Isaac B Bartlett (1797 - 1857)

Born 5 Feb 1797 in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States

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Died 22 Mar 1857 at age 60 in Iconium, Appanoose, Iowa, United States

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This profile is part of the Bartlett Name Study.

Isaac B was born in 1797. He is the son of Joseph Bartlett]] and Millicent Rice. He passed away in 1857. Entered by Marie Mills, Jan 7, 2012

History of Mc Donough County, Illinois, published 1885 by the Continental Historical Company, Springfield, Illinois. It has 1158 pages. In possession of Lois E. Dezutti, 3333 Danaha St., Torrance, Cal. Chapter 39, Walnut Grove Township, page 1015 -

"The pioneer settler of Walnut Township was Isaace Bartlett, who came from the state of Tennessee in the fall of 1830, settling on section 34. After eresting a cabin, he left his father and mother there and went over to the vicintiy of Spring Creek in Emmet Township, to work at breaking prairie. While here at work the memorable deep snow came and it was many days of unsuccessful attempts before he succeded in getting back to his aged parents, who he waa aware, must be in desittiue circumstances. He found them in a half starved and frozen condition with nothing to eat and but little fuel to protect them in their rudely constructed habitation from the bitter blasts of one o f the worst windrers in the histoyr of Mc Donough County. The family cow, which had died of exposure and starvation was all that was left to eat and upon the arrival of the son who had been several days in coming from Spring Creek settlement with the three yoke of oxen, a sled and provisions, he found the old gentleman at work removing the hide from the carcass of the dead cow, preparatory to getting something to appease their hunger. The old folks partook of the provisions brought by the son, who soon afterward removed them to where he was stopping on Spring Creek."

p. 203 - The commisioners of the county met on July 5, 1830. They divided the county into three districts and provided for the election of justices of the peace and constables in each district. The districts were each eight miles wide. On the first Saturday in August an election was held in each district, In the third disctrict Isaac Bartlett was appointed as judges of election in the thrid district. At a meeting held on the first Monday in September 1830, Isaac Bartlett was appointed county surveyor.

• 4 Dec 1828 Joseph sold 18 acres to John Loftis for $200 - Overton Co., Tenn 1828, Overton County, Tennessee, Deed Bk p. , Isaac bought land .^[1]
  

• 1830 Schuyler Illinois page 96

Isaac Bartlett

next door is William Job 1790/1800

• 1836 Isaac Bartlett purchased 40 acres of land from the government in tthe southwest corner of McDonough County, Illinois. On the same day his brother, Jesse Bartlett bought 80 acres in the same section.

• By the 1830's:
  

While surveying this tract of country (near Walnut Grove Township, McDonough County, Illinois) , we found a house which had the appearance of being lately built, but which was then un- occupied. Isaac Bartlett afterwards told me he built the house in the fall of 1830, with the intention of moving in it; but having raised a crop on Spring Creek, which he desired to feed out before moving, he placed his aged parents in the new house, in order that he might hold his claim. This was in the winter of 1830-31, a winter that no old settler can ever forget, the like of which has never been experienced since. Others may probably have told you of some of the horrors of that long winter. It is hard to describe. The elder Bartlett and his wife were in the cabin when the snow fell. They had with them a cow which provided the milk for their use. When the snow ceased falling, Isaac Bartlett took his sled, and hitching a yoke or two of oxen to it, started for the residence of his parents to bring them away, but the snow was so deep he could make no headway, and night coming on, he had to await another day, when he again made the attempt to reach them. It was five days before he finally got through. He found his parents without food of any kind, the cow dead, having died from hunger and cold, and his father in the act of dressing it for the purpose of eating. Having brought provisions with him, their immediate wants were supplied, and the next day all returned to Spring Creek. Such were some of the experiences of the early settlers in this county. Respectfully, J. W. Brattle ^[2]
Two of the children were born here:
James Bartlett b: 8 AUG 1830 in McDonough Co, Illinois,
John Wright Bartlett b: 1832 in McDonough Co., Illinois

• 1840 Schuyler Illinois prec 1

Isaac Bartlett 0101001-0011001

• By the 1850's:
  

