Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,977, James Young, S.C.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
S. lo.

Young, James

NUMBER
R. 11.977
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CONTENTS
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832

State of Couth Carolina)
Barnwell District            )   S.S.

On the twenty fifth day of July 1834
personally appeared in open court, before the court of ordinary now sitting James Young a resident of the District and State aforesaid, aged seventy one 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That being then a resident of South Carolina he volunteered as a private in the militia of the said state in a company commanded by Capt. Joseph Vince to serve during the war. That this company with three officers commanded by Captain Creech, Car and Furman composed a Regiment which was commanded by Col. James McCoy, that Capt. Vince was duly commissioned and called into service by the State of South Carolina, as were all the other officers of the Regiment as the declarant believes. William Vince, Jethro Wood and Joseph Hardy were successively first lieutenants in the company in which the declarant served, and Capt. Vince on one occasion being disabled by a wound the company was some time, but how long he does not recollect under the command of Joseph Harley. That the principal duty assigned to the Regiment was to guard the 
passes of the Savannah River from Augusta to the city of Savannah, to keep the Tories in Carolina and Georgia in check, and to prevent the transportation of arms and ammunition from Savannah to Augusta. That the first
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engagement which he served was at Williams landing on Savannah River in South Carolina-a detachment of fifteen men from Capt. Vinces company, a company of militia commanded by Capt. Castelo, and some volunteer mounted men, at that place were surprized[surprised] and routed after some fighting by a party of Tories commanded by one McCormick-the declarants brother John Young, and Job Rountree Senior and Shadrach Rountree the father and brother of Job Rountree of Barnwell  District were taken prisoner. That after this  being with fourteen men on guard at the company's station at Steel Creek, they received notice of the approach of a party of Tories supposed to be an hundred strong, preparation was made for their recaption  and a few shots passed when the Tories retired. Our whig was killed. That from the nature of the service assigned to the company, it did not fall to his lot to be in any considerable battle, he was never the less almost continually engaged in skirmishes with the Tories who were [illegible] formidable and unfeared by the most hostile [illegible] - these conflicts were always attended with great personal  danger, and generally with great loss in proportion to the numbers engaged. That detailed accounts of these conflicts would not be interesting or told much to sustain  the truth  of their declaration as they are not recorded in history as he is informed. That being with the company to which he belonged on an excursion into the State of Georgia in pursuit of the
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Tories, he received a wound in the body from a rifle ball, from the affects of which he has never recovered. That he was present and served at the siege of Augusta, or rather of the two forts occupied by the British and Tories at that place. The fort commanded by Col. Greeison was stormed, and the other co commanded by Col. Brown surrendered. That in the course of the attack the company to which he belonged became divided, and he was placed between the forts under the command of a continental officer who was wounded and carried off the ground. Most of the officers of the Regiment were present. Col. Pickens commanded the militia. There was a great number of regular continental officers and soldiers present, but from the great lapse of time, he does not recollect the name of any of the officers. The next day after the surrender of the Fort Col. Greeison was killed by a gun fired by one James Alexander as was reported at the time. That he served at least four years, and was regularly discharged at the close of the war, but the day and the month in which he entered the service, or the date of his discharge he does not recollect-that period that  he served constantly in the field and was not employed in any civil pursuit. That by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot declare positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served as a private not less than four years as above stated, and that by accident or the lapse
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of time his papers have been lost or destroyed,
and that he has no documentary evidence
of his service, nor does he know of any
person now living who can testify to the same
from personal knowledge except
Job Rountree of Barnwell District, who
served in the same company with the
declarant. He hereby relinquishes every
claim whatever to a pension except the
present, and declares that his name is not
on the pension Roll of the agency of any
State. That he has for many years received a
pension from the State of South Carolina
in consideration of his services in the
revolutionary War, but that the same
has been discontinued in consequence of
the provision made by the act of Congress
under which this declaration is made
as he has been informed and believes.

