Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35166, Richard Young, Continental R.I.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Continental
R. I.

Young, Richard

NUMBER 
S 35166
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13.644
R

District of Maine

Richard Young
of Cushing in the D of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock of the R Island line, for the term of one year

Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 19 of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of July 1819 and Sent to Ebenezer Thatcher Thomaston D of Maine

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 76.38
Seni-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 48.00
9 mo. 17/31   $124.38

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Died July 27, 1834
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19th May 1818

Richd Young  - Cushing

Enld 4th March 1776 in Colo. Danl. Hitchcocks Rhode Island Regt.
Served to the Middle of Feby 1777


Ebenr. Thatcher Esqr.



Admitted
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I Richard Young of Cushing in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts aged 71 years testify and declare that I enlisted in the Army of the American Revolutionary War as a private on the 4th day of March AD 1776 in the town of Cushing in said County of Lincoln in Captain Silas Talbots company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Daniel Hitchcock of Rhode Island State - that I continued to serve faithfully in said Company & Regiment from said 4th of March AD 1776 untill the Middle of February AD 1777 - against the common enemy - that during said term of service I was in only one engagement with the enemy & that was at Princetown - immediately after the Hessians were captured at Trenton which was not far from new years day AD 1777 - that I was discharged at Morristown in the State of New Jersey by Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Cornell which discharge was an honorable discharge in writing & which I have carefully kept with other papers untill within a few years but which I cannot now find - I further testify & declare that I am in reduced circumstances & stand in need of the assistance of my Country for support & that I have never received any pension from my Country
Richard Young

Sworn to 19th May 1818 -
before me Ebenr. Thatcher
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I Samuel Gillchrest of St George in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts late a soldier in the War of the American Revolution testify and say that I am well acquainted with Richard Young now of Cushing in Said County of Lincoln but late of the Army of the said Revolutionary War & that said Richard Young was in the Same Corps with me Viz in Captain Talbots company in the eleventh Regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock of the Rhode Island Troops - and that he actually & faithfully served in Said Company & Regiment as a Corporal untill the Month of February AD 1777 - and that said Young to my knowledge is in reduced circumstances & in want of assistance for his support - and further that said service performed as aforesaid by said Young was against the Common enemy -

Samuel Gillchrest

District of Maine - Thomaston County of LIncoln SS-
This 22d day of May AD 1818 - The above named Samuel Gillchrest personally appeared before me the subscriber & made solemn oath to the truth of the above facts by him subscribed
Ebenr Thatcher one of the Justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit in the State of Massachusetts 
{County of Lincoln District of Maine June 24, 1819 - I hereby certify that Saml Gillchrest is the person who signed & swore to the above Deposition is a credible witness -
Ebenr. Thatcher Justice of a Court of Record aforesaid ------------}
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Richard Young
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.

I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Richard Young, a citizen of the United States, now resident in Cushing, in the said County of Lincoln, in the District of Maine, on the nineteenth day of May, A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the Pension List of the United States, agreeably to the provision of an Act, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a Soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this first day of July in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Ebenr Thatcher


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

LINCOLN, SS.

I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable EBENEZER THATCHER, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature the seal of the said Court in which he presides.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:--Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this first day of July in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Nathl. Coffin

[seal affixed]
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47
Richard Young


13 644



Sept. 1819.




D. Fales
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STATE OF MAINE.

LINCOLN, SS....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.

ON this 20th day of June in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Richard Young aged seventy three years, resident in Cushing in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz., as a corporal in the company commanded by Capt. Silas Talbot in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Daniel Hitchcock in the line of the State of Rhode Island on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the nineteenth day of May A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbers 13 644 was granted.  And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818:  and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property of securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Richard Young

Sworn to and declared, on the 20 day of June A. D. 1820.}

BEFORE Ebenr. Thatcher } One of the Judges of the said Court.
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SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
1 Cow - $15 1 Iron chain, some other small things $3.  furniture 1 pine table, 2 old chairs $1. one horse not worth more than $12.
Richard Young

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Richard Young who, by occupation am a labourer which I am unable to pursue by reason of my age, I am very infirm

NAMES.
Jane

AGES.
75 years

Capacity of each to contribute to their support
My wife very feeble

Richard Young

Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk.

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, SS.

I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is thirty one dollars 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin } Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

[seal affixed]
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June 15, 1932

Richard Young, S.35166
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BA-J/KKL


Mr. Edward K. Gould
375 Main Street
Rockland, Maine

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to Richard Young, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.35166, based upon the military service of Richard Young in that war.

Richard Young enlisted in Cushing, Lincoln County, Massachusetts (Maine), March 4, 1776, served as a private and corporal in Captain Silas Talbot's Company, Colonel Daniel Hitchcock's Rhode Island Regiment, was in the battle of Princeton and was discharged about the middle of February, 1777.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 19, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-one years and resided in Cushing, Massachusetts (Maine).

In 1820, he stated that his wife, Jane, was aged seventy-five years.  He did not give her maiden name or the date of their marriage and there is no reference to children.

He died July 27, 1834.   [AB written to the side in pencil]

The above is the history of the only soldier named Richard Young, who served with the Rhode Island Troops, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours



A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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June 16, 1932

BA-J/KEL

Ella C. Newman
375 Main Street
Rockland, Maine

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to Richard Young, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The records of this office show that on May 15, 1932, the history of Richard Young, S.35166, was furnished your office through Mr. Edward K. Gould.

Very truly yours



A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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35,166

Revy
INVALID.

File No. 35.166
Richard Young
Pri Rev War

Act:  18" March 18"

Index:--Vol. 2, Page 497

[Arrangement of 1870.]


1932. June 15. Hist to Edward K. Gould EEL

1932. June 16. Ad. Ella C. Newman that Mr E K Gould of her office had been furn. hist. on June 15/32 EEL
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NOTARY PUBLIC


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375 MAIN STREET
ROCKLAND, MAINE

May 11, 1932

Commissioner of Pensions
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly send me the data from the Revolutionary pension papers in the case of Richard Young, private Capt. Silas Talbot's Company, Col. Daniel Hitchcock's R. I. Regiment; enlisted March 4, 1776, and discharged Feb. 1777.  His name appears in list if Pensioners, 23d Congress Vol. 1, page 54.  He died June 27, 1824.

Yours truly,

Ella C. Newman
375 Main St.,
Rockland, Maine.

[stamp of]
RECEIVED 
MAY 13 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION
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NOTARY PUBLIC

EDWARD K. GOULD
ATTORNEY AT LAW
375 MAIN STREET
ROCKLAND, MAINE


May 3, 1932

Com. of Pensions
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Will you please send me the data from the Revolutionary pension file of Richard Young who is said to have enlisted in the Rhode Island line March, 1776, and was discharged March, 1777, dying June 27, 1824.

Yours very truly,
[in pencil] signature?

Edward K. Gould.

[stamp of]
RECEIVED
MAY 4 1932
RECEIPT SECTION
PENSION FILES SUB-DIVISION