Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9041, Reuben Young, Va.
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SERVICE: VA
Young, Reuben, Ann
NUMBER: W.9041
CONTENTS
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5. 130
Kentucky
Anna Young dec.
widow of  Reuben Young 
who died on the ______________
Of VA in the State of Ky
who was a private in the KY commanded
by Captain _______ of the _______ commanded
by ______ in the Revolution
for two years,

Inscribed on the Roll of Louisville
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1831, 5 Aug , 18 July 1842

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of
April 1852 and sent to
Hon B. E. Grey

Arrears to the 4th of
Semiannual allowance ending H of R.

{Revolutionary Claim
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 30}

Recorded by H R Weighman Clerk
Book D. Vol. 2, Page 44
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Certificate made payment to Geo H Monserate [name crossed out] administrator delivered to Geo. H. Montetered May 14th, 1857. Pen, Agt & notified same day.
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6001
Ann Young decd
Ken:

Act 4 July '36
M 63. d 32
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I John Willis a resident of the County of Greenup
and State of Kentucky aged in my fifty third year, state
that Father moved to Kentucky from the State of Virginia
in the fall of eighteen hundred, and three years after he
bought a farm adjoining to Reuben Young in the County of
Jessamine Kentucky I have been acquainted with Reuben Young
and his wife Ann Young until their death. From information
of his wife and Samuel Whorton her son in law he died in
the State of Missouri in December eighteen hundred and Thirty
two. I moved to Missouri in eighteen hundred and thirty three
they said that he died the year before I got their. I moved
back to Kentucky in eighteen hundred and thirty five and found
Ann Young the widow of Reuben Young living with her son
John in the County of Greenup Kentucky where she lived a
widow until her death which was in eighteen hundred
and forty-one. I did not charge my mind with the day of
the month but I know it was warm weather I brought the
coffin from the shop that she was buried in. Reuben
and Ann Young acknowledged John Young as their eldest
child and from appearance he John Young is as old as stated
by him I have known him ever since my Father settled
settled by his Father in 1808 I know him to be a man of
respectability and truth I have frequently heard
Reuben Young speak of serving in the war of the revolution
and heard his wife Ann Young speak of the waggons and
teams that they lost in the war of the revolution.
I was acquainted with all of the children eleven in number
as far as I know their are four living John and Joel in Kentucky. Lewis and Lucy Whorton in Missouri I have not heard
of the death of the three that dose not live in this County.
John Young, I  know is living. Reuben and Ann Young
was both persons of respectability truth and piety both
members of the Baptist Church. 
John Willis
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State of Kentucky ⎬SS.
County of Greenup
Be it known that personally appeared
before me the undersign a Justice of the Peace and for
the above written County and State John Willis a man
known to me to be a man of respectability truth and piety
and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above
affidavit given from under my hand this 9th day of Sept
ember 1843 change made from two to three in the
fourth line of the affidavit before signing
A Crooks J P G C
State of Kentucky Greenup County Sct
I William Corum Clerk of the Court of Chance
County, Certify that Abraham Crooks is a Magistrate
as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting
to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my seal of office and subscribed
my name this 12th day of September
1843
William Corum Clerk of
the Court of Grant County
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Reuben Young
Dep. John Young
This witness is a pension
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State of Kentucky
County of Greenup} SS.

On this 16th day of May AD
1857 Before me an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for for the County and State above mentioned
personally appeared Rev. John Young aged 87 years
a resident of Greenup County aforesaid, and
Administrator of the Estate of
deceased. who being first duly sworn according
to law makes the following declaration, to wit
That he was engaged as an Express rider and was
Station at Fredericksburg Virginia during the
War of the Revolution, that he entered the service
in the year 1778 and continued with 1782
when he was discharged in the fall of the year by
General George Widen, He also certifies that his
Father Reuben Young served in the War of the
Revolution, Virginia State line, that he went
into the service from  Spotsylvania County
Virginia, where he enlisted for the express purpose
of guarding a magazine during the war under the
directions of General George Weden of the
United States Army. He was one of (12) Twelve
raised for that purpose, and commanded by a
Servant-- the magazine was located at Fredericksburg
& the said Reuben Young guarded the
Magazine constantly day and night. He entered
the service in or about the month of April (1777)
Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven and continued
without any intermission in the service until
the close of the year (1782) at the close of
the War,
That he received an honorable written
discharge from General Weden which discharge
said John Young has read and seen
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frequently-- not less than fifty times-- he remembers
that the discharge certified that that he
had served with fidelity, through the term
of the war as one of the guard raised and
appointed to guard the Magazine located
at Fredericksburg-- Said John Young also
certifies that he knows the above facts from his
own personal knowledge, and that his father
Reuben Young decd and as above stated
as a guard at Fredericksburg from the year
1777 the close of the year 1782 at the
close of the war. He also declares that his
father Reuben Young was married to his mother
Ann Young in Oange County Virginia by one Wm.
Thompson an episcapel Parson and that the
name of his mother before her said marriage was
Ann Wharton - That his father Reuben Young
died in Boone County Missouri in October 18
Eighteen Hundred and thirty Eight leaving a
widow Ann Young and the following his only
living children with their present ages. To wit
John Young aged 87 years - Lewis Young aged 65
years - Joel Young aged 63 years and Lucy
Wharton aged 60 years
that his said Mother Ann Young died in Greenup County
Kentucky on the 18th day of July A.D. (1842)
Eighteen Hundred and forty two. The time of the
Marriage of Reuben Young & Ann Wharton aforesaid
in the year (1762) Seventeen Hundred and Sixty Two
said Reuben Young was born and raised in
Caroline Court - Married in Orange County and
settled in Spotsylvania County, all of Virginia
and that he went into the service from the last
named County

