Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1976, John Young, S.C.
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SERVICE  S.C                                
Young, John    NUMBER  W 1976
Nancy          B.L.Wt. 182160-55-

CONTENTS
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133.685 
Ao Man 3/5
May 14/38

Nancy Young 
widow
John Young

Revolutionary War
110:60  Mchr 10/56
S.C. Jul
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Sept 5/56 Let to Comm of Bounty Land Office DPP
Mar 7/60 Let to S. D. Goodlett  Greenville C.H. S.C. with
reference of his letter of the 2d together with
warrant to the Comr. Gov Land Office

Vol. Y. 70

S. D. [illegible] Apl. 28/56
May 26/59
[illegible] duplicate 
to be sent to
S.D. Goodlett
Greenville S.C.
original cancelled.
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[Left Side] 
348

South Carolina
Nancy Young
Widow of 
John Young
who served in the revolutionary war, as a Private S.C. line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Sept 1849. 
and sent to B. F. Perry
Greenville So Ca

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848 Page 315 Vol. 1 

[Right Side]
Hon.  E. W. Chastian 
April 19, 1854
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South Carolina   16.734
John Young
of Greenville in the State of So Ca
who was a pr in the---commanded
by Captain---of the Regt commanded
by Col. Thomas in the So. Ca.
line for 2 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of So Carolina
at the rate of 80. Dollars---Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Sept 33
and sent to Elias D. Earle
Greenville S. Ca.
---
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833 200.--
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Mar 34   40.--
$240
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by N Rice Clerk,
Book E Vol. 6 Page 84
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South Carolina)
Greennville Dist)
 Personally came the
 Reverend Jessie Dean
before me the subscribing magistrate in & for the District of Greenville
& being duly sworn, makes oath
that the annexed record of the Births
of Mr John Young & his wife Nancy
Young & their children was cut out
of the Family Bible of Mr John Young
in the presence of this deponent &
that all the entries on this Register
are in the hand writing of Mr
John Young himself except the
last one which is of the birth of
Son of Col Lizon, grandson of  Young
& was entered since his death. This deponent married the daughter of Mr John
Young about twenty nine years since,
& has been acquainted with the Bible
in which the record kept ever
since his marriage & knows the
Registry to be genuine
-
Sworn to & Subscribed
This July 20th 1849
John W Stokes
M.Q.D.
Jesse Dean
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I, John W. Stokes the Magistrate before
whom the within affidavit was
made, do hereby certify that the
deponent the Reverend Jesse Dean
is a credible & respectible witness
Given under my
hand This July 30th 1849
John W Stokes
No. D.

I, David Hoke Clerk of Ellenville[Greenville?]
district do hereby certify Magistrate
John W Stokes before the within
affidavit was made is an acting
Magistrate in & for the district
of Greenville & the foregoing signer
is genuine & that full faith &
credit should be given to his official
acts. Given under my hand
seal of office
July 30, 1849
D Hoke
Clerk of Ellenville[Greenville?] Dist
S.C.
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678
FAMILY RECORD
[left side]
BIRTHS.
John Young was born the 1st
day of Decr 1762,-
Nancy his wife was born the
5th day of Octr 1777-
Henry Ellis Young was born the
1st day of August 1798-
Elizabeth Barksdale Young
was Born the 21st of October
1800
Mary Esther Videau Young was
born the 28th day of Octr 1802
Eliza Young was born the 5th
day of August 1804-
Lewis Clark Young was
born the 17th day of October
1806.
Frances Young was born
the 22nd day of August 1808
James Young was born the
23d day of March 1810
Francis Marion Young was
born the 13th day of Novr 1811.
Andrew Jackson Young was born
the 26 day of July 1814

[right side]
BIRTHS.
Lucretia Young was born the
31st day of May 1816.
Mary Young was born the 25th
day of May 1818
Maria Young was born the 23rd 
day of September 1821
Thomas A Ligon was
Born 31th day of Novem
1844 Thomas T Ligon
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133685

Nancy Young 
Bounty Land claim

Ack March 3d 1855

S. D. Goodlett, atty
Greenville [illegible]
S.C.
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State of South Carolina)
Greenville District )S.S.
On this second day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty five, personally
appeared before me, a Notary Public & Ex officio
Magistrate within and for the district and
State aforesaid Mrs. Nancy Young aged [blank space]
years, a resident of Greenville district 
in the State of South Carolina
who being duly sworn according to law, declares
that she is the widow of John Young
deceased who was a private in the company
commanded by Captain [blank space]
in the [blank space] regiment of [blank space]
commanded by [blank space] in the
war of the American Revolution; that her
said husband enlisted, volunteered or was
drafted at [blank space] on or about 
the [blank space] day of [blank space] A.D. [blank space] for the 
term of [blank space] and continued in actual 
service in said war for the term of fourteen 
days, and was honorably discharged at
[blank space] on the [blank space] day of [blank space] AD
She further states
that she was married to the said John
Young in Greenville District on the
[blank space] day of April  A.D. 1777 or 1778 by one
James Douthet a Methodist Minister
and that her name before her said marriage
was Nancy Sammons; that her husband
died at Greenville Court ^House on the 13th day of April A.D. 1835 and that she is now a
widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose 
of obtaining the bounty land to which
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she may be entitled under the act approved Mar
3rd Third one thousand eight hundred 
and fifty five. She further states that
she is a pensioner and is now drawing a pension
under the act of July the Twenty ninth one
thousand eight hundred and forty eight, at
the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, recorded
in the pension office on the Roll of Pensions
under act of February the second 1848, page
315, volume 1st, Book"D".
Nancy Young

We Robt P Goodlett and Luther Goodlett
residents of Greenville District in the State of
South Carolina, upon our oaths declare
that the foregoing declaration was signed and
acknowledged by Nancy Young in our presence; 
and that we believe from the appearance
and statements of the applicant, that she is
the identical person she represents herself to
be.
Robert P Goodlett
Luther Goodlett

The foregoing declaration and affidavits
were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day
and year before written; and I certify that I know
the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant 
is the person she represents herself to be and that
I have no interest in the claim.
S D Goodlett
Notary Public
& Ex Officio Magistrate
G.D.
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State of South Carolina}
Greenville District}
I. D. Hoke, Clerk of the Court of Common 
Pleas & General Sessions in and for the
District and State aforesaid, do hereby certify
that S D Goodlett before whom the foregoing
declaration and affidavit were taken is a legally
and justly authorised Notary Public under Ex
Officio Magistrate for Greenville District
and that full credit and faith should be
placed in his signature and acts.

