Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7377, John Young, Va. Also Indian Spy From 1783 To 1793
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Va.
also Indian Spy from 1783 - 1793.

Young, John
Keziah

NUMBER
W. 7377.
B.L. Wt. 39.499-160-55-

CONTENTS
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

1176
Virginia Richmond
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Keziah Young
widow of John Young
Va
who served in the Revolutionary
was, as a Private
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
46 Dollars 66 
Cents per annum, to commence  on
the [4th day of March, 1848 - crossed out] 
17th June 1850.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
14th day of Decr 1855.
and sent to
John Dryden
Kanawha C. H.
Virg'a
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Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July
29, 1848, Page 132 Vol. A

[left side, on edge] 175904
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

16,726
Virginia
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John Young
of Kanahana in the State of Virginia
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Cravey of the regt. commanded
Gl. McIntosh in the Va ma:
line for 14 mos.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Virginia
at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Sept
1833 and sent to
A.W. Quanier Clk Ct.
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Arrears to the 4th of Septr. 1833 $116.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March '34. 23.33
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$139.99
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. William Clerk,
Book C Vol. 6 Page 32
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 7th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1838 to 4th
March 1839. Agt Notified 7th Decr 1839
Died 17 June ^49 1850
[Written perpendicular to top] 
Let Bellarch 1835. Clerk of County
Let to P. Agent & Hon M. L. M Comar HR Jan. 30 1836
Let to P. Agent & Hon M. L. M Comar HR May[sp]14 1836
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175.904 Act Mar. 3/55
June 20 /55
Keziah Young wid. of John Young  
Keziah Young widow of John Young.
["Indian Spy" lined thru]
Pri:
Capt: William Clendenin
Ad: 160 ac., Aug: 23d/56
Boynton

[Diagonally written No 39499 [illegible] 4/56
July 48 -- 1196
1796
Rev. War
Rec. pension
---
Va Rolls of Capt Wm Clendenen
for file in this Office
3d Auds [Auditors] Office
July 15/56
[signature] R Grame
For Aud.
John Dryden
Kanawha
C.H. Va.

Vol y = 73
[illegible]
[illegible] Knowles
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[small two line piece of paper on top of a larger sheet of paper]
Virginia sc
At a Circuit Superior Court of Law & Chancery held for Kanawha County the 16th day of May 1833
Virginia [first line of bottom sheet mostly obscured by top piece of paper]

