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Notes for Jacob BARTELL, SR.

JACOB BARTELL
by
VANIK S. EADDY, Ph. D.

Jacob Bartell was a Hessian soldier who fought with the British in The
Revolutionary War in South Carolina. It was reported in a family legend
that he was captured by some men of the Francis Marion Brigade when he
would not abandon his horse which broke through a bridge over Mingo Creek
(or another creek in that area). The details of the legend may vary
depending upon the source.

We know for certain that he chose to remain in America after the war and
settled first on the Marion County side of the Lynches River and later in
Rheims, SC. His descendants later settled in the Indiantown Community,
Williamsburg County, South Carolina, and became prosperous farmers and
prominent citizens.

The Eaddy and Bartell families have intermarried numerous times beginning
with Edward Drake Eaddy and Mary Bartell. He must have been a superb
craftsman and teacher. This became evident in the lives of his sons who
kept meticulous diaries and were known to possess skills including
blacksmithing, watchmaking, carpentry, coffin making, farming,
soldiering, and numerous other pursuits. The best known of his sons was
William Bartell who was Commissioner of Roads and Waterways. He recorded
the daily events for over 30 years of his life. In his diary are found
accounts of the lives of numerous residents of the communities in which
he traveled to perform all those extraordinary skills.

Jacob Bartell left a legacy of superb genetics in his descendants as well
as demonstrations of "Old World" artistry and craftsmanship. His talents
were surely needed in the development of that wilderness into the
prosperous agricultural region it became under the management of his
descendants and many others in this region who persevered through
numerous challenges to create a place called home by many of their
descendants.

JAKOB BARTHEL WAS A HESSIAN SOLDIER
by
BETTY JEAN EADDY SANDERS

I have long been interested in the legend concerning Jacob Bartell's
having been a Hessian Soldier in the Revolution. If I am correct in what
I have found, there can now be no doubt that he was indeed exactly what
the story says he was. I see no reason to doubt that this was our Jacob
Bartell. The dates fit, the places fit, the listing as prisoner of war
fits, and Barthel in German is pronounced Bartell. The rest of the
legend would easily fall into place.

The following information was found in a book entitled HESSICHE TRUPPEN
IN AMERIKANISHER (INDEX NACH FAMILIENNAMEN), translation Hessian Troops
in America (Index to Family Names), as far as my very limited German
goes.

Entry no. 471 is as follows:

Barthel, Jakob

- Born 1747/1748 in Knichhagen, Hesse-Kassel, now in the Federal Republic
of West Germany;
- Rank, Private (Gemeiner) in the von Knyphausen Regiment of Grenadiers
(after 1784 the von Donop Regiment); and
- listed as a prisoner of war.

This regiment was formed in Zurenberg, Germany at the end of January,
1776 as part of the Grenadier Battalion Block (later Lengerke). The unit
was newly formed at the request of the British especially for the
American Campaign.

Forming the largest contingent of troops in German mercenary units
serving in North America from 1776-1784, it consisted of:

15 infantry regiments
4 grenadier battalions
1 courier corps
1 artillery corps
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Total: 15,000 men

Most of these troops arrived in August, 1776 and were first used in New
York and New Jersey. In 1777 the Grenadiers were in Pennsylvania, then
embarked for North Carolina where they arrived in February, 1780. They
saw service in Charleston and Savannah, and were part of the British
forces storming Ft. Moultrie in April of 1780. In May/June, 1780 they
returned to New York. A proposed expedition for the relief of General
Cornwallis at Yorktown was cancelled and what remained of the Block
eventually returned to Germany and was disbanded there.

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