Given under my hand and
seal of Office at Greenville
Court House this the second
day of May A.D. 1855.
D Hoke
Clerk
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No 61
Nancy Young
wid of John
SC
act 29 July 1848
h.d. 13 April 1835
admitted
Pr 2 yrs $80
Act[?]  4 March 1848

F.
B. F. Perry
Greenville
S.C.
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The State of South Carolina)
Greenville District.)
On this the Twenty
Eight day of August in the year of our
Lord one thousand Eight hundred & forty
Eight personally appeared before the Subscribing 
Justice of the Peace in the District
and state aforesaid Mrs. Nancy
Young a resident of the aforesaid
State & District aged Seventy one years
who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on her oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain
the benefits of the provision made by the
Act of Congress passed on the 29th day
of July 1848 granting pensions to widows
of persons who served during the Revolutionary 
War. That she is the Widow
of John Young who was a pensioner
of the United States and resided
in the District and State aforesaid - that the
said John Young received 
yearly from the United States the
sum of Eighty Dollars [blank space] as well as
she now remembers.
This declarant further states that
her deceased husband the aforesaid
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John Young served in the army
of the Revolution as an officer in South
and North Carolina she does not remember
under what particular officers he served nor
does she remember what office he held, but think
it was that of Lieutenant
She further declares that she was
married to the said John Young dec'd.
in February Seventeen hundred and ninety seven prior
to the first day of January One thousand 
Eight hundred & she further declares
that her deceased husband John
Young departed this life on the 14th
day of April in the year of our Lord
Eighteen hundred & thirty five and that she is still a
widow.-- She further declares that since
the decease of her husband she has
not received any pension in virtue
of his Revolutionary services.
Nancy Young
Sworn to and subscribed 
before me one of the
Justices of the Peace
for the District and State
aforesaid: this twenty [illegible] day
of August one thousand
Eight hundred & forty Eight
H T Thompson
Magistrate
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I, James Harrison Deputy Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions 
for the District of Greenville, & State of
South Carolina do hereby certify under
my hand and seal of office, that H.T.
Thompson whose name is subscribed to
the papers herein enclosed to wit the Declaration 
of Mrs. Nancy Young for a pension
under the act of Congress of the 29th July
1848, and also the affidavit of Mrs.
Sarah Montgomery as to the fact of
the marriage of the said Mrs. Nancy Young 
and John Young. Decd. ^(and to the certificate that declarant is personally known to him)^ is an acting
Magistrate in and for this District in the
State aforesaid duly appointed & sworn
in according to Law and that as
such, full faith and credit is due
to his acts and that his signature is genuine.

Given under my
hand & seal of office
at Greenville Court House
South Carolina this
twenty ninth day of
August one thousand
Eight hundred & forty Eight.

James P Harrison
D.C. G. D.

[physical seal affixed]
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15325
John Young S.C

return 
Admit as pri 
2 yr $80
5-17

Elias D. Earle
Greenville
S.C.
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Brief in the case of John Young
of Greenville Dist. in the State of So Ca
(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?
3. How old is he? 70
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
1 Nov. In 1780.
Duration of Service.
Years. Months. Days.
Between 2 & 3 years.
Rank.
As a
Pr & Lieut.
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen Surphter
Col Thomas
Capt Parsons
5. In what battles was he engaged? Blackstocks,
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Spartanburg,  S. C.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
W. L. Williams  Examining clerk
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State of South Carolina }
Greenville District }ss.
On this ninth day of October 1832 personally
appeared in open court before the Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas now sitting John Young
a resident of the district and State aforesaid
aged seventy years, who being 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
He saith that he entered the service in the
eighteenth year of his age, in the year 1780 in
the district of Spartanburg South Carolina.
He was born in Frederick County Virginia
the 1st December 1762. He entered the service
as a volunteer under Captain Major Parsons
regiment commanded by Col John Thomas
about the 1st of Nov. 1780. Was at the
Battle of Blackstock or Enora[Enoree] river South 
Carolina then in the company of Capt. Thomas
Price in Thomas's Regiment under the command
of Genl. Thos. Sumter who at the time & place
here stated defeated Col Tarleton. Was
after the battle of Blackstock principally
engaged in defending the frontiers against
the incursions of the Indians, under the
command of Col Benj. Roebuck, was in a
skirmish with the Tories on Bush River
Laurens So. Carolina under Col Roebuck & Lieut.
Col White, at which place the latter was
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wounded--after this they retreated to their own settlement where they were frequently engaged in skirmishing with the Indians--after this he further sayth that he was a Lieutenant of a company of which he had the command; and was with General Greene at Bacons bridge over the Ashley River when the British were compelled to enclose themselves in Charleston under Lord Rawdon--The troops were then generally discharged and this deponent among others returned to his home--The only documentary evidence which he has of his service is an indent certificate from John Edwards commissioner of the Treasury of South Carolina, dated 19" April 1787 for the sum of ninety pounds, nineteen shillings & three pence Sterling for Services during the years 1780, 1781 & 1782--and that George Salmon who subscribed to the certificate his note annexed is the only living witness by whom he can prove his services--He sayth that he served in all between two & three years--that his name is not on any pension roll & that he hereby relinquishes all claim whatever to any pension or amnesty except the present--
John Young

J. McDaniel
C.C.P.
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I Nathan Berry a clergyman residing in the district and state aforesaid and George Salmon of the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Young who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion--

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid

L McDaniel
C.C.P.

Nathan Berry

Geo Salmon

And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter &
after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Solder & served
as he states - And the court further certifies
that it appears to them that Nathan
Berry who has signed the preceding
certificate is a clergyman resident in the
district & state aforesaid & that George
Salmon who has also signed the same is a
credible person & that their statement is
entitled to credit - Richard Gautt
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I James McDaniel clerk of the [folded over paper] Court of Common Please for the district of [folded over paper] Greenville do hereby certify that the forgoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of John Young for a pension--In testimony wherever I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this ninth day of Oct. 1832--

J McDaniel 
C.C.P.
[physical seal affixed]

State of So. Carolina}
Greenville District}
Personally appeared before me James McDaniel clerk of the court of Common Pleas, George Salmon being duly sworn makes oath that he is well acquainted with the petitioner John Young, that he served during the revolution part of his time with said Young & that they were together at the Battle of Blackstock--
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 9. Oct. 1832--
Geo. Salmon

J. McDaniel
C.C.P.
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St. of South Carolina)
Greenville District)
Personally appeared
John Young before me Richard Thruston one of
the Justices of the State aforesaid and
being duly sworn on his doth make the
following further declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the act of June 7. 1832.
That he entered the army as is already set
forth in his first declaration. And that by
reason of old age and consequent loss of
memory he cannot swear positively to
the precise length of his service, but
according to the best of his recollection
he served as a private commanded by the
officers heretofore in his first declaration named
not less than two years and three months,
when he was by his company elected as
a first Lieutenant, in which capacity he
served for eight months; but that he
never received either a commission or
discharge. Also that William Goodlette
David Morton, George Salmon, James Alexander
and others are acquainted with this deponent
and can certify to his services.
Sworn to and subscribed this 13 July 1833
Richd Thruston )
John Young
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State of So. Carolina )
Grenville District )
I Richard Thruston
one of the Justices of the State aforesaid
do hereby certify that I am personally
acquainted with John Young and that
he is reputed and generally believed
in the neighborhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolution
and that I concur in that opinion. And
also that George Salmon who has also
certified is a credible witness and
that his statement is entitled to full
credit.
Given under my hand this
13" July 1833
Richard Thruston  J.S.
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State of So. Carolina
Greenville District  I James McDaniel
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
and General Sessions in and for the
district and State aforesaid do
hereby certify that Richard Thruston
who has subscribed to the foregoing
certificate and declaration is an
acting and commissioned Justice in
and for the district and State
aforesaid; and that full faith
and credit are to be given to his
official acts.