On this 16th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open court before Lewis Summers Judge of the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for Kanawha County John Young, a resident of Kanawha County Virginia aged 73 years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
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1833 
1760  
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That he was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania in August 1760 where he resided until he was four years old when his father removed and settled in the County of Augusta Virginia.
This declarant continued to reside in Augusta County until his removal to Kanawha as herein after mentioned. The latter part of September in the year 1775 and when he was just entering into his seventeenth year, this declarant entered the service of the Virginia malitia [militia] as a common soldier, under the command of Capt. All who raised a company of volunteers in the County of Augusta to repel the attacks of the Indians upon the western frontiers. Capt. Wm All was the senior officer in command and Jacob Pence was Lieutenant and next in command. In this service, this Declarant was marched from Augusta to the South fork of the Potomac, and thence over to the waters of the Mongahela [Monongahela] upon a branch of which called Hackers Creek. Capt. All built a fort, in which this Declarant was garrisoned until his discharge. The Declarant was three months in this service- 
The first of May 1778 The Declarant again volunteered and entered The service of
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the Virginia Malitia [Militia] under Capt. Robert Cravens who raised a company to succour [secure] Tigants Valley in which in roads had been made & massacres committed the preceding fall by the Indians.
The company was marched by the route of the Calf Pasture & Bull pasture rivers to the head of Greenbriar river and thence on to the head Waters of Valley River. After reaching the point of destination the company was divided into smaller companies and stationed where their protection was most needed. The declarant was stationed at George Westfalls where he remained till the period of his enlistment, the term of three months, expired, and he was discharged. He returned home in the early part of August of that year.
The first of Sept 1778 this declarant again enlisted under the same Capt. Robt Cravens who was collecting a company of Virginia malitia [militia] for the expedition under Gen. McIntosh. In this expedition the declarant was conducted across the country to what was then fort Pitt, and thence down the Ohio river to the mouth of Big Beaver, where his company joined the forces under Gen. McIntosh who was ingaged [engaged] at the time in building fort McIntosh. From Fort McIntosh he was marched across the country to the site of the old Indian Town on the Tuscarawas a branch of the Muskingum River. Here a fort was built, (name not known) in which this declarant was garrisoned until his time of discharge drawing near, he was reconducted to fort McIntosh where he received his discharge in the early part of December of that year. The officers recollected, were Capt. Robt Cravens, Col Benjamin Harrison & Gen. McIntosh.
The last of Sept in the year 1780 this declarant entered the service of the Virginia Malitia [Militia] as a volunteer rifleman under Capt. Robt Cravens of Augusta, and under his command proceeded
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to join the southern Army then commanded by General Green. His company came up with and joined the army of Gen. Given at Hillsborough N Carolina, where he then lay encamped. He was thence marched to S Carolina and soon after arriving there the army went into winter quarters upon the Chinaw [Chino] Hills upon the Big Pedee. From the Chinaw [Chino] Hills  the army was conducted up the Yadkin River where the army of Lord Cornwallis was discovered upon the opposite or South side of that river engaged in endeavoring to force a passage of from the Yadkin. This declarants company was detailed to guard a body of prisoners captured by Gen. Morgan to Pittsylvania Court House Va. On reaching this place, this declarant is discharged and returned home. He entered the service for three months but did not get his discharge until he had served five months. In all the tours herein before mentioned this declarant served as a common soldier and in every instance entered the service as a volunteer in the malitia [militia]. The whole length of his service under Capt. All & Cravens, and under Gen Mc Intosh & Green was fourteen months.
The last of March 1783 this declarant removed to the County of Kanawha, then Greenbriar County in company with Leonard Morris, John Morris Michael Lee and others, to the whole who came out in advance of their families to raise a crop. In the fall of the same year, such as had families moved them out to Kanawha and the Indians having begun to show some hostility the party for their security built fort Morris. The ensuing spring, the Indians began to be troublesome, and this affiant was appointed a spy by Capt. William Morris to watch and spy out their approaches. This Declarant continued to act as a spy under the command
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of Capt. William Morris, or to act as a soldier for the defence [defense] of the Garrison at Morris fort during the spring & summer months of '84.'85 & '86 and drew pay as such six months each of the aforesaid years. Whenever such services were required for the safety of the Garrison, this declarant acted as a spy.
In the month of April 1788 Col Geo. Clendennen & Capt William Clendennen came to Kanawha with a company of men from Greenbriar and the adjacent counties, and built and took command of the fort at Elk. This Declarant joined himself to Clendennen's company, and was appointed by Col George Clendennen, then Col. of the County, an Indian spy in company with David Robertson, in which capacity he served for four months during that year. 
In March 1789, this Declarant removed to the mouth of Cole River, twelve miles below his former station, where he was again appointed a spy by his Col but without a partner and served in that capacity during that season as well as during the spring & summer months of 1790 and until the capture of Cole fort by the Indians in August 1790. 
During the spring & summer of 1790, he spied in company with one Thomas Asbury.
In August 1790 this declarant removed to Clendennen's or Elk fort. The following
spring this Declarant was again appointed a spy in company with Michael Lee by Col
Clendennen and served during that spring & summer & until the Indians retired from their invasion. 
Early in the spring of 1779 he was again appointed a spy by the same officer with Flemming Cobb as an assistant, in which service he continued engaged until the commencement of cold weather, which drove the Indians home In the spring of 1793. This declarant was
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again appointed a spy by Col Clendennen  and had for his aid one Joseph Bund, and continued as before to range the woods until the approach of winter rendered the country secure against the in roads of the Indians. This was the last year of Indian hostilities on the Kanawha and the last of the declarants service. From 1783 to 1793 This declarant was, as well as he can remember every year engaged either as a spy and as such ranged the woods, or acted as a common soldier in defence [defense] of some one of the forts on the Kanawha. His service as a spy commenced usually in the spring, in the month of March or April according as the season was mild or severe, & continued until the approach of cold weather when the Indians always retired to their settlements. The time that he was usually in active service as a spy each year, was four months but some years longer.
This declarant had a record of his age until the year 1790 when it was burnt up together with the fort at Cole River.
He has been a resident of Kanawha County ever since he first came out to it from West Augusta in 1783.
For his character for truth & sobriety the declarant refers to the following gentlemen residents of Kanawha all of whom have known him for many years & some ever since the year '90- Tours Summers Flemming
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Cobb, Andrew Donnally, David Ruffner & John Jones [or Loves]. The declarant during the whole service was only a common soldier, except as to one year when he acted as Lieutenant under Capt. John Morris, but never had a written commission. He has no written discharge of any tour of service and does not recollect that he ever received any.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency of any state.
[signature] John Young
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the 16th day of May 1833
Test [signature] A. W. Quarrier Clk

