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Revolutiona War Record of William Berkley/Bartlett



REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION ABSTRACTS
William BERKLEY/BARTLETT (1755-aft. 1835)
Loudoun Co., VA and Clark Co., KY



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include the names of individuals signing or witnessing the application for
pension, and those names can sometimes be very revealing.

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William, or William BARTLETT, S12964, VA line, appl 26 Sep 1832 Clarke Cty KY
aged 77, b 17 Jan 1755 in Frederick Cty VA & had ent in Loudon Cty VA, sol�s
father William BERKLEY or BARTLETT d in Loudon Cty VA & Sol�s mother d prior
to 1832, sol refers to his bros but none are named in the file. [White]



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William, esf 1777 Loudoun Co, VA; b 1/7 or 1/17/1755 Frederick Co, VA, s/o
William who dd Loudoun Co., VA; PN 1832 Winchester, Clark Co, KY; some bro�s
spelled name BARTLETT, while others BARCLAY or BERKLEY; QLF states sol b PA &
res Rockbridge Co, VA. R225. [Wardell] [My note..st: QLF means "Qualifying
Letter Found" (DAR). Note the difference in where she shows William was born and
what the pension application states.]



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BERKELEY (BARTLETT), William, S.12964
26 September 1832. Clark Co., Kentucky. William (X) BERKLEY alias William
BARTLETT, a resident of said county, aged 77 on 7 or 17 January last, declares
he enlisted in Loudoun Co., Virginia, in February 1777 with Captain Charles
Porterfield in the 11th Regiment of Virginia troops of Colonel Daniel MORGAN,
and was discharged in Loudoun Co. Virginia, after or about October 1781.

He marched to Winchester, Virginia, in March 1777 where the troops were
rendezvoused and about 25 March were marched to Philadelphia and there
inoculated for the small pox. They marched to Bon Brook where he was attached to
Capt. Gabriel LONG�s company of Morgan�s rifle regiment. LONG had resided in
Culpeper County. He was in battle in New York when General BURGOYNE was taken
and General GATES commanded the American troops. In that battle the lieutenant
of his company, ____ HARRISON of Culpepper County, was killed. James WRIGHT of
Fauquier County was later captain of the company in place of LONG and under
WRIGHT they marched to Charleston, South Carolinia. Major POSEY commanded the
regiment after MORGAN�s promotion to General.

He was in Charleston during the seige, was wounded and was taken prisoner for
about fourteen months. He was a Monmouth while the battle there was going on but
MORGAN�s regiment was not engaged. He was in a battle in the Gennessee country
with the British and Indians under General SULLIVAN.

He was born 7 or 17 January 1755 in Frederick Co., Virginia. His father William
BERKLEY died in Loudoun County. Applicant could never write and was an
indifferent reader. His name on the roll of soldiers may be written BARTLETT as
his father�s name and that of his descendants in the male line is sometimes
pronounced BARTLETT, sometimes BERKLEY and sometimes BARCLAY and pronounced
sometimes in one way and sometimes in the other. Some of his brothers write
their names BARTLETT and others write their name BERKLEY.

William BERKLEY alias BARTLETT of Clark Co., Kentucky, private in the company of
Captain PORTERFIELD in the regiment of Colonel MORGAN in the Virginia line for
two years, was placed on the Kentucky pension roll at $80 per annum under the
act of 1832. Certificate 7648 was issued 11 May 1833. [Dorman]

[Dorman�s abstract contributed by Carol A. Selander.]

William BARTLETT, alias William BERKLEY, is listed in the 1835 Pension Ceusus,
age 79 (in 1835), showing service as a Private, Virginia Line. His pension
started May 11, 1833 with an annual allowance of $80.00, and total received
$240.00.



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1. William Berkley/Bartlett�s Will, dated Jul 4, 1833, Clark Co., KY [WB 3:70]
names his children: Matilda, Silas, Melesa, Oliver, Hiram, Louisa and Nancy.
2. One Hiram Bartlett married Nancy Priest Sep 8, 1818, Montgomery Co., KY. Is
he the son of William Berkley/Bartlett? (Montgomery formed from Clark Co. 1796)
3. What happened to Silas? Is he the same Silas that md. Barbara McDaniel 1837
Mason Co., KY? Some researchers show Silas (w/Barbara) was the son of Ebenezer
Bartlett of Nicholas Co., KY (d. 1843 Hancock Co., IL), but he is not named in
Ebenezer�s will and to date I�ve found no other records indicating he was
Ebenezer�s son. 1850 Census records show Silas (w/Barbara), age 30, (b. ca
1820). Ebenezer Bartlett had a son, b. Mar., 1818 and a daughter b. Nov, 1820.
It's possible, but seems unlikely there was a son born in between. Barbara
McDaniel BARTLETT died 1902 in Bath Co., KY (formed from Montgomery Co. 1811).

4. Other researcher�s show Silas was the son of Samuel Bartlett of Nicholas
Co. Again, I�ve found no documents to prove that. If he was not the son of
Ebenezer or Samuel, perhaps Silas (w/Barbara) is William�s son, Silas. Does
anyone have any primary source proof of Silas� parents? Your ideas would be
appreciated. Sandra G. Taylor



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Pension Abstract Sources:
1. White, Virgil D. Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files
(Waynesboro, TN: The National Historical Publishing Co., 1992), Vol. I.
2. Wardell, Patrick G. Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data From
Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records , Vol. 1, Aaron
through Cyrus (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1988).
3. Dorman, John Frederick, comp. Virginia Revolutionary Pension Applications,
Vol. 6. (Washington DC: n. pub, 1961).



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