John Young
his X mark
Witness N. Ramsay,
[illegible]
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day
of May A.D. 1857. And I hereby certify that
I am well and personally acquainted with
Rev John Young. A minister of the Gospel
for Fifty five years and a man of unblemished
Character and reputation. All interlineating
made before signing -
Wm Kouns JPGC  ss

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State of Kentucky
County Greenup
On the the day of AD 1 [crossed out]
William Corum Clerk of the County Court in & for
the County and State aforesaid, personally
do hereby certify that William Kouns
whose genuine signature appears to the
foregoing declaration affidavit and power
of Attorney is and was at the time of
signing the same a Justice of the Peace
in and for the County and State aforesaid
duly commissioned and sworn, that all
his official acts as such are entitled to
full faith and credit and that the afore
said County Court is a Court of Record having
general jurisdiction,
Given under my hand and
seal of office at Greenup
burg this 22d day of May 1852
William Courm clerk
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Mary T. Young
Desc. Reuben Young
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State of Kentucky
County of Greenup} SS.
On this 16th day of May A.D.
1851. Before me an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the County and state aforesaid
personally appeared Mary J. Young, Age
82 years, a resident of Greenup County in
the State of Kentucky, who being duly
according to law Fredericksburg, Va during the war of the Revolution, and was well &
personally acquainted said Reuben Young
both before the during and after the war
the Revolution. She hereby certifies that
said Reuben Young was stationed at
Fredericksburg in the State of Virginia
during the said war of the Revolution,
this business was to place a Magazine
the entered the service in the year (1777)
Seventeen Hundred and seventy &
he continued in the said service until
the Close of the war  (1782) Seven
Hundred & Eighty two & 
at the close of
the war, when he was honorably discharged
that Rev John Young was of of Greenup County
Kentucky & the Son of Reuben Young
aforesaid was engaged as an Express Rider
in the United States service, Revolutionary
war and was stationed at Fredericksburg
the which service he continue until the
fall of 1782, when he was honorably discharged by General George Weden, [illegible]
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she also declares that Reuben Young aforesaid
was married to Ann Young in Orange County
Virginia in the (1762) Seventeen Hundred and
Sixty two by the parson Thompson an Episcopal
Minister - That the maiden name of said Ann
Young was Ann Wharton - That Reuben Young
died in Boone County Missouri, in October (1883)
leaving a widow Ann Young and the following to
only living children - to wit- John Young
and 87 years-- Lewis Young aged 65 years-
Joel Young aged 83 years a Lucy Wharton
aged 60 years. That the aforesaid Ann
Young died in Greenup County Ky on the
18 day of July A.D.  (1842) Eighteen Hundred
and  forty two. She certifies to the above
facts from any and sufficient authority & 
to many of them from her own  presence
knowledge. She knew of her own self of the
facts of Reuben Young services and the time
of us death- and the time of the death of
his widow, Ann Young
Mary T. Young seal
Witness
Benj Chism
John Willis
Subscribed and acknowledged and sworn to
before me this 16th day of May AD. 1887.
and I hereby certify that I am personally
acquainted with Mary T. Young & that she
is a credible witness. All Erasures and interlocutions made before signing.
Wm Kouns JPGC [Justice of the Peace, Greenup County] SS
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State of Kentucky
County of Greenup I} SS.