We N W Calhaina Clergyman residing in the town of Charleston Kanawha Virginia and residing and E walker risiding in the same County & state, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Young who has served and sworn to the above declaration.
That we believe him to be 73 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and an Indian spy and that we concur in that opinion
[signature] N. W. Calhoon
[signature] Ezra Walker

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the 15th day of May 1833
Test [signature] A. W. Quarrier Clk
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Virginia Kanawha County to wit
On this 14th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for Kanawha County now sitting Flemming Cobb a resident of Kane County & State aforesaid aged 66 years, who being duly sworn according to Law, deposeth & saith, that in the month of Oct 1789 he removed from the County of Albemarle to Kanawha and during the ensuing winter he became acquainted with John Young who makes the annexed declaration. When he first knew him, the said Young resided at the mouth of Cole River on the Kanawha, where the spring following, 1790, a fort was erected. Early this spring and as the deponent thinks about the first of March John Young was detailed as a spy, with one Joseph Alsbury, by Col George Clendennen, then the Col of Kanawha County. The deponent was personally aquainted [acquainted] with Mr. Youngs service as a spy during the spring & summer of 1790 until the first of August of that year, when the deponent left the County on a visit to Buckingham County Va. The deponent retired to Kanawha the last of Oct of the same year during his absence the fort at Cole River had been captured & destroyed by the Indians & Young & others who had escaped the masacre [massacre] had retired to Clendennen's fort situated above the mouth of Elk River on the Kanawha, this having by the destruction of Cole fort, become the frontier fort. At Clendennen or Elk fort this deponent again met with John Young.
The first of March 1791. Young was appointed a spy in company with Michael See, by Col George Clendennen, which duty
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Young continued to discharge until the commencement of cold weather, when the Indians retired to their own country. The deponent being at that time garrisoned in the same fort feels confident of the accuracy of this statement.
The following spring, 1792, in March or April, Young was again appointed a spy by Col Clendennen and this deponent was appointed one of his aids, in which service Young & himself continued engaged till cold weather set in. During this year Mr. Young ranked as Lieutenant under Capt. John Morris, but he does not know whether he had a written commission from the state. In the spring of 1793 this deponent was summoned by Col Clendennen to go out again as a spy with John Young but Jos Burrell finally received the appointment in his stead & he (Burnell) & Young continued in that service for three or four months.
This year the hostilities with the Indians ceased on the Kanawha, they being kept in check the following summer by the inspected invasion of Gen. Wayne - The deponent further states that when he came to hand Mr. Young was esteemed and regarded an old experienced and successful Indian spy in this quarter which service was a part of the military defence [defense] of Virginia, on her western frontier, authorized by law & paid for from her treasury.
The deponant [deponent] has been intimately acquainted with the said John Young since Oct 1789 up to the present time & can bear ample testimony to his uniform character for truth & veracy [veracity] and for rectitude of deportment in every respect. He believes that entire reliance may be given to all the statements contained in the declarants declaration.
[signature] F. Cobb

