Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7,993, Robert Young, New Jersey
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
New Jersey

[Star]
Young, Robert

NUMBER
S.7993
carded
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CONTENTS
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Rev War
7993
INVALID.
File No. 7993
Robert Young
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7" 1832.
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 420
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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9006-
New Jersey
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Robert Young
of Randolph in the State of N Jersey
who was a Pri in the Com commanded
by Captain Locke of the Regt commanded
by Con Ford in the New Jersey
Militia 17 Mo
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Inscribed on the Roll of N. Jersey
at the rate of 56 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of March
1833 and sent Hon L Condit, Mem Con [Member of Congress?]
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Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $113.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep 1833 28.33
[total] $141.65
{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7,1832. }
Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 138

[right side]
let L Condict 19 June 1835
Let to C. Freeman Aug 2 1842
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State of New Jersey
County of Morris } ss:

On this 23d day of March, 1829. personally appeared in open Court, Robert Young a resident in said County of Morris, aged seventy-three years on the 3d day of February last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818, & the 1st of May 1820: that he the said Robert Young, enlisted for the term of one year, in the fall of the year 1775, (the month, & the day of the month, are not now within the distinct recollection of this deponent) at Succasunny plain in Morris County & in the State of New Jersey, in the company commanded by Captain Mitchell, in the first New Jersey Regiment, commanded by Colonel [blank] (name of the colonel forgotten) in the line of the State of New Jersey, on the Continental establishment, as this deponent believes; that he was marched directly by Capt. Mitchell after enlistment to the City of New York, when he joined his Regiment, proceeded up the Hudson river to Albany & thence by Ticonderoga as far as the Three Rivers on their way to relieve the Northern army under Gen'l Montgomery. That intelligence was here rec'd of Montgomery's fall, & of the retreat of the Northern Army. The small Pox soon after breaking out in the army, this Deponent after recovering therefrom, returned with his company & Regiment to New York some time in the spring following (1776) & was stationed with his Co. & Regim't at Flatbush Long Island; & after the battle of Long Island, retreated to New York City, to Harlem, the White plains, & through N. Jersey by Newark, Elizabeth town, New Brunswick &c; in what was called by the army "the Mud-rounds," constantly pursued by the enemy. That he continued to serve in Capt. Mitchell's company until the expiration of his term (one year) when he was discharged from the service in the fall of the year, being the seasons of husking Corn, at or near Stony-brook, in New Jersey.

And this deponent further states, that after his first period of enlistment & service had expired, he again entered the service of his County, by taking the place of Robert Logan, a private soldier in Capt. Patterson's Company, in the 3d New Jersey Regt commanded by Col. Dayton, in the line of the State of New Jersey, on the Continental establishment. Said Logan had enlisted to serve "three years, or during the war," as this deponent understood & believed, at the time when he was substituted in his place, which was, according to the best of this deponent's recollection & belief sometime in the summer season of 1777, being in the time of making hay.

He joined his Regiment (Col Dayton's) in the fall of 1777, somewhere near Germantown, & continued to serve or Capt. Patterson's Co. & Daytons Regiment until the expiration of his term of enlistment, when he was discharged from the service by Gen'l Washington at Valley forge in Pennsylvania in the year 1779, & during warm weather, the month is not recollected.
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This deponent further states, that whilst in the service of his Country as aforesaid, he was actively engaged in the battles of Long Island, White plains, at the capture of the Hessians at Trenton, Princeton, German-town, Brandywine & Monmouth, beside various skirmishes of less note. That he was near General Lafayette & assisted in carrying him off the field, after he was wounded at Brandywine. That he was also present in the attack upon Stony Point, under General Wayne, & rec'd a wound in his thigh, from a British soldier, who thrust his bayonet about two inches above this deponents knee, quite through [underlined] his thigh, passing in at the fore part, & out at the back part of the limb, both orifices or scars being yet very visible. That at the moment when the British Soldier made this pass, this deponent thrust his own bayonet into his opponent's body, & both fell together upon the ground, the combatants passing over their bodies, as they were locked together.

This deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, except the present; that his name is not on the roll of any State, nor has he ever before the present time made application for a pension from the U. States, not from any doubt of the lawfulness of his right, but from his reluctance & unwillingness to ask the assistance of his Country for the maintenance of himself & his family, whilst his health & strength continued, & he was enabled by laboring at his daily calling, to provide for their wants.

And in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the 1st May 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818, & that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war", passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; & that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, & by me subscribed, which is as follows viz:- a set of Blacksmith's Tools, One Cow 4 years old, 6 old chairs, two tables, two feather beds & bedding, one small looking glass, two dinner iron pots, one iron dish Kettle, one brass kettle, holding about two pails, one griddle, 6 pewter plates, 2 small pewter platters, one tea pot pewter, 1/2 dozen earthen cups & saucers, 1 dozen earthen plates, 1/2 dozen knives & forks, 9 pewter spoons, one old fashioned Cupboard of Guns [?] one large old Chest. All the foregoing furniture & utensils are old, having been in family use many years, & are much worn. This deponent has not owned any land or dwelling house for more than fifteen years last past, but resides on a lot belonging to his son Elias Young, containing 160 acres of mountain land, very rough & stony, which he cultivates on shares, giving his son one half of all the crop. He has no horse, no oxen, no sheep, no hog -- no bonds, notes, or other securities, no book debts, except some few shillings which may perhaps remain unpaid for black-smithing done formerly, but from which he never can receive ten dollars for the whole.

