Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,483, Joseph Youngs, Mass.
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Service: Mass 
Name: Youngs, Joseph
Number: S. 45,483
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5376
New York
Joseph Youngs
Capt Oliver Private
Mass
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 dollars per month, commence on 
the 6th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th of Jan'y 1819
and sent to Morse & Stewart, agents
Cherry Valley N York
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 4 mon 29/30 39.73
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 March 1819       48.
                                                                $87.73
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818

Continued
Notification sent to afterwart
Cherry Valley, new York 12 Oct 1820
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State of New York
Columbia County

James Quigley of Canaan in said County aged fifty nine years being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say, that on the first day of February in the year 1777 this deponent enlisted as a soldier into the service of the United States in the company of Capt. Robert Oliver, and Regiment commanded by Col. Grayson in the Massachusetts line and continued to serve for the term of three years, and that Joseph Youngs the  annexed applicant was a soldier in the same company with this deponent, and that said Youngs continued to serve with this deponent in the said company for the term of three years, and that for the greater part of the time the said Youngs was a messmate of this deponent, and was always considered a good soldier.


And further this deponent saith not
(s) James Quigley
taken and sworn 
the 11th day of Sept. 1818
Before me
Jonathan C Oldmsted
One of the judges of the court of com. pleas in and for said county
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State of New York Columbia
County Clerks Office
I certify that Jonathan C Olmstead whose name appears to the annened certificate of affadavit of which I know his hand writing is a judge of the court of Common Pleas in & for Columbia County
Witness my name& the County Seal this
7 Sept 1818
Cornelius Miller
Clk
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Joseph Young
application for pension
additional proof added & proof of ________
Moore & Stewart
of Cherry Valley
NY
Agents
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To the Hon John C Calhoun Secretary of the War Department of the United States
The Petition of declaration of Joseph Youngs of the Town of Decatur in the county of Otsego & State of New York a resident citizen of the United States aged sixty eight years & upwards on oath setteth forth & declaring that in the month of May 1777 he enlisted as a private in Captain Olivers Company in Col Graysons (marked Greaton) regiment of the Massachusetts line of troops in the continental establishment in General Nixons Brigade of Troops in the war of the Revolution.  That he enlisted for the term of three years & continued to serve in said regiment for the said term of three years and was honorably
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discharged at Peekskill in the state of New York in the month of May 1780.  His discharge is now lost & has been for twenty years.
He further says that he served against the common enemy faithfully for the aforesaid term, that he has never received any pension from government that he does not now know that he can produce any other proof of the time he served than his own oaths.  That he is now in such reduced circumstances that he is absolutely in need of assistance from his country for support, and he prays to be put on the pension list under a late act of congress & as in duty bound will ___ pray.
Sworn subscribed April 6th day 1818 before me James S Campbell one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Otsego in State of New York
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State of New York
Otsego County, SS
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the Sixth day of April 1818 the above named Joseph Youngs came before me, James S. Campbell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego and State of New York, and made oath that the facts stated in the foregoing Petition and Declaration are true: And I the said Judge, pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War," do certify to the Secretary of War, that it has appeared to my satisfaction that the said Jospeh Youngs served in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy for the term mentioned in the said Petition and Declaration hereunto annexed:--And in pursuance of the directions of said Act, I do hereby certify to the Hon. the Secretary of War,that the testimony of .......................as detailed in his affidavit heereunto annexed, was taken before me, and that I am satisfied that the application of the said Joseph Young is fair and bona fide in all respects, and that he, by reason of his reduced circumstance, is absolutely in need of assistance from his countyr for support.
James S. Campbell
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CLERK'S OFFICE
Otsego County, ss.
I, GEORGE MORELL, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego, in the State of New-York, hereby Certify, that James S. Campbell now is, and for one year past, has been, one of the Judges of the said Court; and that the signature to the foregoing Certificate and papers, is his proper hand writing.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this
23 day of April 1818.

Walter W Webb, Dept. clk
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Joseph Young

No Col. named Grayson of the Mass Line

This was ct. Graten which was (illegible) 

Morse & Sherman Agents
See certificate of (?) Gilbert

Additional Proof

It is requested that this (illegible) & all the papers of service read
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss

James O. Morse being duly sworn says that he has been acquainted with Joseph Youngs whose papers are hereto annexed for the last three years & he has during all that time and on to end date he was a man in very reduced circumstances & possesses of very little property & that his this deponent (illegible) that said Young is now in need and circumstances & absolutely in need of assistance from the country for support.
J. O. Morse

Sworn & subscribed this 19th dat of December 1818 before me one of the Judges of Otsego Com. Pleas Ct.
James S. Campbell
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I certify that James O. Morse is a credible witness.

James S.  Campbell
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Joseph Youngs
No. 5276
x'd

A. Stewart
Agent C. Valley
St. N. Y.
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State of New York
Otsego County Ss

On this 20th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego & State of New York & being a Court of Record, proceeding according to the principles of the Common Law, with power of fine & imprisonment Joseph Youngs aged seventy one years resident in said County of Otsego who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: in Capt. Olivers Company in Col. Greatons Regiment of the Massachusetts line and he the said Joseph Youngs is a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed the 18th day of March 1818 and the date of his original application is the 6th of April 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 5.376
And I Joseph Young 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 taken or in any manner disposed of my property, or any past thereof, with intention thereby set to diminish it a to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor had any person in trust for me, any property or securities contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other that what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed.
Joseph Youngs

Sworn to & declared on this 20th day 
June 1820 before the court.
Geo. Morell Clk
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A Schedule of all the personal & Real Estate income & means of subsistence & the number of ages of his family with debts I own to wit. I Joseph Youngs a pensioner--

Rest Estate Young or (illegible)
16 acres of poor pasture land valued   $100.00
I live in a house upon land belonging to persons unknown to me-I live in said house upon sufferance having no right or title to it.