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the 14th day of May 1833
Teste [signature] A.W. Quarrier Clk
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Personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the Circuit Superior Court of Law & Chancery for Kanawha County now setting Andrew Donnally resident of Kanawha County County to who being duly sworn deposeth and says that he came to the County of Kanawha to reside on the 10th of June 1790 and immediately became acquainted with John Young who makes the annexed declaration and was knowing personally to his (Youngs) service as an Indian spy upon the western frontier under Col. George Clendennen in the service of the Commonwealth of Va. & Capt. Wm Clendennen during the summer of 1790. The spring & summer of 1791. the spring & summer of 1792 and also of 1793. As he was residing in the County with Young and a part of the time in the same fort with him, he feels entire confidence in the accuracy of the above statement. When the deponent first knew Young he had then the reputation of an experienced spy and of one who had seen much service. The Deponent has been well acquainted with the Declarant Young since June ^ 90 and he has full confidence in his truth & veracity, and believes that full credence may be & ought to be given to his (Youngs) declaration.
[signature] A Donnally

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the 14th day of May 1833. 
Teste [signature] A.W. Quarrier Clk

And the said Court doth hereby certify that the said John Young has been personally and favorably known to him the Judge for fifteen or eighteen years past, and that after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, and after full investigation of the matter, the Court is satisfied and declare its opinion, that the above named applicant was a Soldier in the War of the American Revolution, and served as he States, in the foregoing declaration - The Court doth further certify that
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Col. Andrew Donnally and Mr Fleming Cobbs, whose affidavits are annexed, are respectable and creditable persons, and their evidence entitled to full reliance. And the Court further certifies that the Revd [Reverend] Nathaniel W. Calhoun who has signed one of the preceding certificates is a highly respectable clergyman of the Presbyterian Church, resident in the said County of Kanawha and Commonwealth aforesaid, and that Ezra Walker who has also signed the same, is a practicing Attorney of this Court, resident in the same County and State, and is a respectable and creditable person, and that their statement is in the opinion of the Court  entitled to full weight and credit all of which is ordered to be certified to the war department.

Virginia Kanawha County to wit
I Alexander W. Quarrier Clerk of the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for said County of Kanawha Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original roceedings in the matter of the application of John Young for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 20th day of May 1833 and in the 57th year of the Commonwealth
[signature] A.W. Quarrier Clk

[illegible Seal affixed at left]
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No 1419
Claim of Keziah Young
Widow of John Young
for Arrears of Pension
Va- at '32'
Cole
Filed by John Dryden
Nanauha C. H.
Va
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Virginia Kanawha County to wit
On this 11th day of June 1855 personally came before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace for said County, Keziah Young, aged 88 years who declares on oath that she is the widow of John Young, who is the identical person described in the certificate from the War Department of the United States, which is in the following words "War Department Revolutionary Claim. I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, John Young of the State of Virginia, who was a private in the Revolutionary War is intitled [entitled] to receive Forty six Dollars and sixty six cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable semi annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year Given at the War Office of the United States, this sixteenth day of September One thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
[signature] Lew Cass
Secretary of War
[hand written seal]

Examined and countersigned
[signature] J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions"
that she was married to the said John Young in Montgomery County in said State sometime in January or February 1796 by one Johnson that her name before said marriage was Keziah Townsend, that her said husband died at said County of Kanawha about the 17th day of June 1849 and that she is now a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of procuring the arrears of pension to which
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she may be entitled as the Widow of John Young dec'd he not having drawn his pension for a considerable period before his death - and that she is now a resident of said County of Kanawha.
And I do hereby appoint John Dryden of Kanawha C. H. Virginia" my true and lawful attorney for me in the premises, to do any and all such lawful acts as I might or could do if personally present.
[signature] Keziah Young

Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year first herein written.
[signature] G Slack J. P.

