Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4741, Morgan Young, New Jersey
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(B-1776)

SERVICE                  NUMBER

New Jersey   Young, Morgan  B.4741

CONTENTS                   carded


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20114
Morgan Young
Ohio
Admitted for 9 months
from 1776.
$30.
th Reynolds Clk
Delaware
Ohio
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Coun
of the case of Morgan Young
ty of Delaware
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
al
3. How old is he? 80
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
Militia
In 1776
1777
1778
Duration of Service.
Years, months,
5
Days.
Rank.
As a
Private
a
mentioned.
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
┃ called out several
4
times when there were
was at least from nine
┃ Capt Young
to ten
months in the actual son
5. In what battles was he engaged? Flatbush, near
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Morris Co N. Jersey
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No clergyman
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
C. Forrest
amining Clerk
Gen Wines
beat Gurton Co Munroe
Capt Carnes Co Frelinghyson
┃ Capt Morris
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Morgan Young
Application for pension.
20114
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The State of Ohio
Delaware County
Be it remembered that on this
Nineteenth
day of November in the year Eighteen
hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court,
before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for the said County of Delaware, now in session
Morgan Young a resident of Berkshire Township the
County of Delaware and State of Ohio, aged
eighty 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 7, 1832.
J. Morgan Young on my said oath state that I entered
the service of the United States, and served therein under the
following circumstances and following named officers
as herein stated, to wit; I was born in Morris County
New Jersey in October 1752, and resided there during the
revolutionary war. In the spring of 1776 I was called
out with the militia upon an alarm and marched to
Elizabethtown. While there I enlisted for 5 months in
the New Jersey Militia. I served in Capt. Guston's Company
and in a Regiment under Col. Manson. I was marched
soon after I volunteered or enlisted, to New York. After
remaining there about 2 weeks, I was marched over to Flat
Bush and was there during the battle. The next day I was
the over to New York sick and put into the hospital
I was sick during the residue of my 5 months and a
permission to return home. After which I received
my hey of my capt. for my whole 5 months. I receive
no written discharge. During the years 1777 and 78, I was
classed in the militia and called out in my tum to serve one
month at a time. In the course of those years I was
called out 3 different tours and remed rather more the
one month each time I was march each time to
Elizabethtown. The first tour I served under Capt. Carnes, and
in battle near Elizabethtown under the command of
Col. Freylenhouse. The next tour I served under Capt. Samuel
Morris, and the last tour under Capt William Young.
these times when I was thus in the remice at Elizabethtown
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the place was under the command of Genl Wines.
In addition to these several tours, I was also called out
at several times when there were alarms, and much
to Elizabethtown, Newark, Brunswick and other places
along the lines. In these several tours of services
I was at least from nine to ten month in the
actual services of my country.
After the revolutionary war I lived about 20 years
in Morris Co. I then removed to the Wyoming County Penns
and resided there about 15 years. About 1816 I left that
Country and removed to Delavine County, Ohio, where
I now reside. I have no documentary evidence and know of no
whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my services.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a
pension or annuity except the present, and declare that
my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of
any state.
Sworn and subscribe to, the day & year aforesaid
his
Margain Young
Mark
We E Reet Brown & Frances Park residents & 1 Sure
Township in the said County of Selman andresiding

in the neighbourhood of the above named Morgan
Young who has subscribed and sworn to the above declare
tion, hereby certify, that we are well acquaint with the
Morgan Young; that we believe him to be eighty
years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborn
hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the
revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day & year afores
Ezekiel Brown
Francis Park
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the
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interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the
above named applicant Margan Young is a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states. And the Court further
certify, that it appears to them that Ezekiel Brown and
Francis Park who
have signed the preceding certificate are residents
in the aforesaid Township of Berkshire and are creditita
persons, and that their statement is entitled to full credit
I Thomas Reynolds Clerk of the Court of Com
pleas afore do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in
the matter of the application of Morgan Young for
a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand seal of office the 19th
day of November A.D. 1832
T. Reynolds
Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.
19.
In reply to your request of
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for a statement of the military history of
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.was


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LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
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RANK.
1
STATE.
5-2856
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received
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
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COLONEL.
no
Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension,
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Residence at date of application,
Age at date of application,
Remarks.
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Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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1914. Mar. Hist to Frank B
Andrew M.
1917 Andrew M. Sherman
advised soldier signed by
mark on the correspondent
in Morgan Young S.
by in
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4741
INVALID.
File No. 741

Morgan Young
Pri n.j. ma.
Green J Ma.
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Act: June 7, 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 20
Arrangement of 1870.]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
further proof or explanation.
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Morgan Young
which require
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension
he is entitled? No
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service? No
III. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain
ing it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? 267
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recolelection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; Foryear
months, and --- days, I served as a . Forand
--- days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension.
months
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite
, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionin
every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authencing paper
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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Hon. G.M. Saltzgaber,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir and Comrade: --
Morristown, N. J.,
April 30, 1917.