Given under my hand and
seal of Office this 13"
day of July AD. 1833
 J McDaniel
C.C.P.

[physical seal affixed]
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The indented certificate accompanying
declaration the department will please return
to me
E.D. Earle
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Dr. Calvin T. Young
P. O. Box 111
Plant City, Florida
Dear Sir:
June 29, 1938
XXXXXX
JOHN YOUNG
W. 1976
BA-J/MIS
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been carefully searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon
service in the Revolution of a John Young, identical with your description; however, you are furnished herein the record of the only
soldier of that name found who served or was pensioned from the State of South Carolina, as shown by the Revolutionary War records of this office.
The data which follow in regard to John Young were obtained from the papers in the claims for pension and bounty land under File No. 1976, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Young was born December 11, 1762, in Frederick County, Virginia.
The names of his parents were not given.
John Young volunteered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, about November 1, 1780, served as private in Captains Major Persons and Thomas
Price's companies, and Colonels John Thomas' and Benjamin Roebuck's South Carolina
regiments, was in the battle of Blackstock and in frequent skirmishes with Indians while defending the frontiers and in a skirmish
with the Tories on Bush River in South Carolina. He was elected Lieutenant of his company, in which capacity he served eight months and
was discharged sometime in 1783 after having served between two and three years.
John Young was allowed pension on his application executed October 9,
1832, while residing in Greenville District, South Carolina. He died there April 13 or 14, 1835.
John Young married in February, 1797, in Greenville District, South Carolina
, Nancy Salmon, who was born October 5, 1777. They were married at the home of one John Salmon, his relationship to Nancy not stated.
The place of her birth and names of parents were not given.
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Nancy Young, widow of John, was allowed pension on her application executed August 28, 1843, while a resident of Greenville District, South Carolina
.
While still residing in Greenville District, South Carolina, Nancy Young applied May 2, 1835, for bounty land which was due, also, on account herhusband, John Young. She was
allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 18212, under the Act of March 3, 1855. She died prior to September, 1855.
The following names of children of John Young and his wife, Nancy,
are shown in the claims:
Henry Ellis Young born August 1, 1798
Elizabeth Barkesdale Young born October 21, 1800
Mary Esther Videau Young born October 28, 1802 said to be the 4th child of soldier died in Dec. 1802 
Eliza Young born August 5, 1804
Lewis Clarke Young born October 17, 1806
Francis Young born August 22, 1808
James Young born March 23, 1810
Francis MarionYoung born November 13, 1811
Andrew Jackson Young born July 26, 1814
Lucretia Young born May 31, 1816
Mary Young born May 25, 1818
Maria Young, born September 23, 1821

The following family data, also are shown: Thomas H. Ligon was born November 21, 1844. He was the son of Colonel Ligon and the grandson of John Young." The name of his mother was not designated.

In 1832, reference was made to one George Salmon, a resident of Greenville District, South Carolina, who served part of the time with the
soldier, John Young, in the Revolution. His relationship to soldier's wife, Nancy, was not stated. 
In 1949, Mrs. Elizabeth Salmon, sister-in-law of Nancy Young, soldier's wife, stated that at the time of Maney's marriage to John Young, she (Elizabeth) was living in the yard of her father-in-law, whose name she did not designate, and that her second child was born March 7, 1798.  She did not state the name of her husband or of her child.

In 1849, one Reverend Jesse Dean made affidavit in GreenvilleDistrict, South Carolina, that he married one of John Young's daughters
about 1820, but did not designate the name of the daughter.
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If you desire information in regard to location of the land which was granted soldier's widow, Nancy Young, you should apply to the
Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of the act under which issued.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension to Maney Young, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of the widow's death, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Nancy Young, widow of John, certificate #333, issued September 27,1849, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act July 29, 1848, South Carolina Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Auburn, Ala.
March 8-1938
My Dear Mr. Hiller.
I am so sorry to say that
I made a mistake in my request, about the
record of John Young I thank you so
much for the information you sent me
as it is one branch of the family.
The John Young, that I wish to know of
was born about 1750. from the record
I have he must have been born in
Ireland, and came to Abbeville when a lad. 
His wife died before he did
Then he moved to Wilcox Co Alabama
Hamburg is the name of the little town-
He received his pension there and 
is buried there.

[stamp]Received Mar 10 1938
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I am trying to get the name of his
wife and when they were married
I hate to trouble you again
but if you can get this for me
I will thank you so very much
Mrs L L. Pritchett
Box 497
Auburn Ala.

[stamp]RECEIVED MAR 10 1938
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S
18212
Duplicate
act 55
[illegible]
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133685 Act March 3/55
Nancy Young Wid of
John Young, pri
S.C. line

W. 18.212 for 160 acres
Cancelled Sept. 5 /56
Died before the issue
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June 28, 1938
Calvin T. Young, M. D.
Plant City, P. O. Box 111
Florida

BA-J/AWF
John Young
W. 1769
Samuel Young
W.O. 10738

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request information in regard to John Young, born in 1780 in Ireland, settled in Abbeville.
District, South Carolina, and in 1829 moved
to Wilcox County, Alabama, and to his son, Samuel
Young of Abbeville District, South Carolina, later
lived in Wilcox County, Alabama.

You are furnished herewith the Revolutionary War record of John Young of Abbeville District.
South Carolina, and the War of 1812 record of
Samuel Young of Abbeville District.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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April 26, 1939

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mr. L. Garrett Myers
Supt., The Genealogical Society of Utah
80 North Main Street
Salt Lake City, Utah
Dear Sir:

JOHN YOUNG
W. 1976
BA-J/MLB

Reference is made to your letter in which you requested the
Revolutionary War record of John Young of Frederick County,
Virginia.
The data which follow in regard to John Young were obtained from
the papers on file in the claims for pension and bounty land under
File No. W. 1976, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

John Young was born December 1, 1762, in Frederick County,
Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.

John Young volunteered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, about
November 1, 1780, served as private in Captains Major Parsons' and
Thomas Price's companies, and Colonels John Thomas' and Benjamin
Roebuck's South Carolina regiments, was in the battle of Blackstocks
and in frequent skirmishes with Indians while defending the frontiers
and in a skirmish with the Tories on Bush River in South Carolina.
He was elected Lieutenant of his company, in which capacity he served
eight months and was discharged sometime in 1782 after having served
between two and three years.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed
October 9, 1832, while residing in Greenville District, South Carolina.
He died there April 13 or 14, 1835.

John Young married in February, 1797, in Greenville District,
South Carolina, Nancy Salmon, who was born October 5, 1777. They were
married at the home of one John Salmon, his relationship to Nancy
not stated. The place of Nancy's birth and names of her parents are
not shown.