And on the same day personally came before me Archibald Price and Nancy Slack residents of said County and State to me well known to be credible Witnesses, who being duly sworn according to Law declare that they are personally acquainted with Keziah Young who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration, and that from her personal acquaintance with her, they believe that she is the identical person she represents herself, and that they are in no wise interested in her claim. They further said that at the time of the marriage of the said John Young and Keziah Young then Townsend, that they were the near neighbors of the parties and though not present at the ceremony, yet they distinctly remember the fact-- and they also swear that the said parties up to the time of the death of the said John Young bin [been] together as
man and wife and were so recognized by all their neighbors. 
[signarure] Archibald Price
[signature] Nancy Slack

Sworn and subscribed before me: And I certify that I am
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not interested in the said claim or concerned in its prosecution and I believe that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be.
[signature] Greenberry Slack J. P.

Virginia ss:
I, ALEXANDER W. QUARRIER, Clerk of the County Court for Kanawha County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, do hereby certify that Greenbury Slack whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified, that to all his official acts full faith and credit are due, and that his signature is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 14th day of June 1855 and in the 79th year of the Commonwealth.
[signature] A. W. Quarrier Clk

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]
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175.904
Keziah Youngs
Claim for Bounty
Land -
 
Send warrant for this claim or
any communications, to John
Dryden
Kanawha C.H.
Va
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand] 

State of Virginia, Kanawha County, ss:
On this 2nd day of June 1855 before me a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared -- Keziah Young aged 88 years, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Young deceased who was an Indian Spy in the Company commanded by Captain William Clendenin [Clendenen] in the Indian Wars on the Kanawha River shortly after the Revolutionary War, and who continued in that service several years - and for which services her said husband received for some years a pension from the Government of the United States. She further states that she was married to the said John Young in Montgomery County in said state some time in January or February 1796 by one Johnson and that her name before said marriage was Keziah Townsend - That her said husband died at Kanawha county aforesaid on or about the 17th day of June 1849 and that she is now a widow - she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he is entitled, under the Act of March 31, 1855.  
[signature] Keziah Young

Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged, before me the day and year first above written: And on the same day personally came before me Archibald price and Nancy Slack residents of said County and State to me known as creditable witnesses, who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally acquainted with Keziah Young who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration, that they were present and saw her sign her name (or direct it to be done) to said declaration, and that from their personal acquaintance with her they believe that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and they further swear that they are disinterested in her claim.  they further state that they remember the marriage of the said John & Keziah distinctly tho not present, but living near them and that of their own personal knowledge the said parties lived together as man & wife up to the day of the death of the said John Young.
[signature] Archibald Price
[signature] Nancy Stack

Sworn to and subscribed before me: And I certify that I am not interested in the claim, or concerned in its prosecution; and I believe that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be.
[signature] Greenbury Slack J.P.
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

Virginia ss:
I, Alexander W. Quarrier, Clerk of the County Court for Kanawha County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, do hereby certify that Greenbury Slack whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate, is now and was at the time of signing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified, that to all his official acts full faith and credit are due, and that his signature is genuine
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 6th day of June 1855 and in the 79th year of the Commonwealth
[signature] A. W. Quarrier Clk

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]
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No 25424
John Young Kanawha County
Virginia
Adm 1. year & 2
months
 93.32
23.33
_______
116.66

A.W. Quarrier Clk Circuit Superior
Court Kanawha County Virga
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

[Table of Service follows:
A Statement, showing the service of John Young Kanawha County Virginia
[Table Headings]
Period when the service was rendered. 
Duration of the claimant's service, Years. Months. Days. 
Rank of the Claimant. 
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. 
Age at present. and place of abode when he entered the service. 
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

[Table data presented in a narative format]
Entered service in 1775 for 3 months as a Private under Cap. All, 73 years of age residing in Augusta County Virginia., Traditionary & two Witnesses as proof of service, papers not properly attached.