James his mark [hand written X] Young

Sworn to and subscribed  )
the day and year aforesaid)
Orsamus D. Allen Judge
of the Court of Ordinary
We, Hansford D. Duncan a clergyman residing in
the District of Barnwell, and George W. Collins
residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with James Young who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration, and that we
believe him to be seventy one years of age,
that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood
where he resides to have been a soldier of the
revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn to and subscribed )
the day and year aforesaid )
Orsamus D. Allen Judge )
of the Court of Ordinary )

H. D. Duncan
Geo W Collins
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And the said Court doth hereby
declare its opinion, after the
investigation of the matter, and
after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department,
that the above named applicant
was a revolutionary Soldier,
and served as he states. And
this Court further certifies, that
it appears to it, that Hansford
D. Duncan, who has signed
the preceding certificate is a
clergyman resident in the
District of Barnwell, and
that George W Collins, who has
also signed the same, is a
resident in the same
District, and is a credible
person, and that their statement
is entitled to credit.

Orsamus D. Allen, Judge of the
Court of Ordinary.-
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State of South Carolina)
Barnwell District)  SS
On the twenty fifth day of July 1834
personally appeared in open court, before the
Court of Ordinary now sitting, Job Rountree
of the District and State aforesaid aged
Seventy three years, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath say,
that he entered the service of the United States
in the Revolutionary war in the Militia
of the State of South Carolina as a private
in a company commanded by Capt.
Joseph Vince who was duly commissioned
by the said State to serve during the
war, in the year 1776. That James
Young of the District and State aforesaid
was also a private in the same company
and served to the close of the War, and
for four years at least, and was as this
deponent believes always esteemed a
brave soldier - That this deponent
distinctly recollects that the said James
Young was present in many conflicts
with the Tories, and that on one occasion
was severely and dangerously wounded
by a ball, in the body-- that he was
present and served at the seige of
Augusta, and on all occasions sustained
the character of a faithful soldier.

Job his mark [hand written X] Rountree


Sworn to and subscribed )
the day and year aforesaid )
Orsamas D. Allen, Judge)
of the Court of Ordinary)
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South Carolina )
Barnwell District )  SS.
On the twenty fifth day of July 1834
personally appeared in open court, before
the Court of Ordinary now sitting James
Young of the District and State aforesaid
and the several questions directed by instructions
from the War Department, to be propounded
to applicants for pensions under the act
Congress of June 7th 1832, being propounded
to him by the Court, he on oath answers:
I was informed by my parents that I was
born on Little River in Virginia.  I
never knew the year of my birth.  I
do not know nor do I believe that there
was ever any record made of my
age. According to such calculations
as I have been able to make from
imperfect information and recollection
I was born about the year 1763, but
I have no certain knowledge nor
am I positive.  Where I was a small child
my parents removed to George on
Savannah River within four miles
of my present residence which is
the first place of which I have any
recollection. When I entered the
service I resided where I do now
and I now reside on Savannah
River in Barnwell District, South Carolina.
I entered the service as a volunteer.
I have no recollection of the names
any continental officers with
whom I served. I was commanded
by one on the day the Fort at
Augusta was taken, but I have
forgotten his name if I ever knew it.
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I never served with any officers but
those of my own Regiment except
at Augusta. On one occasion McGirt,
a tory leader marched to the Savannah 
River with a strong party of Tories
and took and burnt a small
Fort which had been erected by the
men under Capt Vince, and which
had been left under a small guard
of which I was one. The Regiment
was divided at the time into
different detachments, and the
alarm being given and a part
being called in, in company with
a militia company commanded
by William Dunbar pursued
McGirt some distance but without
success.
I was discharged by Capt. Vince
and it is probable that I received
a written discharge, but I have
no recollection of it. I am
however positive that I was
regularly discharged at the close
of the War.
I believe that all my neighbours will
testify as to my character for veracity, and
their belief of my services as a soldier
of the Revolution, and I will name
George Robison, Stephen Smith, George
R. Dunbar, John Clayton and Preston
Harley.