I William Corum Clerk
of the County Court in and for the County &
State above mentioned do hereby certify, that
William Kouns whose genuine signature
appears to the foregoing declaration, affidavit
and power of Attorney is and was
at the time of signing the same a Justice
of the Peace in and for the County and
State above named, duly commissioned
and sworn, that all his official act,
as such are entitled to full faith &
credit and that the aforesaid County
Court is a Court of Record having
general jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and
Seal of Office at Greens
bury this 22d day of May 1851
William Comment clerk
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 12th of July 1836.
State of Kentucky, County of Greenup} SS

On this eighth day of September eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Magestrate Court of the County of Greenup and State of Kentucky, being a Court of record, Joseph D. Collens the administrator of Reuben and Ann Young aged forty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make, the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress of July 4th 1836. The administration of Reuben and Ann Young if Reuben Young at the time of his death was eighty-six years old. Ann Young widow of the said Reuben Young was in her ninety-second year when she died. The states that he has been informed that Reuben Young was a soldier of the Virginia Continental army from the county Spotsylvania and State of Virginia that he was first draghted and finished a substitute and then in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-eight he enlisted in the regular army for and during the war and was stationed at Fredericksburg under a Seargant as one of the guard to guard the magazine and was kept their until the close of the revolutionary war and received a discharge which is lost. He refers to the muster roll as evidence in his case. As administrator of the heirs of Reuben and Ann Young. The further declares that from information Reuben Young was married to Ann Young who was Ann Whorton in the year seventeen hundred and sixty-three in the county of Orange state of Virginia. That Reuben young died in December eighteen hundred and thirty-two in the county of Boone and state of Missouri. Ann Young, widow of the said Reuben young after his death moved to her son John Young in the county of Greenup state of Kentucky and lived with him until her death which took place the twenty-ninth of July eighteen hundred and forty-one. She remained a widow after the death of Reuben Young until her death. They had eleven children only four was living at her, Ann Young's death viz, John Young resides in Greenup County, Kentucky, Joel Young in Woodford County
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Kentucky, Lewis Young and Lucy Whorton resides in the state of Missouri. Joseph D Collins administrator of Reuben and Ann Young states that he has been informed that Reuben Young had two waggons and teams pressed into the United States service. One was lossed [lost] at Savanah when General Lincoln was defeated appraised to one hundred and twenty pounds. The other was lost at the seage of Little York. it was appraised to one hundred and fifty pounds. Both of the waggons was pressed at Fredericksburg. The first one was pressed in seventeen hundred and seventy-nine. This had four horses, the second one five horses to it. He is informed that Reuben Young or his heirs have not necessary thing for his services as a soldier. The services of his waggons and teams and for the waggon and teams that was lost as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereinto annexed.
J C Collins Administration

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and years first above written before the Magistrate Court of the County of Greenup and State of Kentucky being about of record holder by a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid P Abraham Crooks certify that Joseph D. Collins administrator of Reuben and Ann Young Personally appeared in open court and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration in testimony whereof I have hereinto set my hand and subscribed my name this 5th day of September 1843, death interlined in the twelfth line before [illegible]
A Crooke

Presiding justice of the Magistrate Court. I John Young a resident of the County of Greenup and State of Kentucky aged seventy-eight years states that I am the elder child of Reuben and Ann young. I know that my Father Reuben young was draughted at was for a particular purpose the time was not specified it was in the fall of seventeen hundred and seventy-seven in the fall of the year. I know it was in the fall. I served the town and I recollect the men taking sweet potatoes out of the hills where they grew on the farms. He then enlisted in the regular service in seventeen hundred and seventy-eight for and during the war of the revolution from the County of Spotsylvania and State of Virginia and was stationed at Fredericksburg under a
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Sargant to guard the magazine and was kept their until the
close of the war. I was riding express and was frequently at Fredericksburg. It was our head quarter, and saw him engaged in the service and saw him get his discharge. The discharge is lost. The militia tour was only thirty five days which was as long as we wanted. I served under Captain James Croucher and in Colonel
George Stubblefields regiment. His discharge was signed by General
George Wilder. After the close of the war in the year of seventeen
hundred and eighty-seven my Father moved to Kentucky and
lived their until he moved to the State of Missouri and lived
there seven year and died in December eighteen hundred and
thirty-two. I then moved my Mother Ann Young to my house in
the County of Greenup Kentucky where she lived a widow
until her death which was in eighteen hundred and forty one
on the twenty ninth day of July. My Father Reuben Young and Ann
Young had eleven children at the time of my mothers death there
was only four of us living myself, Joel Young who resides in the
County of Woodford Kentucky, Lewis Young and Lucy Whorten our sister resides in the State of Missouri I have frequently heard my Father say after be moved to Kentucky that he had not got pay for his services and for the services of his two waggons and pay for the waggons. I know that the waggons was pressed into the service as set fourth by the administrator in his Declaration and I know that
they was lost and the man that drove the waggon to the South
claimed his pay for driving the waggon and he had it to pay.
If my Father had got pay for the above named items I would have
known it. I done all of his writing for him for many years
after he moved to Kentucky, for the family record that my
Father had in his family Bible and from the length of time
they said they was married before I was borne. They was married
in the year of seventeen hundred and sixty three. The year of
my Bible which is attached to this sheet with wafers is a true
copy from my fathers family record which he kept in his
family Bible drawn off by myself and is in my hand writing
which shows that I was born August 24th 1764
N. B. I was at the seag of Little York and saw my father
waggon and team the horses was given up to the French to the
[677]
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Cannon from James river to Yorktown & applyed to the 
Quarter master General Timothy Pickering for the horses and he said that the French was compelled to have them as they had no
horses to all their Cannon & suppose they was worked to death
as they was worked day and night I never saw them after the French used them. My Father was in good circumstances when
he entered the services.  The loss of his time and his property made
him poor which he did not recover from during his life as he had
large family to raise. The waggon and team that was lost at Little
York was bought by My Father from a man that moved from the State of Pennsylvania. It was of better quality of waggon horses and gear than the then was common in Virginia
State of Kentucky
County of Greenup} ss