Volunteered in May 1778 for 3 months as a Private under Cap. Cravern, 73 years of age residing in Augusta County Virginia., Traditionary & two Witnesses as proof of service, papers not properly attached.

Enlisted in Sept 1778 for 3 months as a Private under Cap. Cravern and General McIntosh, 73 years of age residing in Augusta County Virginia., Traditionary & two Witnesses as proof of service, papers not properly attached.

Volunteered in Sept 1780 for 5 months as a rifleman under Cap. Cravern and General Green, 73 years of age residing in Augusta County Virginia., Traditionary & two Witnesses as proof of service, papers not properly attached.

Served in 1783 for 5 months as an Indian Spy under Cap. Morris and General McIntosh, 73 years of age residing in Augusta County Virginia., Traditionary & two Witnesses as proof of service, papers not properly attached.

Served in 1784 for 5 months as an Indian Spy under Cap. Morris and General McIntosh, 73 years of age residing in Augusta County Virginia., Traditionary & two Witnesses as proof of service, papers not properly attached.

Served in 1785 for 5 months as an Indian Spy under Cap. Morris and General McIntosh, 73 years of age residing in Augusta County Virginia., Traditionary & two Witnesses as proof of service, papers not properly attached.

Served in 1786 for 5 months as an Indian Spy under Cap. Morris and General McIntosh, 73 years of age residing in Augusta County Virginia., Traditionary & two Witnesses as proof of service, papers not properly attached.

Served in 1788 for 4 months as an Indian Spy under Cap. Morris and General McIntosh, 73 years of age residing in Augusta County Virginia., Traditionary & two Witnesses as proof of service, papers not properly attached.

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1882

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops, "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contract, such as clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1882.
State, Territory, or District of
County of
ss.
On this _______ day of _____________ personally appeared (a) before ___________ A. B. a resident (b) of ______________ in the county of ____________ and State, Territory or District of  ______ aged (c) _____________ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1882. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) ________, with ___________ and served in the _________________ (e) regiment of the ______________ line, under the following named officers':
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he as engaged, and the country through which he marched ____________. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____________
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I ________________________ of the Court of _____________________ to hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ____________________
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the office (i) this _______________ day of ___________________ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in not (k) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _______________ and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _______________, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ______________ years of age; that is is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above names applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certified, that it appears to them that A. B.  and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ________________________ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, ___________________ Clerk of the Court of ________________ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _______________ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this __________ day of ___________________ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge of commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his-
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted;
and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and
there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his
case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of
service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary
war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given,
and what has become of it?
To an Officer. 
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.

The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.

The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.

Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.

Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.

No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure,
taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow
the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so
definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:

"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason
of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: -For -- year -- months, and ---
days, I served as a  ---.  For --- months  and --- days, I served as a ---; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law
directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months,
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is
highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;
the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority;
that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains
the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses
who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well
as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses,
and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[illegible] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militiamen, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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Virginia  ss.

I, Alexander W. Quarrier, clerk of the County Court of Kanawha County in the Commonwealth  of Virginia do hereby  certify among the Records of marriages in my office appears the following - 
"John Young & Kaziah Townshan" entwined by James Johnson, Dated 20th May 1789.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 15th day of August 1855 and in the 80th year of our foundation.

[signature] A W. Quarrier

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]
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[typed letter, page 1 of 2]

July 18, 1939

BA-J/MCS-AWF
John Young
W. 7377 
omn [handwritten]

Mrs. F. W. H. O'Meara
700 Pine Street
Clifton Forge, Virginia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you state that you wish the Revolutionary War record of "Colonel John Young", Augusta County, Virginia Militia.

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, W. 7377, based upon the military service of John Young, in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only John Young found in the Revolutionary a pension records of this office, who served from Augusta County, Virginia.

John Young was born in August 1760, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and lived there until he was four years old when he moved, with his father to Augusta County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not given.