James his mark [hand written X] Young

Sworn to and subscribed )
on the day and year aforesaid )
Orsamus D. Allen Judge )
of the Court of Ordinary )
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South Carolina   )
Barnwell District ) S.S.
On the thirtieth day of July 1834
personally appeared in open court, before the
Court of Ordinary now sitting, Angus Patterson
of the District and State aforesaid, who being
duly sworn says, that several years ago, but
the particular year he does not now recollect,
James Young of the said District made
application to the Legislature of South Carolina
for a pension in consideration of his services as a
soldier of the revolutionary war, and
proved to the satisfaction of a committee of
each branch of the Legislature that he
was entitled thereto. That although this
deponent was a member of the Legislature
at the time, and as such, it became his
duty to investigate the evidence offered
in support of the application, he has no
recollection of the particular facts proved
but distinctly recollects that the evidence
was in his judgment entirely satisfactory.
That the said James Young was allowed a
pension which he has ever since annually
received from the State, and this deponent
has never heard his revolutionary services
doubted by any person, but on the contrary
so far as this deponent has heard he is
reputed to have been a brave and
meritorious soldier of the revolution,
and this deponent concurs in that
opinion.
A Patterson

sworn to and subscribed  )
the day and year aforesaid )
Orsamus D. Allen, Judge )
of the Court of Ordinary )
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South Carolina  )
Barnwell District ) S.S.
On the ninth day of August 1834 personally
appeared in open Court before the Court of Ordinary
now sitting, Stephen Smith of the District and
State aforesaid aged fifty eight years, and
after being duly sworn according to law, says,
that he has resided from early infancy in the
neighbourhood of James Young who has sworn
to and subscribed the annexed declaration.
That this deponent has not a distinct
recollection of any of the events of the
revolutionary war, although his
memory extends back to within a very
few years of that period. That he has
frequently conversed with many persons
who took an active part in the War, as well as
with others who were living at the
time, and well acquainted with the events
of that period, and has ever understood not
only from report, but also from persons who
spoke from personal knowledge, and
particularly from the late Capt. Joseph
Vince, that the said James Young was a
soldier of the revolution, and served
his country through the war, or a considerable
part of it, and sustained the character of
a brave Soldier. That the said James
Young did to serve this deponent is as
confident as he can be of any fact, to
which he was not an eye witness. And
this deponent further says, that the said James
Young is a man of truth, veracity and good
character in every respect, and that his
statement is entitled to credit.
Sworn to and subscriber)
the day and year aforesaid)
James D. Allen Judge)
of the Court of Ordinary)

S. Smith
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Rev. War Section.
Feb. 21, 1921.
Hon. Fred H. Dominick,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Dominick:
In response to your letter of the 18" instant, I have the honor to advise you that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services and a careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of James Young of the Sixth South Carolina Regiment.
There is but one person named James Young South Carolina found on the Revolutionary War records of the Bureau, and from the papers in his pension claim, Rejected File No. 11977, it appears that he was born in 1763, on Little River, in Virginia, and while living on Savannah River in Barnwell District, South Carolina, he alleged that he enlisted and served four years as private under Captain Joseph Vince and Colonel James McCoy in the militia of South Carolina, that he was in an engagement at Williams Landing, South Carolina, in many skirmishes with Tories, at the Siege of Augusta, and was once wounded by a rifle ball in the body.
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He was living in Barnwell District, South Carolina, when he applied for pension on July 25, 1834, but his claim was rejected as he failed to furnish satisfactory proof of the alleged service.
There is no data on file as to his family, except that he had a brother John who was taken prisoner in the engagement at Williams Landing.

Very truly yours,
F. A. Rogers,
Acting Commissioner.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,---19
R11977


In reply to your request of,   received.
for a statement of the military history of  James Young
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
V
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
4 years
RANK.
Pvt.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Joseph Vince
COLONEL.
James McCoy
STATE.
S.C.
He was in an engagement at Williams Landing S.C. on the Savannah River
in many skirmishes with Tories, at siege of Augusta, and was
once wounded by a rifle ball in the body.