[signed] Robert Young

Sworn to, & declared in open Court this 23d day of March, 1829, before us.

David Thompson
Joseph Jackson
Edward Condict } Judges &c
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This deponent further states that he was brought up to the trade or calling of a Black Smith & has followed this business for a livelihood all his laboring days. Within the last year, he has lost the use of his right arm & hand, in consequence of at of sickness in the summer of 1828, & cannot use the hammer, nor perform any labor. His family consists of himself, his wife & one daughter. His wife is now sixty three years old & very infirm, unable to work, & can but scarcely walk over the floor. His daughter at home, Melinda Young, is a single woman, eighteen years old, is healthy, & takes charge of all family business. He has had 11 sons & 5 daughters, has lost four sons & two daughters. Those who survive, are married, except for Melinda, & most of them live in Ohio & the State of New York. Most of them as poor & destitute, & there is not one of them in circumstances able to give their parents any aid or support in old age.

[signed] Robert Young

Sworn to & declared, on the 23d day of March 1829 before us

David Thompson
Joseph Jackson
Edward Condict } Judges

I, David Day, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Morris, do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Robert Young, did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under our engagement, on the Continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, & the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: & I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is forty seven dollars & eighty four cents.

David Day
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Robert Young

Filed 23rd March 1829
David Day Clk

Hon. L Condict
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New Jersey, Morris Com. Pleas, July Special Term, 1832.

On this 30th day of July, AD. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of said Court now sitting, Robert Young, a resident of Randolph township in the County of Morris & State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Acts of Congress making provision for the soldiers who served the United States in the Army of the Revolution. That he was 76 years of age on the 13th day of February last, according to the Family record kept by his father in the family bible, now in his possession.

That when he enlisted in the U. S. Service, in 1775, he was living with his father, in that part of Mendham township, which is now called Randolph, where he now lives, & has resided all his life time. That he entered the service of his Country by enlistment in what was called the "years service", in the manner as set forth in a Declaration made by him on the 23d day of March in the year 1829, before this same Court, which Declaration was sent to the War Department, & disallowed, probably from his inability to procure the testimony which the law & those who then executed it, required, or perhaps because his circumstances in the opinion of the then Secretary of War, were not sufficiently reduced, to bring him within the provisions of the law of 1818. He now desires to be considered as renewing his application for relief, & requests that the above Declaration as referred to above, may be rec'd as evidence of services performed, & which remain unrequited to this day.

And this Deponent further states, that he performed Militia service
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both before his enlistment in the years service & after his discharge under Captain Aaron Biglow & Col Munson, before his enlistment, in the capacity of what was then called, "Minute men" for a period of three months, performing guard duty upon the lines at Elizabeth town, & the four [?] points, when the enemy were in the habit of landing on the Jersey shores & plundering & annoying the inhabitants.

After his service in the regular army expired, he performed several monthly tours of Militia duty also. He was under Colonel Freylinghuysen at the skirmish or battle upon the Millstone river in the neighbourhood of New Brunswick, at the Raritan, at Bound brook, New Germantown, White house, at some of which places, there were skirmishes in which I was personally engaged. My Company officers I cannot specify with absolute certainty, but remember doing duty under Capt. Artemas Day, Capt. Ezekiel Crane, Capt. Lock, Capt. Hathaway & Capt. Antile & probably others. I was commanded by Colonel Jacob Drake Col. Jacob Ford, Col. Seely & General William Winds. I was on guard duty also for two months, at Succasunny Plains protecting public stores at that place, which probably had been put there after Burgoynes Surrender, & from other quarters. Capt. Crane I believe commanded me at that place.

I was also on guard duty one month at Morristown, guarding prisoners at Morris goal [gaol], who were often sent there. There were also public stores of Clothing, provisions, & munitions of war kept at Morris town, to be guarded & defended.

I cannot from the frailty of memory, fix upon the precise years nor months when these services were performed, & possibly some mistakes of time may be discovered. But I feel confident, that my whole periods of Militia Service, summed up, will amount to at least twelve months. I am personally known to Lewis Condict, & Stephen Vail Esqr one of the Judges of this Court, who have known me several years, & to whom I appeal for my general character for truth.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any State - is only on that of the agency of the State of New Jersey.

Sworn to, & subscribed, the day & year aforesaid.

William Brittin
Robert Young

We, Lewis Condict, & Stephen Vail, residing in Morris County, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Robert Young, who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.

Lewis Condict
Stephen Vail

William Brittin

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department; that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. And the Court further further [sic] certifies, that it appears to them, that Lewis Condict, & Stephen Vail, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the Township of Morris in Morris County aforesaid, are credible persons, & that their statement is entitled to credit.

William Brittin
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I, David Day, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Robert Young for a Pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this second day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred & thirty two. -- 1832

David Day Clk
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Robert Young

N. B. -- The records of the Jersey line at the War Departm't do not shew the name of Robert Young, although Col. Daytons Regimt. is recorded, & if Mr. Young's is not incorrect as to time & name of his Col. ought to appear. The service for 1 year, alluded to in the first part of his original Declaration, there is no record. A new Declaration as regards that year, & the rest of his service as a Militia man, had best be made out & sent on, with such evidence as he can procure.

17 months
56.66
Hon L Condict
Morristown [?]
N.J.