While living in Augusta County, John Young enlisted and served as private with the Virginia troops as follows: from September, 1775, three months in Captain William All's company; from May 1, 1778, three months in Captain Robert Cravens' company; from September 1, 1778, three months in Captain Robert Cravens' company in Colonel Benjamin Harrison's regiment; from September, 1780, five months in Captain Robert 

[Handwritten note at bottom]
This is a copy of Miss Stokes letter of May 26, 1933
Page 29

[typed letter, page 2 of 2]

Cravens' company.

John Young moved, late in March, 1783 to Greenbrier County (which was later Kanawha County) Virginia, and from then until 1793 he served four or six months each year; he was an Indian spy and was engaged in protecting the inhabitants against the depredations of the Indians, part of the time serving as common soldier and part of the time as lieutenant, and was under Captains William and John Morris and William Clendennen and Colonel George Clendennen.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 18, 1833, at which time he was living in  Kanawha County, Virginia.

He died June 17, 1850, in Kanawha County, Virginia. 

This soldier married in Kanawha County, Virginia, May 20, 1789, Keziah Townsend.

She was allowed pension on her application executed June 11, 1855, at which time she was living in Kanawha County, Virginia, aged eighty-eight years. The exact date and the place of her birth were not given.

There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7377
Keziah Young
Widow
John Young
Pri Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:--Vol. M, Page 370
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[below all handwritten on next page]
1912 Mch. 19 Hist to Dr Hugh H . Young V.L. M.
1918 Oct. 24 Hist to Mr. W. T. Shields

1920 Nov. 8. Hist to W. S. Johnson
State Treasurer, Charleston
W. Va (see his letter in James
Gregory. R. 4292) am

1920 Nov. 18 History to John L. Ramsey
1930 Feb. 25. Photos mailed to 
Roy B Cook (thru Kate Curry & Fin. Div. ntfd. [Finance Division Notified] A. D. Y.
1933 May 26  Hist to Mrs W. D. Johnson U.C.S.
1936 July 18. Hist to Mrs  F.W.H. 
[illegible] - copied M.C.S.
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[typed letter, page 1 of 2]

May 26, 1933


XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
John Young, W. 7377
BA-J/MCS

Mrs. W. S. Johnson
1521 Lee Street
Charleston
West Virginia

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for the record of John Young, soldier of the Revolution.

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, 7377, based upon the military service of John Young,

He was born in August, 1760, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and lived there until he was four years of age when he moved, with his father whose name was not given. to Augusta County, Virginia. 

While living in that county he enlisted and served as private with the Virginia troops as follows: from September, 1775, three months in Captain William All's Company; from May 1, 1778, three months in Captain Robert Cravens' Company; from September 1, 1778, three months in Captain Robert Cravens' Company in Colonel Benjamin Harrison's Regiment; from September, 1780, five months in Captain Robert Cravens' Company. 

Late in March, 1783, he moved to Greenbrier County (which was later Kanawha County) Virginia, and from then until 1793 he served four or six months each year; he was an Indian spy and was engaged in protecting the inhabitants against the depredations of the Indians, part of the time serving as common soldier and part of the time as lieutenant, and was under Captains William and John Morris and William Clendennen and Colonel George Clendennen, 

[Handwritten arrow from Sept 1, 1778 to note written at bottom of page]
Did not say served in McIntosh's Exp. as according to Lassing McIntosh built the Ft. McIntosh in spring of 1778 so soldiers service under McIntosh was the preceding  service which commenced in May 1778
includes 7 mo commencing in Sept. so just omitted it.
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[typed letter, page 2of 2]

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 16, 1833, at which time he was living in Kanawha County, Virginia. 

He died June 17, 1850, in Kanawha County, Virginia. This soldier married in Kanawha County, Virginia, May 20, 1789, Keziah Townsend.

She was allowed pension on her application executed June 11, 1855, at which time she was living in Kanawha County, Virginia, aged eighty-eight years. The exact date and the place of her birth were not given.

There are no further data relative to the soldier's family. 