Be it known that personally appeared
before me the undersign a Justice of the Peace in and for the
County and State John Young a men known
me to be a man of respectability truth and piety and subscribed
and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit all
interlined in the last line on the first page of the affidavit
before signing given from under my hand this ninth day
of September 1843
Crooks & G C
State of Kentucky Greenup County Set.

I William Corum Clerk of the Court of Greenup County, certify that Abraham Crooks is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine and that the Magistrates Court, of which said Crooks is presiding Justice, in a Court of record. I further certify that at the September Term 1843 of the Greenup County Court letters of administration was granted to Joseph D Collins, who executed bond in the penalty, of fifteen hundred dollars, as appears from the records of said Court
In Testimony of all which I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 12th day of September 1843.
William Corum Clerk of the
Court of Greenup County
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FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
be
John Young Married to
Mary Moore 12th of Mch
the year of our Lord 1785 

Betsy M. Young was married
June 7th to Jos Willis in
the year of our Lord 1805

America Youngs was married
Jany 5th to James Mcalister
in the year of our Lord 1810

Arimathea K. Young was married
Feby 17th to Lewis, M. M. Raion
in the year of our Lord 1813

Jane S. Young was Married 
Aprl 15th to Gabreal Hannah
in the year of our Lord 1812

Polly M Young was married
Jun 1st to James Lewis
in the year of our Lord 1814

Nancy M. Young was married 
Jany 14th to Benj Powell
in the year of our Lord year 1816

Mary E Gardner was married 
to Henry E Green 29 of Aug
in the year of our Lord 1820

Bullar A.Y. Willis was married
To Jns. Willis in
the year of our Lord
15th May 1821

Charles N. Louis Rason M.
Jr. was born 16th Sept. in the
year of our Lord 1822, on Carln Creek
3/4 miles, from the mouth of So. Creek
which emptied into Little Sandy
River

Molly Ann C. Raison
was born [illegible] 24 October

Julia Raison was born 18 October
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John Young was born Auft 24th in the year of our Lord 1764.

Mary T. Moore was born April 19th in the year of our Lord 1770...

Nancy Moore was born July 8th, 1772


Ths M. Moore was born Nov 12th 1774

Betsy Moore was born June 12th 1777

Peggy Moore was Born  October 16th, 1780

Susanna Moore was born Feby 27th 1783.

John Moore was born Augt 13 1785

Dinah Moore was Born September 6th 1786

Brellar A Willis Grand Daughter Born the 17th day November 1806.

Mary M Antoinett Raison was born 1st of Feby 1812

Shophia M F. Raison was born 29th Mch 1814

Betcy Y Raison was Born 5th Jany 1816

Lewis Mcll Raison son in law was born in Irland of St. Daumaing Jun 3rd 1786

Amarica J Raison was born the 14th day of Feb in the year of our Lord 1817.

Amely Cici Raison born 20th June 1820
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Reuben Young
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State of Kentucky
County of Boone ⎬SS.