Nancy Young, widow of John, was allowed pension on her application
executed August 28, 1848, while she was residing in Greenville District,
South Carolina.
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While still a resident of Greenville District, South Carolina,
Nancy Young applied for bounty land which was due also, on account
of the Revolutionary War service of her husband, John Young. She
applied May 2, 1855, and was allowed one hundred sixty acres of
bounty land on Warrant No. 18813, under the Act of March 3, 1855.
She died prior to September, 1855, exact date not stated.

The following names of children of John Young and his wife,
Nancy, are shown in the claims:
Henry Ellis Young, born August 1, 1798
Elizabeth Barkesdale born October 21, 1800
Mary Esther Videau born October 28, 1802,
said to be 4th child of soldier died in Dec., 1804
Eliza Young born August 5, 1804
Lewis Clarke Young born October 17, 1806
Francis Young born August 22, 1908
James Young born Mar 23, 1810
Francis Marion Young born November
13, 1811
Andrew Jackson Young born July 26, 1814
Lucretia Young born May 31, 1816
Mary Young born May, 25, 1818
Maria Young born September 23, 1821

The following family data, also are shown: "Thomas I. Ligon was
born November 31, 1844. He was the son of Colonel Ligon and the
grandson of John Young." The name of his mother was not designated.

In 1832, reference was made to one George Salmon, a resident of
Greenville District, South Carolina, who served part of the time with
the soldier, John Young, in the Revolution. His relationship to
soldier's wife, Nancy, was not stated.

In 1849, Mrs. Elizabeth Salmon, sister-in-law of Nancy Young,
soldier's wife stated that at the time of Nancy's marriage to John
Young, she (Elizabeth) was living in the yard of her father-in-law,
whose name she did not designate, and that her second child was born
March 7, 1798. She did not state the name of her husband or of her of beside died in Dec., 1802.
child.

In 1849, one Reverend Jesse Dean made affidavit in Greenville
District, South Carolina, that he married one of John Young's daughters
about 1820, but did not designate the name of the daughter.
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If you desire information in regard to the location of the land
which was granted soldier's widow, Nancy Young, you should apply to 
The Commisioner of the Genral Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acerage
and date of the act under which issued. 
city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage
and date of the act under which issued.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension to Nancy
Young, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date
of  Nancy's death, you should write to the Comptroller General, General
Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following
data: Naney Young, widow of John, certificate #348, issued September
27, 1849, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1843 Act of July so,
1845, South Carolina Agency.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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March 19, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mrs. L. L. Pritchett
Box 490
Auburn, Alabama

JOHN YOUNG
W. 1976
BA-J/MLB

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of March 8, in which you request
the record of John Young born about 1750 in Ireland, came to this 
country while a child and settled in Abbeville District, whose wife
died before he did and he then moved to Wilcox County, Alabama, where
you state he received a pension.
The pension records of this office have been carefully searched
and no claim for pension found based upon service in the Revolution
of any John Young of South Carolina, other than that of John Young
(W. 1976 ) whose record was furnished you March 1, 1938. The pension
which he received may have been granted by the state from which he
served.
It is suggested that information in regard to the military
service of John Young might be obtained from the Adjutant General,
War Department, this city.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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March 1, 1938
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
JOHN YOUNG
W 1976
BA-J/MLB
Mrs L L Pritchett
Box 490
Auburn, Alabama
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Young, of Abbeville District, South Carolina, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who received a pension on account of his service.
You are furnished herein the record of the only John Young found in the Revolutionary War records of this office who served or was pensioned from the State of South Carolina.  No charge is made for furnishing this report.
The data which follow were obtained from the pension claim, W 1976, based upon service of John Young in the Revolutionary War.
John Young was born December 1, 1762, in Frederick County, Virginia.  The names of his parents were not given. 
John Young volunteered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, about November 1, 1780, served as private in Captains Major Parsons' and Thomas Price's companies, and Colonels John Thomas' and Benjamin Roebuck's South Carolina regiments, was in the battle of Blackstock and in frequent skirmishes with the Indians while defending the frontiers and in a skirmish with the Tories on Bush River in South Carolina.  He was elected Lieutenant of his company, in which capacity he served eight months and was discharged sometime in 1782 after having served between two and three years. 
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1838, while residing in Greenville District, South Carolina.  He died there April 13 or 14, 1835.
John Young married in February, 1797, in Greenville District, South Carolina, Nancy Salmon, who was born October 5, 1777.  They were married
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at the home of one John Salmon whose relationship to Nancy was not stated.  The place of her birth and names of parents are not shown.
Soldier's widow, Nancy Young, was allowed pension on her application executed August 28, 1848, while a resident of Greenville District, South Carolina She was still living there in May, 1855, and died prior to September of that year. 
The following names of the [crossed out following] children of John Young and his wife, Nancy, are shown in the claim:
Henry Ellis Young, born August 1, 1798
Elizabeth Barkesdale " " October 21, 1800
Mary Esther Videau " " October 28, 1802; said to be fourth child of soldier died in December 1802.
Eliza " " August 5, 1804
Lewis Clarke " " October 17, 1806
Francis " " August 22, 1808
James " " March 23, 1810
Francis Marion " " November 13, 1811
Andrew Jackson " " July 26, 1814
Lucretia " " May 31, 1816
Mary " " May 25, 1818
Maria " " September 23, 1821
The following family data are shown, also:  "Thomas I Ligon was born November 31, 1844.  He was the son of Colonel Ligon and the grandson of John Young."  The name of his mother was not designated.
In 1832, reference was made to one George Salmon, a resident of Greenville District, South Carolina, who served part of the time with the soldier, John Young, in the Revolution.  His relationship to soldier's wife, Nancy, was not stated.
In 1849, Mrs. Elizabeth Salmon, sister-in-law of Nancy Young, soldier's wife, stated that at the time of Nancy's marriage to John Young, she (Elizabeth) was living in the yard of her father-in-law, whose name she did not designate [d crossed out], and that her second child was born March 7, 1798.  She did not state the name of her husband or of her child. 
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In 1849, one Reverend Jesse Dean made affidavit in Greenville District, South Carolina, that he married one of John Young's daughters about 1820, but did not designate the name of the daughter.
Very truly yours
AD HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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October 22, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
JOHN YOUNG
W 1976
RA-J/MLB
Mr James M Trice
342 Broadway
Tupelo, Mississippi
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of your ancestor, John Young, of South Carolina, wife, Nancy Salmon, and all information contained on the Bible record which was filed in support of the claim for pension.
A very careful examination of all papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W 1876, based upon services of John Young, has been made and the following data found:
John Young was born December 1, 1762, in Frederick County, Virginia; the names of his parents are not given.
He volunteered about November 1, 1780, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a private in Captains Major Parsons' and Thomas Price's companies and Colonels John Thomas' and Benjamin Roebuck's South Carolina regiments, was in the battle of Blackstock and in frequent skirmishes with Indians while defending the frontiers and in a skirmish with the Tories on Bush River in South Carolina.  He was elected Lieutenant of his company, in which capacity he served eight months and was discharged sometime in 1782 after having served between two and three years.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, while residing in Greenville District, South Carolina.  He died there April 13 or 14, 1835.
John Young married in February, 1797, in Greenville District, South Carolina, Nancy Salmon, who was born October 5, 1777.  They were married at the home of one John Salmon whose relationship to Nancy was not stated.  The place of her birth and names of parents were not shown.
Soldier's widow, Nancy Young, was allowed pension on her application executed August 28, 1848, while a resident of Greenville District, South Carolina.  She was still living there in May, 1855, and died prior to September of that year.
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The names of the following children of John Young and his wife, Nancy, are shown in the claim:
Henry Ellis Young, born August 1, 1798
Elizabeth Barkesdale " " October 21, 1800
Mary Esther Videau " " October 28, 1802; said to be fourth child of soldier died in December 1802.
Eliza " " August 5, 1804
Lewis Clarke " " October 17, 1806
Francis " " August 22, 1808
James " " March 23, 1810
Francis Marion " " November 13, 1811
Andrew Jackson " " July 26, 1814
Lucretia " " May 31, 1816
Mary " " May 25, 1818
Maria " " September 23, 1821
The following family data are shown, also: "Thomas I Ligon was born November 31, 1844. He was the son of Colonel Ligon and the grandson of John Young." The name of his mother was not designated.
In 1832, reference was made to one George Salmon, a resident of Greenville District, South Carolina, who served part of the time with the soldier, John Young, in the Revolution. His relationship to soldier's wife, Nancy, was not stated.
In 1849, Mrs. Elizabeth Salmon, sister-in-law of Nancy Young, soldier's wife, stated that at the time of Nancy's marriage to John Young, she (Elizabeth) was living in the yard of her father-in-law, whose name she did not designate, and that her second child was born March 7, 1798. She did not state the name of her husband or of her child.
In 1849, one Reverend Jesse Dean made affidavit in Greenville District, South Carolina, that he married one of John Young's daughters about 1820, but did not state the name of the daughter.
Very truly yours
AD HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE 1-681 PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No 43903
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 139. Please furnish work specified below.  June 5, 192/30.
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of 7 pages from Revolutionary War claim of John Young, SC Troops, W 1976
No of copies 1 of each Shall form be kept standing?  days
For further information see Mrs. Finch Room No 5033 Phone No 541
Approved 
AD Wilkinson Chief Clerk of Bureau Margaret MH Finch Chief of Division
NOTE:  No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
CHECK WORK DESIRED
Duplicate
Multigraph single or double space? Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph one side or both sides? Facsimile signature?
Folding once or twice?
Assembling
Stapling Once? Twice? Side? End?
Electric typewriter Fill in addresses? Dated?
Addressograph from lists
Envelopes, size Cards, size
Proof list Pay rolls
Labels (submit sample) Corrections
Fill in letters Tabulation sheets
Photostat X Size actual Official use? Repay? Yes $1.05
Blue Print Size Official use? Repay? $
Remarks
(OVER)
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NOTE:  Routine changes of addresses may be made on this blank without formal reference through or initialing of chiefs of branches or chief clerks of bureaus.
(Date) 192
INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TKAEN
Make new addressograph plate
Change present addressograph plate
Destroy present addressograph plate} On list

