GENERAL JOSEPH BARTHOLOMEW
Joseph Bartholomew was a general in the Indiana Militia. He played an active role in the settling of the state of Indiana and in his later years was known for his work in politics. He was injured in the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Joseph Bartholomew was born in New Jersey, about 1766. While he was young, the family moved to the western frontier of Pennsylvania. He learned to use a rifle at a young age and at the age of 10, he joined a scouting party in a campaign against the marauding Indians; and often, during the Revolutionary War, served as a patrol.* Joseph Bartholomew is listed in the Virginia Publick Claims as having provided 35 pounds of bear meat.
About 1788, Joseph married Christiana Peckinpaugh, and the newly married couple migrated to the area of Louisville, Kentucky. Joseph was engaged in surveying the territory that would become the state of Indiana. In 1798, he removed with his family to Indiana Territory, settling in Clark's Grant near the town of Charlestown. It was there in 1809 that Christiana died,. They couple had ten children: Joseph, Jr., Sarah, John, Catherine, Mary, Amelia, Martha, Christiana, Marston Clark, and Albert.
In the spring of 1811, Joseph was married to Miss McNaught. At about the same time, Joseph was selected by Governor William Henry Harrison to head a militia regiment to counteract threatened antagonism of the Indians of the Indiana Territory. Several months later, the governor issued orders to the regiment to rendeavous at Vincennes. This campaign included the memorable battle at Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811. Bartholomew was shot through his right forearm, breaking both bones. Ensign John Tipton in his account of the Tippecanoe campaign reported the American loss at 179 killed and wounded. It was said that Bartholomew's wound 'gave him much trouble and he suffered throughout his entire after life from it'.
Joseph erected the first brick farm house in Clark County (Indiana). He was said to have a 'happy and jovial disposition and his home was the seat of constant gayety and hospitality'. Joseph Bartholomew later served as a representative from Clark County in the Indiana State Legislature and was one of 10 officials appointed to select a site for the permanent capital for the state.
When his services ended in the legislsture, he returned to his Clark County farm which then consisted of 230 acres of excellent farming land. It was while living there that his second wife died after being thrown from a horse. Joseph and his second wife had five children: George, Nancy, Angela, James Currie, and William Milton.
In 1831 after being forced to sell his Indiana farm to satisfy a $10,000 settlement incurred by his friend Dr. Andrew Hay, Bartholomew purchased 600 acres of government land in McLean County, Illinois
When William Henry Harrison was nominated as candidate for president in 1841, Joseph quickly rallied to support his friend and former soldier by travelling throughout Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky on his behalf. The campaign song "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" was a reference to the famous battle where both the presidential candidate and his friend Joseph Bartholomew had served.
While campaigning for Harrison on horseback, Bartholomew aggravated a chronic inflamation of the bladder. He returned home where he died the next day, November 3, 1840, at age 74. He was buried in the cemetery in the village of Clarksville, McLean County, Illinois. Bartholomew County, Indiana is named after him as is the Bartholomew Trail in Indiana.
FURTHER READINGS
Joseph Bartholomew was born in New Jersey, about 1766. While he was young, the family moved to the western frontier of Pennsylvania. He learned to use a rifle at a young age and at the age of 10, he joined a scouting party in a campaign against the marauding Indians; and often, during the Revolutionary War, served as a patrol.* Joseph Bartholomew is listed in the Virginia Publick Claims as having provided 35 pounds of bear meat.
About 1788, Joseph married Christiana Peckinpaugh, and the newly married couple migrated to the area of Louisville, Kentucky. Joseph was engaged in surveying the territory that would become the state of Indiana. In 1798, he removed with his family to Indiana Territory, settling in Clark's Grant near the town of Charlestown. It was there in 1809 that Christiana died,. They couple had ten children: Joseph, Jr., Sarah, John, Catherine, Mary, Amelia, Martha, Christiana, Marston Clark, and Albert.
In the spring of 1811, Joseph was married to Miss McNaught. At about the same time, Joseph was selected by Governor William Henry Harrison to head a militia regiment to counteract threatened antagonism of the Indians of the Indiana Territory. Several months later, the governor issued orders to the regiment to rendeavous at Vincennes. This campaign included the memorable battle at Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811. Bartholomew was shot through his right forearm, breaking both bones. Ensign John Tipton in his account of the Tippecanoe campaign reported the American loss at 179 killed and wounded. It was said that Bartholomew's wound 'gave him much trouble and he suffered throughout his entire after life from it'.
Joseph erected the first brick farm house in Clark County (Indiana). He was said to have a 'happy and jovial disposition and his home was the seat of constant gayety and hospitality'. Joseph Bartholomew later served as a representative from Clark County in the Indiana State Legislature and was one of 10 officials appointed to select a site for the permanent capital for the state.
When his services ended in the legislsture, he returned to his Clark County farm which then consisted of 230 acres of excellent farming land. It was while living there that his second wife died after being thrown from a horse. Joseph and his second wife had five children: George, Nancy, Angela, James Currie, and William Milton.
In 1831 after being forced to sell his Indiana farm to satisfy a $10,000 settlement incurred by his friend Dr. Andrew Hay, Bartholomew purchased 600 acres of government land in McLean County, Illinois
When William Henry Harrison was nominated as candidate for president in 1841, Joseph quickly rallied to support his friend and former soldier by travelling throughout Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky on his behalf. The campaign song "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" was a reference to the famous battle where both the presidential candidate and his friend Joseph Bartholomew had served.
While campaigning for Harrison on horseback, Bartholomew aggravated a chronic inflamation of the bladder. He returned home where he died the next day, November 3, 1840, at age 74. He was buried in the cemetery in the village of Clarksville, McLean County, Illinois. Bartholomew County, Indiana is named after him as is the Bartholomew Trail in Indiana.
FURTHER READINGS
- Find a Grave: MG Joseph Bartholomew
- Wikipedia: Joseph Bartholomew
- ABC Familly Tree: Chronology of the Life of General Joseph Bartholomew (1766-1840)
- Pence, George (December 1918). "General Joseph Bartholomew". Indiana Magazine of History. 14 (4): 287–303.
- Prince, Ezra Morton (1899). Transactions of the McLean County History Society Vol. 1. Bloomington, Illinois: Pantagraph Printing. (See pages 312-319 for J.B. Bartholomew)
The Bartholomew Family; John, Daniel, and Jacob of Germantown
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