On this 5th day of May A D
1857. Before me James N. Stephens a Justice of
the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid
Personally appeared John H. Craig, aged  87 years
a resident of Boone County, who being first duly
Sworn according to law, doth on his oath
make the following declaration, To wit- That
he was engaged in the war of the Revolution in the
Quarter Master's Department, at Fredericksburg, Virginia,
He went into the service in 1778 and continued in the
service until the year 1780. When he entered the service he found Reuben Young engaged in the service
of the United States, Revolutionary war, as a Regular
Soldier and one of a guard stationed at Fredericksburg
to guard the magazine, he continued in the service
all the time, and when he left Fredericksburg, he
left him in the service, and further swears that
from his own personal knowledge, he knows
that he served at least two years-- He was a
married man, and his son John Young was engaged
as an Express Carrier, He further declares
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That he was well and personally acquainted with
the family of Reuben Young and
certifies that the aforesaid Reuben Young
always bore the reputation of being a
man of Respectability and truth, That
he knew him from the time he was a small
Lad, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and
knew the wife and family of the said
Reuben Young both in the State of Virginia and
since their removal to the State of Kentucky
after the war of the Revolution, and that he
never heard it doubted that they were
lawfully married.
John H. Craig
Witness. 
1. Hugh William
2. P. T. Stephens

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5th day
of May A.D. 1851 - And I hereby certify that
John H. Craig is personally known to me
and that he is a credible witness-
Jas N. Stephen J P
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State of Kentucky 
County of Boone} SS.

I Isham L. Hamilton
Clerk of the County Court in and for the
County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify
that James N. Stephens whose
genuine signature appears to the foregoing
Declaration and affidavit is and
was at the time of signing the same
a Justice of the Peace in and for the
County and State above mentioned, duly commissioned and sworn, that all his official
acts as such are entitled to full faith and
credit and that the aforesaid County
Court is a Court of Record having general
jurisdiction -
Given under my hand & seal
of Office at Burlington this
8th day of May AD. 1857.
J G Hamilton Clk
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Revy WIDOW, &c.

File No. 9041
Ann Young
Wid of
Reuben Young
Pri. Rev. War
Act: July 4/36, Sec. 3d
Index: -- Vol. M Page 370
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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The claim as set forth in the papers
is for a long term of service in the
VA. regular forces & was stationed
at Fredericksburg foundry & arsenal under a Sergt by Detachment- If the records credit Reuben Young with such service, the
testimony is sufficient to identify
her heirs and with that service
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6004.
Ann Young decd
Kentucky
Set to Mrs R. FrenchJuly 17 1844
Set to Cor R. M Johnson Nov 28 1848
Copies of papers sent to her R. French March 29 1844
W. L. Allison April 15' 1845 to same April 2. '46
do to JE Heath and May 14.'46

Act 4th July 1836
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No 6001
Ann Young. aws
KY
Set to to R. French July 17th 43
Set to Col R. M. Johnson Nov 28. 43
copies of Papers sent to Hon
R. French March 2d. 44
W.S. Allison April 16. 45
W.S. Allison april 2 46
Set J E Heath, and May 14.46
Set Lewis C Serggett 17th August 1849
Set S.F.J.  Habre Dec 18 1851
Act 4 July 1836
over
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W City Jun 20 1851
Hon Comm of Pensions

Sir,
Herrin I enclose
you a power of allowing in the case of the heirs
of Reuben Young decd this widow, the application in whose behalf is now on
file in your Office. Such further widow
as may be required to insure the papers
of these claims I have to be unable to
file in due time

I am yours very respectfully
Yours Ge SFJ Trabue

PS.
When this claim is allowed send to Wm Ramsey.
Louisville Ky
SFJ Trabue
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Ann Young decd
wid of Reuben
Ky
Act 4 July 1836
Admd
2 yes private $80.00
to 18 July 1842 when she
died. Payable to
John Young, Joel
Young, Lewis Young &
Lucy Wharton, only
surviving children
Now Ben Edward Gray
H of Reps.
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Brief in the case of Ann Young decd widow of Reuben County and State of Kentucky
act 4 July 1836.

Claim, ("original", or "for increase" [crossed out])
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Evidence of service, Parole. Pensioners -
" of Maine. Family register, ages of children.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
Hon B.E. Grey
H of Rep}

F. F. Kirby
Examining Clerk.
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Ho - of- Nep Jany 10th 1832

Hon Mr Heath

Comm of Pension

Herewith find addition
al evidence in case of Reuben
Young for Pension-
Please have the
certificate issued as soon as
can be done conveniently
Lan for Sir
Grath
Ben Edward Grey
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Colo J L. Edwards
Com of pensions
Washington
Ma 23 44
Copy
Dont copy family
hand
M Wels2 paps

Hon R. French HOR
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Washington March 22nd 1844
Dear Sir
Please copy as soon as
practicable the declaration & proofs
now on file in your office of the admon
of Reuben & Ann Young (Joseph D. Collons)
as I need then to present to Congress to get ┃
a special act passed for pay for last
property do
Very respectfully
Richard Touch
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Reuben Young
Dep. Witnesses

171.41
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State of Kentucky
County of Greenup}SS.