as follows:
No reads 1
2
3
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Should read 1
2
3
4
5
FOR USE OF DUPLICATING AND ADDRESSING SECTION
ADDRESSOGRAPH
The above change was made 192
Operator
MULTIGRAPH
Operator Date Type set by Date
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Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
June 5, 1930.
Please furnish photostatic copies of 2 pages from Revolutionary War claim of John Young, South Carolina Troops, W. 1976, uncertified, and 15 pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of George Salmon, S. C. Troops,W.9640, uncertified
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Howard Bailey
4944 Lindell Blod
St Louis Mo
Received payment
$3.30
June 5, 1930.

Antonia W Ford
Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
NANCE DIVISION
F
JUN 5
930
Cash -
330
FINANCE DIVISION
KER'S
JUN 5 1930
2
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List of pages furnished Mrs Howard Bailey
Sol's, decl. Oct 9. 1832 - with affidv
Nathan Berry & George Salmon, the page
ending with name Richard Gantt -3p
S.C. Treasury statement in regard to pay
ment of soldiers- John Edwards-Com of the Treas
both sides- 2p
Farm, record- 1p
Sol's. ctf. jacker-Act June 7, 1832. 16734. 1p
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THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH
JOSEPH F. SMITH MEMORIAL BUILDING
80 NORTH MAIN STREET
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

Received Mar 7, 1939
Mail Sun Div
Vets Ad
Reader 6 

March 3, 1939

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.

none who served from

one found who was from

Gentlemen:

Will you please send us a copy of the military and
pension record of John Young, Revolutionary Soldier of
Frederick Co., Virginia.

We find reference to him under "Colonial Soldiers
and Pensioners of Frederick County, Va. "

Thank you for this service.

Sincerely,

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH
Research Department
L. Garrett Myers, Supt.

EMC/S
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CALVIN T. YOUNG, M. D.
P.O. Box [illegible]
PLANT CITY, FLORIDA
April 2nd, 1938.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Please send me data on Revloutionary and Indian Wars
service of John Young, (only of SC) Abbeville Dist S.C. who resided until 1829
some 14 miles SW present town Abbeville, S. C.; then in 1829 moved
with son, Samuel Young to Wilcox County, Ala.