WALNUT CITY. Iowa ( Walnut Township.) Walnut City is situated on Sections 4 and 5, Town 69, Range 18, and Sections 32 and 33, Town 70, Range 18. The dedicators were John Scott, Francis Childers, James Bartlett and Madison Hollman, who acknowledged the deed November 17, 1858, before W. J. Darrah, J. P. It was surveyed on the 27th and 28th of July by J. H. Hough, County Surveyor. East, State and West streets run north and south, intersected by Main street. The variation is 9° 30'. Some of the first settles in the township were Isaac and Nathan Bartlett, a man named Marchbank, and Rev. Daniel Shafer, a United Brethren preacher. A Baptist Church was formed in the neighborhood, probably as early as 1848. Some of the first members were the Bartletts, Marchbanks, Childers and Thomas Richardson. ^[3]

• 1850 -Appanoose Co., Iowa Census, Center Division, page 21 (enumerated Nov 19, 1850)

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9 66 66 BARTLET ISAAC 53 M FARMER 200 TN 10 66 66 BARTLET NANCY 52 F TN X 11 66 66 BARTLET MELISSA 8 F IA 12 67 67 BARTLETT JAMES 19 M FARMER IL X 13 67 67 BARTLETT MARY 18 F IN X

14 68 68 STARK CALEB 40 M FARMER IN 15 68 68 STARK RHODA 35 F KY X 16 68 68 STARK WILLIAM N 15 M FARMER IN 17 68 68 STARK DAVID N 13 M IN 18 68 68 STARK HANNAH C 10 F IN 19 68 68 STARK JAMES 4 M IN 20 68 68 BARTLET JOHN 20 M FARMER TN X 21 68 68 BARTLET MARTHA A 17 F IN X

• 1852 Iowa state census

Isaac Bartlett had 1 male and 2 females

• 1856 Iowa State Census

JHB Notebook AG - Appanoose Co., Iowa 1856 - p. 920 Family No. 16 - Chariton Twp

Isaac Bartlett 60 M widowed 12 years in the state b. Tenn farmer. Native voter, owner of land 15 acres improved, 25 acres unimproved, 1 acre potatoes, 60 bu harvested, 10 hogssold-$75, 50 lbs butter mxd. Melissa Bartlett 12 F b. Iowa

Sources

1. ↑ Overton County, Tennessee, Deed Bk p.
2. ↑ HISTORY OF McDONOUGH COUNTY. Pages 591 -592. Clarke, S. J; History of McDonough County, Illinois : its cities, towns and villages, with early reminiscences, personal incidents and anecdotes, and a complete business directory of the county. Publisher Springfield, Ill. : D.W. Lusk, State Printer, Published 1878. Pages 720 https://archive.org/stream/historyofmcdonou00clark#page/590/mode/2up
3. ↑ HISTORY OF APPANOOSE COUNTY. pages 466-467 . The history of Appanoose County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history of the Northwest, history of Iowa ... &c. ..Published by Western Historical Co., Chicago, pub.Published 1878 Pages 626. https://archive.org/stream/historyofappanoo01west#page/466/mode/2up

• Clarke, S. J; History of McDonough County, Illinois : its cities, towns and villages, with early reminiscences, personal incidents and anecdotes, and a complete business directory of the county. Publisher Springfield, Ill. : D.W. Lusk, State Printer, Published 1878. Pages 720. https://archive.org/details/historyofmcdonou00clark https://archive.org/stream/historyofmcdonou00clark/historyofmcdonou00clark_djvu.txt

• http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cst/bartlett/team11b.htm

Jobe / Job : *http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ajobebrown/jobe/sam_dorcas/cale/bartlett.html

• https://archive.org/stream/historyofappanoo01west/historyofappanoo01west_djvu.txt and *https://archive.org/stream/historyofappanoo01west#page/n11/mode/2up

• World Connect File - Michael K. Hendrix Family - 18727 total entries, last updated Fri Apr 14 12:53:37 2000 - Michael K. Hendrix

• The Descendants of MR. BARTLETT Early Settlers of WHITE, OVERTON and PUTNAM COUNTIES TENNESSEE

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Darlene Burton for Bartlett-2771 on 8 Aug 13.