On this 14th day of
May A.D. 1851. Before me William Kouns
an acting Justice of the Peace in and for
the County and State aforesaid personally
John Willis and
Residents F Greenup County aforesaid who
being duly sworn according to law declare
that
they are well and personally acquainted
with Rev John Young  [illegible] of Greenup
County Kentucky and formally an export
Rider in the war of the Revolution. We
also knew Reuben Young decease the Father
of John Young and formerly a soldier in
the Revolutionary war, and hereby certify that
said John Young is the son & lawful heir of said
Reuben Young deceased - That said Reuben Young
died in Boone County Mo. in October (1838) Eighteen
Hundred and Thirty eight, leaving a Widow Ann
Young who died in Greenup County, on the
18th day of July, A.D. (1842) Hundred &
forty two. That the following are the only
living children of the said Reuben Young decd
and Ann Young decsd To wit -
John Young aged 87 Lewis Young
65 years - Joel Young aged 63 and 
and Lucy Wharton aged 60 years - The above
they know from their own personal knowledge
With G W. Ramsey,
John Willis
Wm G. Willis
Mary Young
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th
day of May A.D. 1857. And I hereby certify
that I am personally acquainted with
John Willis and Mary T. Young and the
they are credible witnesses, all interlineates
and erasures made before signing
State of Kentucky
County of Greenup} SS
Wm Kouns SS

I William Corum Clerk of the County
Court in and for the County and State
above mentioned do hereby certify that
William Kouns, whose genuine signature
appears to the foregoing declaration and
affidavit, is and was at the time of
signing the same a justice of the Peace
in and for the County and State above mentioned
duly commissioned and sworn, that all his
official acts as such are entitled to full
faith and credit, and that the aforesaid County
Court is a Court of Record having general
Jurisdiction,
Given under my hand and
seal of office at Greenupsburg
this 22" day of May A.D. 1851
William Cormick clerk
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John Jacobs
(copy affidavit)
In behalf of John Young
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I John Jacobs a resident of the County of Scott, and state
of Kentucky aged Eighty one years state that I was a soldier
of the war of the revolution in Colonel William Washington
Regiment of Light Horse from the County of Stafford
Virginia. The army was stationed at Fredicksburg
Virginia from the first of December Seventeen hundred
and seventy nine until the spring of seventeen hundred
and Eighty. I there became acquainted with John
Young who was engaged in the service of the revolution
as an Express rider he was in the service when we first
went to Fredericksburgh, We left Fredericksburgh and
went to Petersburgh in the spring of Seventeen hundred
and Eighty and remained there, Peterbugh Virginia
until August John Young brought the Express from
Fredericksburgh to us at Petersburgh. We left Petersburgh
Virginia in the month of August Seventeen hundred
and Eighty and went to Halifax North Carolina and
remained there until a few days of Christmas. We
then left Halifax and went to the South. I did not see
John Young after we left Halifax North Carolina
I found John Young in the service as an Express rider
at Fredericksburg Virginia the first of December
Seventeen hundred and seventy nine and I lift
him in the service as an Express rider in the latter
part of December Seventeen hundred and Eighty, where
we left Halifax North Carolina I understand that
he resides in the County of Greenup Kentucky
Given under my hand this 3d day of December
1844
John Jacobs his x mark
Wm. Suggett Jr
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State of Kentucky
County of Scott} SS.

Be it known that personally appeared
before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for
the above written County and State John Jacobs a man
town to me to be of respectability and truth and subscribed
and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit, fist,
interlined in the fifth line, mine interlined in the nineteenth
line of the affidavit all before signing.
Jas Burgess J.P.S.C.

State of Kentucky
Scott County set}

I Ben B Ford Clerk by Thos C Kelly
his deputy of the County Court of Scott do hereby certify
that Joseph Burgess whose name is subscribed to the
foregoing certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the County aforesaid, and his genuine signa
time thereto. and that full faith and credit is and
ought to be given to all his official acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
my office this 4th day of December
1844 and in the 53d year of the Commonwealth
Ben B Ford Clk by
Thos C. Kelly by
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affidavit of
John Jacobs
(Reuben Young's Admr )
-
Decr 16th 1844
Repd of the Committee
on Revy Claims
French
additional evidence
Rev. Claims
Page 42

John Jacobs a resident of the County of Scott and
State of Kentucky aged eighty-one years, state that I was a
soldier of the war of the revolution in Colonel William
Washington regiment of light horse from the County of
Stafford Virginia. The regiment was stationed at Fredrick
burg Virginia from December seventeen hundred and nine
until the spring of seventeen hundred and eighty, I there
saw Reuben Young engaged as a regular soldier in the war of
the revolution he was stationed at Fredericksburg as one of the
guard to guard the magazine he was a married man at the
and had his wife and children with him at Fredericksburg his eldest son John Young was old enough to be
in the service as an express rider given under my hand
this 3d day of December 1844
Jacobs
his X mark
Wm  Suggett Jr

State of Kentucky
County of Scott
Be it known that personally appeared
before me the undersign a Justice of the Peace in and
for the above written County and State John Jacobs a man
known to me to be of respectability and truth and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit
given under my hand this 3d day of December 1841
an erasure in the sixth line of the affidavit and seventy writen
above before signing
Mr Burgess J.P.S.C.