Battles engaged in.   See above
Residence of soldier at enlistment, on Savannah River in Barnwell Disctrict S.C.
Date of application for pension, July 25, 1834.
Residence at date of application, Barnwell Dist. S.C.
Age at date of application, born 1762 on Little River in Va.
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family except that his brother John 
was taken prison in the engagement of William Landing
His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish satisfactory 
proof of the alleged service, as required by the U.S. pension laws.
AW Nov. 2, 1920             Respectfully,
I did not dare state that he had once been allowed pension
by the state of S.C. for if that was so, it would have been
easy for him to have verified service by
a report from Comptroller of S.C. which he never did.
he let the claim be abandoned whereas Job Rountree verified his. See his claim
Commissioner.
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[left side]

1920 Nov. 11. Hist to Dr. Geo. Y Hunter  aw
1921 Feb. 21 Hist to Hon. F. D. Dominick   aw

[right side]

REJECTED

11.717.
P. O.
James Young
Service:
Enlisted:   ,18
Discharged:   ,18
Application filed:   ,18

Alleges: List of suspended claims
printed in 1852 shows cause of
Re-enlisted: Suspension as follows:
"Required to specify each [illegible] with the
material facts & ascertain how far the
bank of the Comptroller General of S.C.
verify or repudiate his services
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.  Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searche for,  18
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apl 12, 1836
O. C.
E
Rec. Vol. 40 pa. 467
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War Dept
Pension off.
Apl 12th 36

Sir
In reply to yours of 8 inst. I have
the honor to inform you that the claims
of Job Rountree & James Young were
examined & suspended as appears by my
letter to the Hon. J M Felder on 26 Decr. 34
of which a copy is herewith enclosed
It does not appear that any papers
have been since recd in those cases
James H. Hammond
Ho Rep
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James Young
South Carolina
Suspended
see this letter in John [Stoudemier?] S. C. R.10239 
Letter 26 - Dec 1824
Hon J.M. Felder
let. J H. Hammond
Apl 12, 1836
let.  Hon Jas. Roger May 30 '36
Hon S. H. Butler 3 Feby '40
11977
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Copy of that part of letter relating to claim of James Young
Dept. of War Pension Office Dec 26, 1834

Sir:
XXX-
In the cases of Job Roundtree and James Young they both allege to have served during the Revolution from4 to 5 years each, without the necessary specification of their respective services.

These papers are placed on file, and before a decision can be had on these claims they will be required to state the period of their different tours of actual service - the number of such tours, whether by draft or by volunteering, the duration of each tour, the nature of the service and the place or places where it was performed.

When it is well known that the usual militia tour in S.C. was about 3 mos. it is apparent that the claimants have fallen into an error, as to the amount of their service, 
over
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or that they have conceded their inability to be called out, the same or service itself. (?)
Upon application to the Comptroller Genl at Columbia, it is highly probable that some evidence may be obtained of their services, to whom I would refer them for this purpose.
Hon J.M. Felder
H. of R.
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SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
HORACE M. TOWNER, IOWA, CHAIRMAN.
CHARLES E FULLER, ILL.
JAMES P GLYNN, CONN.
BENJAMIN K. FOCHT, PA.
JOHN I NOLAN CALIF.
CHARLES A NICHOLS, MICH.
IRA G. HERSEY, ME.
FREDERICK N ZIELMAN, MD.
HAROLD KNUTSON, MINN.
LOUIS W. FAIRFIELD, IND.
WILLIS J. HULINGS, PA.
CLARENCE MACGREGOR, N. Y.
JOHN C. KLECEKA, WIS

FINIS J. GARRETT, TENN.
CLEMENT BRUMBAUGH, OHIO.
CHRISTOPHER D. SULLIVAN, N.Y.
TOM D. McKEOWN, OKLA.
LEONIDAS D. ROBINSON, N. C.
MARVIN JONES, T. K.
FRED N. DOMINICK, S. C.
SCHUYLER O. BLAND, VA.
FELIX CORDOVA DAVILA, PORTO RICO.

M. L. MORRISON, CLERK

COMMITTEE ON INSULAR AFFAIRS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON
February 18, 1921.