Personal Estate
2 cows valued at $12.00 each is $6.00
4 Sheep $l each is                         4.00
1 Shoat $$2.00 1 common table 
$1.00 2 iron kettles 2.50                 5.50
6 common old chairs 
$3.00 of cooking ware $2.00            4.00
1 horse valued $20.00                    40.00
1 old plough $2.00 one old harness 
for work $5.00
I have no debt due to me      total  $122.50

I owe debts to the amount of           $25.00
 
Difference                                     $98.50
                                                        20.00
                                                       _______
                                                       118.50

I am a cabinet maker by occupation but I am no longer able to work at the business, am infirm-my wife is very infirm. I have a daughter living with me who is a widow woman with four small children who is burden to me. her husband having died in the war on the Niagra frontier. The above comprises my whole means of living and I cannot live on the (illegible) of it without private or










                                          7.00
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public charity=

N. B. I have upon recollection in addition
to the above-
1 looking glass $0.75 1 platter $0.50   is  $1.25
1 loom & tackling $6.00                            6.00
1 pair and spoons 1.00 shovel & 
serving fork $2.00                                       3.00
2 pitch forks $1.00 pair tongs $0.50           1.50
chain $0.50 set horse chains $l.00               1.50
1 basin $0.50 skillet $0.50 1 tub $0.50         1.50
2 pails $0.50 1 tub $1.00                              1.50
                                                               ________
                                                                  $18.25
Joseph Youngs

State of New York
Otsego County Clerks Office Ss 
I George Morell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego & State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed on truly copies from the Records of the said Court & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited on the aforesaid schedule is one hundred eighty eight dollars & seventy five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24th day of June 1820
Geo. Morell clk
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45483
Revy INVALID

File No. 45483
Joseph Youngs
Priv. Rev. War

Act: 18 March 1818

Index.....Vol 3, Page 590

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Oct. 15-1902
Rose M. Barton Oneonta N. Y.

(illegible) to CityMch 11. 1905 
Mrs. M. W. Smith
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(stamped) Old War & Navy
 Aug 29 1902
O W & N  (written)

45 Maple St.
(illegible) N. Y.
Aug. 25, 1902

Bureau of Pension:
Will you please send me a statement of the military history of Joseph Youngs who served in the Revolutionary War. He was born June 9, 1760 and married Elizabeth Peck Jan. 16, 1783. I give you these facts for there was  Joseph You ( with out the s)
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who married Jane Flint in 1777 and died in March 1830.

Very truly yours
Rose M. Barton
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( round stamped)

   PENSION
U.  Aug 27   S.
      1902
    OFFICE
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3-068

Bureau of Pensions.

Mr. Warner,
Please give full statement of all facts including place of residence to Mrs. M. W. Smith
1016 9th St. N, W, City

Payout
Mch 10. '05

(stamp)  Old War & Navy
             Mar 10 1905
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45483
Jos. Youngs
Apl 6-1818   68
Decatur NY

Mg 77  Mass
Capt. Robt Oliver
Col. Greaton
Pvt. 3 yrs

No Batn
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By the memorandum on the 6 Oct of these papers it appears that this claim has been rejected once account there was no Col of the name Grayson in the Massachusetts line. Perhaps there is a clerical mistake of one letter but I (illegible) that a mistake of one letter will not (illegible) a claim then (illegible) well proved.
The (illegible) establishes the fact that Joseph Youngs the applicant served three years in a Massachusetts Rgt.
By the certificate of B. Gilbert hereto annexed it appears that there was a Col. in Mass. line called Graton. This was the one the applicant meant & the omission of a letter in his name it is to be hoped will not destroy the claim
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for (?) Mass.
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State of New York
Otsego County ss

I Benjamin Gilbert do certify that I was a Lieutenant in the fifth Regiment of Continental troops commanded by Colonel Bradford Putman in the revolutionary war, that I know Col. Greaton very well, and that he commanded the third Regiment of Massachusetts Troops on the establishment.
Benjamin Gilbert
a Lieut. in the 5th Mass Regt.
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Additional Proof

State if New York
Columbia County Ss

John  Johnson of Canaan in said County late a soldier in the army of the United State in the revolutionary war aged sixty three years being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that Joseph Youngs the annexed applicant enlisted into the service of the United States in the month of May 1777 in the company of Captain Robert Oliver and Regiment commanded by Col. John Grayson in the Massachusetts line, in the town of West Springfield Massachusetts.  That the said Youngs continued to serve in the said regiment when this deponent was discharged therefrom in the month of March 1780--being two years and ten months, and this deponent has always understood and verily believes that he remained in the service 'til May following which completed his three years service, That this deponent entered the service as orderly Sergeant in the month of March 1777 and served his term of three years in the same company with the said Youngs who was always 
esteemed a good and faithful soldier.
And further this deponent saith not.
John Johnson

Taken and sworn the
4th day of Sept. 1818
before me
Jonathan O. Olmsted
one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County
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State of New York
Columbia County

I Jonathan O. Olmsted Judge &c of aforesaid do verify that the within named John Johnson and James Quigley whose depositions are hereunto annexed are persons of truth and veracity and from the most diligent inquiry and my own acquaintances I am satisfied full credence ought to be placed in their testimony.
Given under my hand at Austerlitz in said
county the 4th day of September 1818
Jonathan O. Olmsted