Samuel Young, son of John Young. Indian War Service in Florida.
as gathered from pension date of soldiers.
---
John Young according to data in hand was born in Antrim
County, Ireland, 1850. Came this country with brother Samuel in
1767, locating on land grant waters of Long Cane, 96 the Dist. S. C.
He married Sarah -- they had four children.
Son, Samuel Young who married Elizabeth Bonner, daughter of
James and Sarah Laid Bonner.
Daus, who married; Thomas Wiley,
William McDonald,
Mr. Fife.
After death of wife, John Young lived with son Samuel.
They moved to Wilcox County, Alabama in 1829 and located in a place
later known as Rose or Snow Hill, John Young died there in Oct. 1840
and was buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Wilcox County, Ala.
He is listed in Govt. Report of Revolutionary War Pensioners in
Alabama, page 131. Data gathered by Eleanor Curtis, 1840.
Samuel Young, born 1776 in Abbeville Dist S.C. son of above
noted John Young. He married Elizabeth Bonner dau. of James and Sarah
Laird Bonner. They had 9 children.
Samuel Young was engaged in Indian War in Florida.
He moved with family and father to Wilcox County, Ala. from
his plantation on Bold Branch, Snake Road, Abbeville County, S.C. to
Wilcox County, Ala. locating at Rose Hill in 1829. He died in
Camden, Ala. Wilcox County, at Camden April 22, 1856.
Thanking you in advance for any data you may give me
as contained in the reports of these soldiers.
Yours very truly,
C.T. Young
C.T. Young
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160 ACRES Bounty UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Land 160 ACRES
Department of the Interior
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
This hereby Certificate that under the Act of March 3d 1855 entitled "[illegible] let in addition to certain acts granting Bounty Land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States
Nancy Young
widow of 
John Young
Private
Revolutionary War
is entitled to locate ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES at any Land office of the United States in one body and in conformity to the legal [illegible] divisions of the public lands upon any of public lands "subject to sale at either the minimum or [illegible] graduated prices" Given under my hand and the seal of the Department this 14th day of March 1856
No 18212
J [illegible] Commissioner
Note You can have this Certificate at any of the United States land offices or it will be located [illegible] by the General Land Office in the return of it with your request to that office endorsed therein specifying the state and land district in which you wish the location made. If you locate it fill up and sign the following application 
To the Register of the Land Office at 18
Locate this Certificate in the township of Range 
Attest Register
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Greenville, S. C.
This warrant was issued after
the death of Mrs Young and she
has no minor children
Aug 26th 1836
S D Goodlett
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State of South Carolina
Greenville District
On this the twelfth
day of April in the year of our Lord
one thousand Eight hundred and forty
nine personally appeared before the
Hon. D.L. Wardlaw one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas &
General Sessions of the State aforesaid
Mrs. Nancy Young a resident of
the District and State aforesaid
who being first duly sworn according to
Law doth on her oath make
the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the pension
made by the Act of Congress passed
on the Twenty ninth day of July
one thousand Eight hundred and
forty Eight Entitled an Act granting
half pay & pensions to certain widows.
That she is the widow of the late
Mr.[?] Young Dcs'd who was a Private
in the service of the United States during the
war of the Revolution & a Pensioner
of the same up to the period of his
death for proof of which she refers
to the files of the Pension Office--
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she further declares that she was married to the said John Young before the first day of January one thousand eight hundred & that her husband the aforesaid Jno Young decd died on the fourteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred & thirty five, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January one thousand eight hundred as before declared she further declares that she is now a widow & that she has never before made any application for a pension [illegible] that which is now on file in the pension office & refused on account of insufficient proof as to her marriage
sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written before  Nancy Young
DL Wardlaw
Judge Pri [illegible]
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The State of South Carolina)
Greenville District )
I D Hoke Clerk of the Court
Common Pleas and General Sessions for Greenville
District in the State aforesaid in which District
the office is kept, do hereby certify that the Honorable
D L Wardlaw whose signature in his own hand
writing is subscribed to the proceeding declaration
was at the date thereof one of the Law Judges
the said State and at time a Presiding Judge
of the Court of the Court aforesaid for the District
aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal
of office at Greenville Courthouse
on the Twenty first day of
one thousand eight hundred and
forty nine and in the Seventy third 
year of Sovereignty and Independence
of the United States of America.
D Hoke
Clerk of Sessions
for Greenville District
South Carolina

[physical seal affixed]
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South Carolina )
Greenville District )
We whose names are
hereunto subscribed do certify that to
the best of our knowledge and belief then
is no record or document affording any part
whatever of the period of the marriage
of Mrs. Nancy Young the present applicant 
for a pension with John Young
dec'd. late of the District and State aforesaid,
That there is not now or heretofore so far
as we know either in this or any other
District of this State any public Record
at all either of town, District, Parishes
or churches by which the exact dates of marriages 
can be ascertained, that we have seen
and examined the family bible of the
late John Young which we have every
reason to believe has always been either
in the custody of the said Dec'd. or of his surviving 
widow and we declare positively from
our personal examination of said bible that
it contains no Record of the date of the marriage
of the said Nancy with the said John Dec'd. but
it does contain a Record in the handwriting
of the said John Young with which we are
acquainted having seen him write of the
respective dates of the births of his various
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children the eldest of whom was born on
the first day of August One thousand Seven
hundred and ninety Eight, also the dates of
the decease of the father and mother of said
John Young and several of his children and
all in his own handwriting except the birth
of Thomas I. Ligon one of his grand children
born on the thirty first day of November
One thousand Eight hundred and forty four
which was after the death of John Young.
Sworn to & Subscribed)
before me. 17 April 1849)  
C.J. Elford M.G.D.)
Tandy Walker 
William Choice

I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the persons whose names are subscribed
to the above written affidavit & I have no
hesitation in stating that they are citizens
of long residence in Greenville District S.C. and
Gentleman of unquestionable credibility.
C.J. Elford
M.G.D.
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South Carolina)
Greenville District)
I whose name is
hereunto subscribed, a citizen of the District
and State aforesaid do hereby certify
that I have been resident in Greenville 
District for the last fifty
years past, that I was well acquainted
to with John Young Decd. in his life time
& also with his wife Mrs. Nancy Young
& also with the latter since his decease,
&   I have no hesitation in stating
that for many years anterior to
the death of John Young say
thirty five [blank space] years the aforesaid
parties lived together as man & wife
as far as  I have ever known
or heard were always considered and
reputed as man & wife & to the best of my knowledge and belief Nancy Young was not married since Jno. Youngs death. 
Jno. Watson
Sworn to Subscibed
Before me
CJ Elford
M.G.D.
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South Carolina
Greenville District
As one of the Acting
Magistrates in and for the District aforesaid
I do hereby certify that I am acquainted with
the person whose name is subscribed
to the preceding affidavit, that he
is of unexceptionable character & that
his statements are entitled to full credit.
C J Elford
M. G. D.
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South Carolina}
Greenville District}
I do hereby certify that the facts contained in my affidavit heretofore sent on to the Pension Office in Washington City & on file there in reference to the date of the marriage of Mrs. Nancy Young are to the best of my recollection up to the present time just as they are therein stated and I further state that my eldest son was born from reference to my own family Record on the Twelfth of November one thousand eight hundred & two & that I remember well that Mary Esther [illegible] Young a child of the applicant Nancy Young died in the December after the birth of my aforesaid son and that whose my said son was born Mrs Nancy Young had three or four children & the record shows Mary Esther was the fourth child and was [illegible] as before stated at this marriage of John & Nancy Young
Sarah Montgomery
sworn to before me 17 April 1849 )
CJ Elford M.G.D. )
I am well acquainted with Mrs. Sarah Montgomery & do hereby certify that she is a lady of character and credit & fully worthy of belief.
Jno Watson ordinary & Magistrate Ex. off. of said district.
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South Carolina }
Greenville District}
I certify that no Registry of marriages has ever been kept in this office & that the records therein contained furnish no proof of the date of the marriage of Mrs Nancy Young with her deceased husband the late John Young of said District nor in fact of the marriage of any person whatever. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Greenville Court House for Greenville District South Carolina the 19th day of April AD 1849
D Hoke
clerk of the court of common Pleas and General Sessions for Greenville District So Carolina

