Bartlett Greenwood (abt. 1764 - abt. 1837)

Born about 18 Jul 1764 in Charlotte, Virginia, British Colonial America

Descendants

Died about 28 Sep 1837 at about age 73 in Lincoln, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Bartlett was born in on Jul 18, 1764, probably in Virginia, to William Greenwood & Lucretia Bartlett.

Private Bartlee Greenwood served with 1st Continental Light Dragoons (1776), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Bartlee Greenwood is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A047582.

William Greenwood, descendant of the above John, b. in Virginia about 1738, had sons, Bartlee, John, William and probably Abraham. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War but was taken sick in the service and his place was filled by his oldest son, Bartlee, b. in 1760, then 16 years old, who served 6 years. He was a member of the famous body known at the “Light Horse Harry Lee,” which was in command of an ancestor of Gen. R. E. Lee, of the Southern Confederacy.

Bartlett "Bartlee" Greenwood's father, William Greenwood was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, but was taken sick in the service. His place was filled by his oldest son Bartlee, born 1760, then 16 years old, who served 6 years. He was a member of the famous body known at the “Light Horse Harry Lee,” which was in command of an ancestor of Gen. R. E. Lee, of the Southern Confederacy. National Genealogy Society Quarterly - Greenwood genealogies, 1154-1914; the Ancestry and Descendants of Thomas Greenwood of Newton, Mass.

If Bartlett "Bartlee" Greenwood was born in 1864, he would have been 13 when he fought in the Revoluationary War.

Bartlett "Bartlee" Greenwood married Nancy Sublette on October 11, 1785, in Campbell County, Virginia. She was the daughter of William Sublett & Susannah Allen.

In 1810, Bartlett "Bartlee" Greenwood & Nancy Sublette were living in Lincoln County, Kentucky. They had 10 children:

• William Mack Greenwood (1783-1873)
• Elizabeth Greenwood (1787 -)
• Abraham S. Greenwood (1789-1850)
• Susanna Allen Greenwood (1793-1886)
• John Greenwood (1796 -)
• Sarah "Sally" Greenwood (1799-1828)
• Patsey Greenwood (1801 -)
• Lee Greenwood (1804 -)
• Lucretia Greenwood (1806-1887)
• George Allen Greenwood (1809-1870)

In 1820, Bartlett "Bartlee" Greenwood & Nancy Sublette were living in Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky.

In 1830, Bartlett "Bartlee" Greenwood & Nancy Sublette were living in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Bartlett "Bartlee" Greenwood was granted a military pension.

Bartlett "Bartlee" Greenwood died September 28, 1837, in Lincoln County, Kentucky.

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A047582
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
  • Daughters of the American Revolution - Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR, Vol. 068 - North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Bartlee Greenwood

• DAR Ancestor #A047582
• Birth
  • U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
  • North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• Marriage
  • Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800
  • Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
• Residence
  • 1810 United States Federal Census (Lincoln County, KY)
  • 1820 United States Federal Census (Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, KY)
  • 1830 United States Federal Census (Lincoln County, KY)
• Death
  • U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
  • http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A047582