State of Kentucky
Scott County Set
I Ben B. Ford Clk by Thomas C. Kelly his
deputy for the County Court of Scott do hereby certify
that Joseph Burgess whose name subscribed to this
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foregoing certificate is an acting justice of the peace
in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned &
qualified and his genuine signature thereto and that
full faith and credit is and ought to be given
to all his official acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of my office this 4th day of December
1844 and in the 33th year of
this Commonwealth
Ben B. Ford Clk by
Thos C. Kelly Dg
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[Envelope]

Free
A French

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commission of pensions
Washington
D. C.

July 11 44
Ann Young
Mrs Hanson
Green's heirs
Page 45

Mountsterling Ky  July 4th 1844
Dear Sir
I must earnestly request
you to inform me as soon as practical
be, what has become of the application
of Ann Young for a pension, Widow
of Reuben Young. and and send me the
decision 
also the same in the case of Mrs. Hanson
Also inform me what the decision
of the Secretary of War is
in the
appeal taken before him, in the case
of Green's heirs and such oblige

Richard French ck
Page 46

Power atty Jno Young Case of Reuben Young
Page 47

Know all men by these Presents that
I, John Young of Greenup County Kentucky
hereby nominate constitute and
appoint Geo Mensanah & Stephen F J Trubue
or either of them my true and
lawful attoney for me and in my name
to prosecute against the Government of
the United State the claim I have as
one of the heirs at law of Reuben Young
died late of Boone County Indiana who
was a Soldier in the State line of Virginia
in the war of the Revolution, under the
Act of Congress personnel
under any other act or acts of the said
Congress of the United States, and when
an amount or amounts an funds due me
then my said attors or either of them
are hereby fully authorized to demand
and receive from the Treasury of the
United States or from any office
there of the money or certificate for
the money in satisfaction and to
sign seal & deliver any settlement
or instrument in writing in order
thereto that they may deem fit
Hereby satisfyingly and confirming
all and whatsoever my said
attorney may do by Virtue of the
Presents In testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and
have this 14th day of April 1851
Sworn and subscribed before me
Jerimiah Davidson an acting Justice of the Peace
in and for the County of Greenup and State of Kentucky this 14th
day of April 1851 Jerimiah Davidson
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State of Kentucky
Greenup County} Set
I
 William Corum Clerk of
the County Court for the County and State above
mentioned do certify that Jeremiah Davidson whose
genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is and
was at the time of signing the same a Justice of
the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid any
Commissioned and qualified according is saw and
that all his official acts as such are entitled to
full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid
County Court is a Court of Record having General Jurisdiction
Given under my hand and
seal of office at Greenup
this 14th day of April 1951
William Corum Clerk
Page 49

Administration @ case of Ann Young
Page 50

Know all men by these presents that
I Jesse Com Administrator upon the estate
the estate of Ann Young, dec. who was the
widow of Reuben Young dec. a Soldier in the
Virginia line in the Army of the Revolution
do hereby nominate constitute and appoint
Geo H Monsarrat and Stephen F Trabue of Louisville
Kentucky my true and lawful attorney for
me and in my name to prosecute against the
Government of the United States the claim
due the intestate of Ann Young due under the
act of Congress.
or under any
other act or acts of the said Congress in
consideration of the Revolutionary services
of the said Reuben Young dec and when
an amount or amounts are found due here
then my said attorneys or either of them are hereby
fully authorized to demand and receive from
the Treasury of the United States or any
other proper officer of the Government the
money or certificate in satisfaction for the same
and to sign seal and deliver my
instrument or instruments in order thereto
that they may down right & proper
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal this 19 day of July 1857
Jesse Corum seal
subscribed and acknowledged before the Justice
of the Peace in and for the County of Greenup
and State of Kentucky this 19th day of July 1851.
Jeremiah Davidson J.P.
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State of Kentucky
County of Greenup

I William Corum clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid Do certify that Jeremiah Davidson whose genuine
Signature appears to the certificate on the
preceding page is and was at time of signing
the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the
County and state aforesaid duly Commissioned
and sworn and all his official acts as such
are entitled to full faith and credit
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
seal of office at Greenup
this 19 day of July 1841
William Corum Clk
Page 52