HONORABLE F. D. BYINGTON,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Byington: --

I will appreciate it if you will kindly advise
me if you have any record of application for pension of
JAMES YOUNG, Revolutionary Soldier, member of the 6th
South Carolina Regiment; and, if so, let me have the
official record of same.
Thanking you in advance for your attention and
advices in the matter, I am,
Yours very truly,
Fred H Dominick

[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE  FEB 19 1921
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DR GEO. Y. HUNTER, PRES
DR. J. S. WHEELERY V PRES
J. F. BROWNE, CASHIER
J. A. COUNTS, ASST CASHIER
The Bank of Prosperity
CAPITAL STOCK $25,000
PROSPERITY S.C.

2ct -stamped envelope enclosed P
Answered Nov. 1, 1920

[stamp] US PENSION OFFICE  OCT 23 1920

Oct. 22, 1920
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,

Dear Sir:
On Sept, 22, 1920 I wrote you as follows: "Please
send me the Revolutionary Records of James Young & Henry Dominick of South Carolina.
Henry Dominick I am informed, was a Revolutionary
pensioner. James Young served, I think, in the 6th South Carolina
Regiment. I am very anxious to get this information & will appreciate
your efforts & if your office is not the proper place to apply
for this information, please refer this letter to the proper
official. Will gladly meet any expense attached."
The record of both of these Revolutionary soldiers is on record
in the Bureau of Pensions & the War Department it is necessary
for me to get their record from the Bureau of Pensions or War
Department officially before I can use it.
My dughters[daughters] want to join the D. A. R. & must produce the
official records I am writing for. Stamped envelope enclosed for
reply.
Yours very truly,
Geo. Y Hunter

Henry Dominick,s enlisted from Richland County, S. C. but drew his
pension in Newberry District, S. C.
James Young enlisted from Newberry District, S. C.
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[stamp] RECORD DIVISION
OCT 25 1920

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[  ?  ]

DR. GEO. Y . HUNTER, PRES
DR. J.S. WHEELER, V PRES
J.F. BROWNE, CASHIER
J.A. COUNTS, ASST. CASHIER

THE BANK OF PROSPERITY
CAPITAL STOCK $25,000
PROSPERITY, S.C.

Bu Sept, 22,1920.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Please give me the Revolutionary Records of James Young & Henry Dominick of South Carolina. 
S9329 Henry Dominick, I am informed, was a Revolutionary pensioner. James Young served, I think, in the 6th South Carolina Regt. I am very anxious to get this information & will appreciate your efforts or if this office is not the proper place to apply for this information, please refer this letter to the proper place. Will gladly meet any expense attached.

Yours truly,
Geo Y Hunter

[Seal]
US PENSION OFFICE 
SEP 23 1920
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Hunter
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Depart of War 
Pension Office
1840
Feb 3
Sir 
I have rec'd your letter enclosing copies of the paper of Job Rountree who claims a pension under the Act of Jun 7 1832. 
Job Rountree and James Young filed their papers in the office in the year of 1834; both claiming for similar services: to wit, a volunteer and continuous service in the Militia of S.C. from the year 1776 to 1783. 
Reports are made in both cases to the Hon J M  Felder in Dec 1834. Since which time their original papers have remained on file: no attempt having been made to remove the [illegible] out to Mr Felder. 
The objections made, first,  that on as much as it was contrary  to the case of the militia performance of
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military duties but for that and limited periods,
the claimants were requed[required] to amend then declaration
so far as to state, the number of times they were
called out the duration of each to the date, and
nature of the same, and the officers under whom
they were performed. Further proof was also
required. To obtain the latter, they were before[?]
Comptroller Genl. at Columbia for that proof
as the records in his office might permit
But no such specification as proof of this
service  has been made nor any reply to my letter
requiring the same
I have the honor
 