Rev Sec
2. What were the names of the children of Morgan Young.
I am desirous of ascertaining, if possible for genealogical
purposes, the following in formation concerning Morgan Young who
served as a wagoner in the Revolutionary War from Morris County, New Jersey
, and perhaps, if said Young was a pensioner, or if his widow was a pensioner
, the desired data can be furnished me from the Pension Department:
1. That was the maiden name of the wife of Morgan Young and when and by
whom were they married.
the of the
to
3. Where did said Young reside before and after the close of the
tion.
both of
neither of
Any additional information concerning said Young or wife or ch
you may be able to give me will be appreciated.
Wag
Thanking you in advance for a reply, I am
Yours very truly,
Rev , Andrew M. Sherman.
Revolu-
Morrison
thereof
Wildren
other
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FRANK B. WILLIS
OTH DISTRICT OHIO
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON
February 26, 1914.
Hon. G.M. Saltzgaber,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Saltzgaber:
I very respectfully request that you furnish me
with a statement showing what the records of your bureau show as
regards the military records of Adam McKnight, Morgan Young and
Johanna Jones, Revolutionary War soldiers who were pensioners
and resided in Delaware county, Ohio, in 1840 and I also desire a
statement as to the military record of the Revolutionary War
soldier whose widow was Eunice Smith, Mrs. Smith was a resident
of Delaware County, Ohio, in 1840 being a pensioner at the time. I
am unable to inform you as to the full name of her soldier husband
.
Thanking you for the courtesy, I am
Yours very truly,
Frank B. Willis
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
feb 27 1914
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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
MAY 1, 1917
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Rev. War Section.
Rev. Andrew M. Sherman,
Morristown, New Jersey.
Sir:
May 5, 1917.
In reply to your letter of the 30"" ultimo, you are
herewith furnished the histories of the only soldiers
named Morgan Young found on the Revolutionary War records
of this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
There are two of Morris Co-
S. 17884
S. 4741
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on. Frank B. Willis,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Villis:
March 5, 1914.
In response to your letter of the twentysixth
ultimo, I have the honor to advise you that from the
papers in the claim Sur. File No. 1741, it appears that for
gan Young was born in October 1752, in Morris County, New Jersey
, and resided there during 1776, 1777 and 1778, when
he served for nine or ten months in the New Jersey militia
as private under Captains Gaston. Carnes, Samuel Morris and
William Young and Colonels Munson and Frelinghuysen. He was
allowed pension while living in Berkshire township, Delaware
county, Ohio. There is no data as to family on file.
from the papers in the claim W. File No. 6121, it appears
that Joseph Smith was born June 15, 1755, in Derby Connecticut
, and lived there when he enlisted December 26, 1776.
and served three years as private in Captain Elijah Humphreys'
Company, Colonels William Douglass and Meigs' Connecticut regiment
.
He married in Derby, Connecticut, January 19, 1782, Eunice
Deremo who was born October 9, 1763.
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He died at Derby, Connecticut. April 28, 1834. She was
living in Bennington Township, Delaware County, Ohio, in
1833. Both of them were pensioned.
From the papers in the claim Wid. File No. 559, it appears
that Adam McKnight or McNitt was born in Worcester
Massachusetts September 15, 1763, enlisted at Shelburne or
Conway, Massachusetts in January 1781, and served two years
and six months under Captains Abbott and Sparks or parks, and
Colonels Tupper and Maxwell in the Massachusetts troops.
He married at Ellery, Chautauqua County, New York, in
the fall of 1820 or 1821, Mercy Searles who was born about
1771, and he died in Berkshire Township, Delaware County,
Ohio, June 24, 1848. Both of them were pensioned.
From the papers in the claim W. File No. 5006, it appears
that Solomon Jones served from January 1, 1777, to May 1780.
as Ensign in Captain Elijah Danforth's company, Colonel Thomas
Namon's Massachusetts regiment.
He married at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, May 2, 1782.
Joanna Drury who was born in August 1760. Both of them were
pensioned while residing in Berkshire Township, Delaware County
Ohio. He died February 9, 1822, aged seventy years.
Very truly yours.
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Commissioner,