Cornelius Ludewich Bartels (unknown – 18 April 1804) was a military and colonial officer of German origin employed by the Dutch West India Company.
[2] It is known that Bartels was a sergeant in the army of Frederick III, Prince of Salm-Kyrburg, an important figure in the Patriot faction of the late 18th-century Dutch Republic, that occupied Utrecht during the Revolt of 1787.
[2] The army was disbanded after Frederick William II of Prussia invaded the Republic on behalf of the Ancien Régime, which probably led Bartels to employ himself with the Amsterdam chamber of the Dutch West India Company in 1789.
Bartels was appointed captain-commandant of the militia, first artillery officer and engineer, and junior member of the council.
He was promoted to ordinary member of the council in 1796, and to commandant of Fort St. Anthony at Axim in 1798.