South Carolina} 
Greenville Dist} 
I certify that there is no registry of marriages in the records of this office none of the marriages of Nancy Young with the late Jno. Young Decd. of said District nor in fact of the marriage of any persons whatever.
April 19th 1849
Jno Watson
ordinary of Greenville dist
So Ca
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State of South Carolina Greenville District} I D Hoke clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Greenville District in the state aforesaid which District the office is kept Do certify that the Honorable John Watson whos signature is his own hand writing is subscribed to the preceding certificate was at the date thereof Judge of the Court of Ordinary for the District aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Greenville Court on the Twentieth day of April in the year Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty nine and in the Seventy third year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America
D Hoke
CCP of G Session
for Greenville District
South Carolina
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State of South Carolina Greenville District}
I do hereby certify that I was well acquainted with the late John Young Decd of the District and state aforesaid that I have myself resided in Greenville District for the last fifty three years, that said John Young & his widow Mrs Nancy Young for at least thirty five or forty years previous to his death were always regarded and reputed as man & wife & I have no doubt from my recollections that the marriage of said parties occurred [illegible] to the year one thousand eight hundred Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20dy of April AD 1849  
D Hoke CCP  W Benson 
Ex off

State of South Carolina Greenville District}
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with W Benson who has signed & qualified to the above certificate, that he is in all respects entitled to full credit & that his signature thereto is genuine
CJ Elford
MGD
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No 61

Nancy Young 
SC
Hon  W Thompson
Jany 24, 49

Sct to Hon R. F. Simpson
April 10 1849
Sot R. H. Speers 22 August 1849

Act 24 July 1848
Page 64

Mr. Edwards

Commr. of Pensions
Page 65

Mr. Edwards will oblige
Mr. Waddy Thompson
by an  answer six
[illegible] which
in accompanying
Letter refers
Goodler[?] Dec 16 1848
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[illegible/faded]
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[left side]
1976
Revy WIDOW &c
{F]ile No 1976
Nancy Young
Widow
John Young
Pri Rev War
Act July 29 1848
[I]ndex Vol M Page 369
(Arrangement of 1870.)

[right side]
1930 June 19 Photos mailed to Mrs Howard Bailey & Fin Div ntfd. ADY
1936 Oct 22 Hist to James M Grace MLB
1938 Nov 1 Hist to Mrs LL Pritchett MLB 
1938 Mar 9 Ms LL Pritchett advd no recd others MLB
him alone
1938 June 29 Hist to Dr Calvin T Young MLB
1939 Apr 26 Hist to L Garrett Myers MLB
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Auburn Ala
2.9. 1938

I would greatly appreciate any
information you can give me
concerning John Young from
Abbeville District . S.C.
He was a soldier of the American
Revolution and received a
pension in his last year
If you will look up any records
that you have I will be glad
to pay for the trouble it may
cause.
Thanking you in advance
Mrs L L Pritchett
Page 69

State of South Carolina} 
Greenville District} 
I D. Hoke Clerk
of the Court of Common
Pleas and General Sessions for Greenville District in
the State aforesaid do hereby certify that C. J. Elford
Esquire before whom the preceding affidavits were made
as appears by his name in his own hand writing attesting
the same was at the date thereof Magistrate for the
District aforesaid, who had been duly appointed and
qualified and had signed the roll kept according to
law in my office

[physical seal affixed]

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office at
Geenville Court House in the Twentieth
day  of April in the year of our Lord
One Thousand Eight hundred and
forty nine and in the Seventy third year
of the Sovereignty and Independence
of the United States of America.

D Hoke
C.C.P. & G. Sessions
for Greenville District
South Carolina
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Rev & 1812
Files 

342 Broadway,
Tupelo, Mississippi,

[stamp]RECEIVED SEP 5 1936 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM 23

Commissioner of Pensions,
Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.,

Dear Sir:
I have been informed that my ancestor John Young
cut the leaves from the family Bible and sent them to
the Pension Office in Washington. John Young was a Revolutionary
soldier, born in 1762, and is thought to have
been living in Greenville District, South Carolina, at the
time of the Revolution, though he was originally from
Augusta County, Virginia, or from Petersburg, Virginia.

Kindly notify me if the information on these leaves from the family Bible can be copied for me; I have enclosed a stamped and addressed envelope for the reply. [hand written] sent Sept 9

Respectfully yours,
James M. Trice

P.S. Additional information on John Young, the Revolutionary soldier, who sent the family Bible leaves to the Pension Office:
He was born December 1, 1762, and married about 1797 Nancy Salmon (born October 5, 1777). At the time he applied for
a pension he almost certainly lived in Greenville District,
South Carolina, I have no record of his death or of that of his wife Nancy Salmon.
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To the Commissioner of
Pensions
Sir-
Under the
Bounty Land Act
of March 3d 1855
Mrs Nancy Young
the widow of John
Young made application
for a Land
Warrant (No of application was 133.685)
but died a few days
before the warrant
[illegible]- I wrote on
to the Department
upon receiving the
warrant and asked
what steps were [illegible]
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[nec]essary to dispose
of the same and
was informed that
it should be returned
for cancellation, 
thereupon
I returned the
Warrant

By a court
decision of the
Pension Department
it is declared 
to be the
property of the
heirs of deceased
and  subject
to partition amongst
them - I now
ask you to be so
kind as to send
me a duplicate
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copy of said warrant
with instructions
as to the mode
of disposing of the same
Yours truly
S. D.  Goodlett
Greenwich S.C. )
17th May 1859 )

P.S. I do not know
the No of the Warrant
can only cite you
to no. of application
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[stamp] Greenville SC APR 23

April 30/49

Nancy Young 

FREE

Hon: J. L.Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Pensions Office
Washington City
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Greenville Clk. P.C.
April 23d 1849.
Dear Sir
Enclosed will be found the
papers of Nancy Young on received
application for Pension
Respectfully in

R. H. Speers Atty
for Nancy Young
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Greenville S.C
April 14th 1836
J Minot Esqr.
Dear Sir
Mrs. Nancy
Young the widow of
John Young a revolutionary
Soldier made application
on May last 1835 to
"Department of the Petition
office of the Commission
of Pensions" for a
Land Warrant and
died a few weeks after
making said application
On the 14th of March 1836
a land warrant was
issued to her for 160 Acre
Is her heirs entitled
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to it as intestate real
Estate. There is no minor
child or children to
whom another warrant
might give
will this as in
the instance of a soldier
who dies before the giving
of the warrant be a
nullity?
Please give me
the desired information
Your truly
S.D. Goodlett
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South Carolina )
Greenville Dist. )
Personally came
Mrs. Elizabeth Salmon
before me the
subscribing magistrate, in & for
the district of Greenville, and
being duly sworn makes oath
that she was well acquainted with
Mr. John Young a Revolutionary
Soldier & with his wife Mrs. Nancy
Young, whose maiden name was
Salmon, that she knew them both
previous to their intermarriage, and
was present at their wedding.
It took place in Greenville District
South Carolina at the House of
John Salmon, some where between the
year Seventeen hundred & ninety six and
ninety eight, and she thinks in the
year ninety seven their eldest child
Henry E Young was born, according to
the Family Register, 1st August 1798. This
deponent remembers the date of the marriage 
of Mr Young & his wife from
the date of the birth of her second child
which was 7th March 1898. The Marriage
of Mrs Young was previous to that date.
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This deponent married the Brother of
Mrs. Young & was living in the
yard of her Father in him at the
time John Young as married.
Sworn to & subscribed this
July 20th 1879 )
before John W. Stokes )
M.F.D. )

Elizabeth ^her X mark^ Salmon
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I John W. Stokes the subscribing magistrate 
before whom the within affidavit was
made, do hereby certify that Mrs. Elizabeth
Salmon is a respectable & credible witness
Given under my
hand this July 30 1849. John W. Stokes
M. G. D.