State of Kentucky
Greenup County}S .S

Greenup County Court 
July  Term 1851
On motion of Jesse Coram
as the law directs a certificate is granted him
for obtaining letters of Administration upon the estate
of Ann Young deceased upon he together
with John Young as his security came into open
Court and entered into & acknowledged bond in
the penalty of Five Thousand Dollars anchored
according to Law
William Corum clerk of the County Court for
the County [illegible]
foregoing order is truly copied from the records
the said Court
In Testimony whereof I
have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office at
Greenupberg this 19 day of
July 1851

William Corum Clerk
Page 53

Jan 18 1846
Ann Young
Ken:
Act 36 addl. widow

W. S. Allison Prest
Page 54

I Philemon Richards a resident of the County of Orange and
State of Virginia aged eighty nine years, state that my brother
Richard Richards resided at Fredericksburg in the State of Virginia
at the time of the revolutionary war, and I was there frequently
on a visit to my Brothers and saw the magazine and I have taken the
place of my acquaintances who was the guard to guard the
magazine in order to let them rest, I am positive that there
was a magazine at Fredericksburg Virginia but from my great
age and loss of memory I am unable to state the dates in which
the above occurrences took place given from under my hand this 8th
day of January 1844, P.S. Presided in the County of Orange Virginia
not more than twenty five miles from Fredericksburg Virginia at the
time of the revolutionary war
his X mark
Philemon Richards
State of Virginia
County of Orange

Be it known that Personally appeared before me
the undersign a Justice of the Peace in and for the above written
County and State Philemon Richards who is known to me to
be a man of Respectability and truth, and subscribed and
made oath to the truth of the above affidavit, given from
under my hand this 8th day of January 1846
Robt Roach, J. P.

Virginia, to wit:
I, Philp S Fry, clerk of the county court of
Orange County do hereby certify that Robert Roach, above
named, on the day of the date of the foregoing certificate,
to which his name is attached, an acting Justice of the
peace for the said County, and that full faith and credit
are due to all his acts as such. In testimony whereof
thereto put my name and affix the seal
of the said Court this 10th day of January
eighteen hundred and forty six and in the 70th
year of the commonwealth
P. S. Fry clk
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Commonwealth of Kentucky
Greenup County, towit,
Greenup County Court
January Term 1852
Satisfactory evidence was produced to the Court
that Nancy Young late of Greenup County
Kentucky who was the widow of Reuben Town of
deceased departed this life on the 18th day of
July 1842 leaving only four living children, who
are now living viz John Young, Joel Young
Lewis Young and Lucy Wharton

I William Corum Clerk of the County Court
of Greenup County in the State of Kentucky certify
that the above order is truly copied from the records of
my office.

In Testimony whereof I do hereunto
affix my seal of office and subscribe
my name this the 5th day of January
AD 1852
William Corum C.G.C.C.
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State of Kentucky
Greenup County
On this the 14th day of
April 1851 Personally appeared before
me John Young a Revolutionary Pensioner
under act of Congress
who first been duly sworn according to
Law doth upon oath state that he is oldest
child (being her in his Eighty Seventh
year of Reuben Your deceased late
of the County Missouri who was a
soldier in the Virginia State line
in the any of the Revolution, and who
Served five years in the war, and that this
services terminated at the close
of the Revolutionary war. He further
states that his father the said Ruben
Young was employed to guard the Powder
Magazine situated between the town of
Medenckeburg VA and the River and
in the town of Fredericksburg and
under the command of Sargent
Richards and that he served as
above stated five years or until
the close of the war.
He further states that his father the
said Reuben Young died in the year
of Eighteen hundred & thirty six, and
that he was married to his wife, deponents
Mother Ann Young in the year Seventeen
hundred & Sixty two in the County of
Orange Virginia, and that she lived
until the 18th day of July Eighteen
hundred & forty two and that her name
before her marriage was Ann Wharton
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State of Kentucky
Greenup County} Set

Sworn and subscribed before me, by John Young
Given under my hand as an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for said County & State
this 14th day of April 1851.
Jerimiah Davidson J. P.

State of Kentucky
Greene County ⎬ Set

I William Corum Clerk of
the County Court for the County and state above
mentioned do certify that Jeremiah Davidson whose
genuine signature appears to the above and foregoing
certificate is and was at the time of signing the same
Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state
aforesaid duly Commissioned and qualified according
to his son and that all his official acts as such are
entitled to full faith and credit and that the
aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having
General Jurisdiction
Given under my hand and seal
of Office at Greenupsburg
this 14 day of April 1851
William Corum Clerk