruffins Ferry, S.C. and that said discharge has long since been lost or discharged.

He served from the summer of 1780 to the summer of 1783 and he solemnly swears that he was a resident citizen of the U. S. on 18 Mar 1818, and that he had not since that time disposed of any of his property. He has a wife and children. His wife is aged 54. His first son John Bartlett, Jr. is married. The second son is named Lavender Bartlett, age 19. The other son Jefferson Bartlett, age 12. The whole family lives with the son who is married and has one child.

The soldier's pension was transferred to West Tennessee, 03 Jun 1825. (Section 126 for John Bartlett listed above. It has a different pension number than the John Bartlett listed here.)