I David Hoke Clerk of the Court of
Greenville District do hereby certify
that John W. Stokes is a magistrate
as above, in & for the district of
Greenville, that the foregoing
signature is genuine, & that
full faith & credit should be given
to his acts as a magistrate - Given
under my hand & seal of
office, this July 20 1849
D Hoke
Clerk of Greenville
District S.C.
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South Carolina)
Greenville District)
 Personally came
Mrs. Elizabeth
Earle before the subscribing magistrate 
in & for the district of Greenville
& being duly sworn deposeth  and
saith that she was married in the
year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred
and that she knows that Mr.
John Young & his wife Mrs.
Nancy Young were married some
years previous to his own marriage.

Sworn to & subscribed this
July 28th 1849)
before John W Stokes)
M.G.D.)
Eliza R. Earle

I John W. Stokes the Magistrate before
whom the affidavit was made do
hereby certify that Mrs. Eliza R Earle
is a credible & respectable witness
given under my hand. This July
28th 1849-
John W. Stokes
M.G.D.
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I David Hoke Clerk of Greenville
District do hereby certify that
John W. Stokes before whom the
within affidavit was made is an
acting magistrate in & for the
district of Greenville & that the
foregoing signature is genuine
& that full faith & credit should
be given to his acts as a magistrate.

Given under my hand
& seal of office this 28th
July 1849.
D Hoke

Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas and General Session for
Greenville District
So. C.
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State of South Carolina Greenville District}
Personally appeared before me Mrs Sarah Montgomery a resident of the District & State aforesaid makes oath that she was present on the occasion of the marriage of the late John Young decd of District and state aforesaid to Mrs Nancy Young whose maiden name was Johnson in that said marriage took place in the district of Greenville and state aforesaid before the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred to wit in or about the yar of our Lord seventeen hundred and ninety seven That this deponent is was about sixty eight years of age & that she knows that Mrs Nancy Young is still the widow of John Young decd Sarah Montgomery
sworn to & subscribed before me HT Thompson magistrate ED
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I our of the justices of the peace for the district of Greenville & state aforesaid do hereby certify that Mrs Sarah Montgomery the aforesaid deponent is a resident of the said state & district & that she is known to me as a lady of [illegible] respectability & of aiding in the community & fully entitled to credit in the foregoing affidavit
sworn to & subscribed before me August 28th 1848} HT Thompson
magistrate GD 
I do hereby further certify that the declarant Mrs Nancy Young is personally known to me Augst 28 1848 HT Thompson Magistrate GD
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348
South Carolina
Nancy Young 
widow of John Young
who served in the revolutionary
war, as a Private
two years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on 
4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
27th day of Sept 1849.
and sent to 
B F Perry 
Greenville 
So Ca

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 29 1848, Page 315 Vol. 1
[Illegible] Book D
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SOUTH CAROLINA
PURSUANT to an ACT of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY passed the 16th of March 1783.  We the COMMISSIONERS of the TREASURY, have this Day delivered to Mr John Young this our INDENTED CERTIFICATE, for the Sum of Ninety Pounds nineteen shillings and three Pence Sterling for military duty and private & Lieutenant in 1780 1781 & 1782 under Col Roebuck pursuant passed by the commission the said John Young his Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, will be entitled to receive from this Office the Sum of Six pounds, seven shillings and four pence on the demand one Year's Interest on the principal sum of Ninety pounds nineteen shillings & three pence and the like Interest annually
The said John Young, his Executors administrators or assigns will be entitled also to receive and shall be paid, if demanded the principal sum of Ninety pounds nineteen shillings and three pence on the 10th day of April 1789
And the said John Young his Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, may make any purchases at any Public Sales of Confiscated Property (except such as shall be ordered by the Legislature for Special Purposes;) and this INDENT shall be received in Payment.
For the true Performance of the several Payments in Manner above mentioned the PUBLIC TREASURY is made liable, and the FAITH of the STATE pledged by the aforesaid ACT. 
GIVEN under our hands at the TREASURY OFFICE in CHARLESTON, the ninteenth day of April One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty seven 
John Edwards} Commissioners of the Treasury
£ 00.19.3 Principal
£ 0.7.4 Annual Interest
No 306
Book L}
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Received 24 Sept 1787 from the Commnr. of the Treasury Four year's Interest on the within Indent due 1 April 1787 Also Recd the sum of Twenty six pounds 7/4 in part of the within principal by date in purchase of 1130 acres of Land
£ 25:9:4=4 Qtr interest
£ 26:7: Land  
John Young
Receivd 26th Septemr 1787 from the Treasury four pounds 13/4 in part of the within by discount in the purchase of 200 acres of land
£ 4.13.4 Elijah Owen
2d Novr  
This is to certify that I John Young & assign the remainders of the [illegible] indent to George Seaborn
Received 26th Nov 1787 from the treasury fifteen pounds 12/8 in part of the within by disct. in the purchase of 670 a of land for Geo Seaborn
£15.12.8
Rev 26 Feb 1788 G Seaborn six pounds 12/6 in part of this Ind by district in the  [illegible] of 234 Acr. of land.
£ 6:12:6 George Salmon
in 20 May 1788 the sum of thirty three pounds 10/2 in part of this indent by dist on Geo Salmons Bond 18 July of 33 for principal int therein also the sum of four pounds 5/3 for balance of int on this indent due 1 Apl last discounting the amt on said bond & the foregoing payments
£33:10:2½ for in  
4:5:3 int 
Samuel Earle
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Greenville C.H.
S.C. August 29th 1848.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,

Sir.

As the Attorney of Nancy Young I inclose to the Pension office her papers for procuring an allowance under the Act of Congress of July late. I have endeavoured to pursue the directions of former acts as to involve  omitting any proofs as to the particular service of John Young inasmuch as said Young was a pensioner & this proof will be found in the pension department. All that she attempts to state in her declaration as to service was with the view of cohabitating  references to the names & [illegible] of her dearest husband.

I beg leave to say that in the certificate
of this magistrate as to the credibility of Sarah
Montgomery this date "28 Aug. 1848" was not intended
to be crossed the words above "sworn to " having
been inadvertently written. The interlineation in
the certificate of the Clerk was made after it was
drawn because at first the certificate as to his personal
knowledge of [illegible] happens to be [illegible]
Respectfully re R. H. Speers
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAN- 51
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Young, John  GRADE Private  LINE Virginia

WARRANT NUMBER 12701  ACREAGE  100 ISSUED June 22, 179_ (total)
to -- not shown--

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non- commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. 
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.