Hon. S.H. Butler  3 Feby 1840


May 1832
R 28180
Y 32242

Hon S.H. Butler
HR
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Depart of War
Pension Office
May 30th [illegible]
Sir,
I return herewith return the letter of Mr J Rogers,
and the reply to his inquiry relative to the claims of Joseph
McJunkins, and James Young. I have the honor to note
that the proof in the case of Mr McJunkins, is not
satisfactory. I hold a copy of the letter of the Hon. Mr.
Clancy upon the [illegible] in June 1837. I [illegible] further remark
that as all military appointment [illegible] was made by the
Gov. with the action I [illegible] the rest of the privy Council after the
adoption of the Constitution of that Note in March 1776.
There can be no doubt but ending of Mr McJunkins
having used [illegible] May be forced the same of the
Executive Office [illegible], if that was the fact
In the case of James Young it appear that he belonged
to a company of local militia in S.C. in what he alleges
a continuous service of four years. Objections have been
made in this case upon the ground that [illegible] but the crux
of the matter here being it unrelated, and the claimant
required he specify he knew by  [illegible] the number of times
& the duration  of what or when he was in actual
service. 
The objections  have not be named and
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The claim has remained suspended. The paper of
Mr. McJunkins and Mr. Young
shall remain upon a appeal[?]
Thos. Ashon

Hon J. Rogers
May 31 1846
OC

Hon Jas. Rogers
H of Rep
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32.202

James Young application
for a pension

[illegible]

Hon J. M. Felder
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South Carolina )
Barnwell District )S.S.

On the thirteenth day of September
1834, personally appeared in open Court
before the Court of Ordinary now sitting,
George Robison of the District and State
aforesaid, aged sixty six years, and
after being duly sworn according to
law says, that he was born and has 
always resided in the neighbourhood
of James Young who has sworn to
and subscribed the annexed declaration.
That this deponent has a distinct
recollection of the Revolutionary War
recollects seeing the said James Young
as a soldier under Capt. Vince, and
has frequently heard from Capt. Vince
and others, that he was a brave and
faithful soldier in the revolutionary
War; that he was this deponent has
not the least doubt nor has he
ever heard it doubted by any other
person. And this deponent
further says that the said James
Young is a man of truth, veracity
and good character in every
respect, and that his statement
is entitled to credit.
George Robison

Sworn to and subscribed  )
the day and year aforesaid )
Orsamus D. Allen Judge )
of the Court of Ordinary )
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South Carolina ) S.S.
Barnwell District )

On the thirteenth day of September 1834
personally appeared in open Court before
the Court of Ordinary now sitting, George
R. Dunbar of the District and State aforesaid
aged fifty one years and being duly sworn
according to law says, that he was born
and has ever resided in the neighbourhood
of James Young who has sworn to, and
Subscribed the annexed declaration,
and has ever understood that the
said James Young was a brave
and faithful soldier in the
revolutionary war; that he
was such, this deponent is as
confident as he can be of
any fact not coming within
his own personal knowledge.
and that the said James Young
is a man of truth and veracity
and his statement is entitled to
credit.
G.R. Dunbar

Sworn to and subscribed )
this day and year aforesaid )
Orsamus D. Allen Judge )
of the Court of Ordinary )

And the said Court doth hereby
certify, that it appears to it, that Job
Rountree, Angus Patterson, Stephen Smith,
George Robison and George R. Dunbar, who
have sworn to and subscribed the preceding
depositions are person of veracity and good
character, and that their statements are
entitled to credit. 
Orsamus D. Allen, Judge
of the Court of Ordinary
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I Orsamus D. Allen Judge of the Court of
Ordinary for Barnwell District South Carolina,
 (the same being a Court of record
in as much as it has the power of adjudging
the pecuniary rights of parties in certain cases to
any amount, the power of imprisonment,
the power of adjudging the sale of real and
personal estate, and possesses other powers
incident only to courts of record, and keeps
a record of its proceedings; and moreover
because it has been adjudged by the Court
of appeals of the said State, that the
judgments and decrees of the Court of Ordinary
are final and conclusive as to the parties
thereto, that no averment or proof can be
received in the other courts contrary to the
records thereof, and that the presiding
Officer thereof is a Judge under the
3d Article of the constitution of the said
State) do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the
said Court, in the matter of the application
of James Young for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
(having no public seal of Office)
this seventeenth day of October in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty four.

[affixed seal]
Orsamus D. Allen
Judge of the Court of 
Ordinary