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
Page 33

[In]formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau. John Yon W.F. 7377
Headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE .RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED, CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE.
-Sept, 1775. 3 mos. Pvt. Wm All. [check mark]. Va.
-May 1, 1778. 3 mos. blank. Robert Cravens. blank. blank.
-Sept 1, 1778. 3 mos. blank. Robert Craven. Benjamin Harrison. blank.  
-Sept, 1780. 5 mos. blank. Robert Craven. blank. blank. 
-1783 to 1793.4 or 6 mos each year. Indian Spy and Lieut. William Morris. William Clendennen. John Morris. George Clendennen. blank.  
each year and at
Battles engaged in, Gen Mc Intosh Expedition
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Augusta Co. Va.
Date of application for pension, May 16, 1833 his clm was al
Residence at date of application, Kanawha Co Va.
Age at date of application, b. in Lancaster Co. Penn. Aug 1760 Died in Kanawha Co. Va. June 17, 1850.
Remarks: [The following text is crossed out: His father moved from Lancaster Co. Penn.  when soldier was four years old and settled in Augusta Co. Va. moved to Kanawha Co. Va. then Greenbriar Co. Va.  in 1785] [Accompanying Note in left margin next to crossed out text says: I think this can be omitted as his father's name is not stated & all of these residences are elsewhere given.]  He married in Kanawha Co. Va. in 1789 Keziah Townsend. She was al [allowed] pension an application executed June 11. 1855 while a resident of Kanawha Co. aged 88 yrs.
It is not stated whether they had children. exact date & place her birth not given 
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.                                                   1 - 681                                    PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 40174
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications,                   
Room G 139.                                                                             February 18, 1930      192
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering  Pensions.                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 six pages from Rev. 
War pension claim John Young  W.7377.
No. of copies 1 of each page  Shall form be kept standing? --- days
For further information see M. M. H.. Finch   5033    541
                                                                Room No. Phone No.
Approved:
A D Wilkinson                                      Margaret M H Finch
Chief Clerk of Bureau.                    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?
11
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  $0.90
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
bureau
                                                                                __________________________ 192
                                                                                                 (Date)

INDICATE BY AN X IN PROPER SQUARE ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
      Make new addressograph plate         )

      Change present addressograph plate )       On List ____________

      Destroy present addressograph plate )
as follows:

Now reads          1 _________________
                            2 _________________
                            3 __________________
                            4 _________________
                            5 __________________

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 __________
Remarks: ____________________________________________

                                   MIMEOGRAPH
Operator _________________-Date ________________ Cut by ___________________________
Remarks : ______________________________________________________
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February 18, 1930
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Cash -90 cents
[Black Stamp]
FINANCE DIVISION
BOOK KEEPER'S DESK
FEB 19 1930
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Dear Sir:
Please send me uncertified photostatic copies of six pages
from Rev. War pension claim, John Young, widow Keziah, W. 7377
Roy B. Cook
Charleston
W. Va
Received payment
$0. 90
February 18, 1930
M. C. Stokes
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
Ordered through Miss Kate Curry
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[BLACK STAMP] 10:00 RECEIVED JUL 14. 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER #36

700 Pine St
Clifton Forge, Va
July 13-1939
Veterans Administration
Washington D.C
Dear Sirs:
earliest
Please send me at your
convenience as I wish
to use record in court & "The
Augusta County, Virginia Militia
met at the Court house met at
Court house Dec 3- 1776 - to
discharge duties. Among them was
Col. John Young [name double under lined].
Will you kindly send me his war record if
he applied for pension or Bounty land?"

Very truly yours
Mrs. F. W. H. O'Meara
700 Pine St
Clifton Forge, Va.
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[Black Stamp] 3:45 RECEIVED MAY 16 1933 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS. ADM. READER #15

U.S. Pension Bureau
Revolutionary Division
Washington, D.C
My dear Sir,
In your rejected files you will find
the application for
pension of Eleanor Gregory, widow
James Gregory of Greenbrier County
Virginia. Will you please send me the place and date of her birth and also any information from the application for pension of Keziah Young, widow of John Young of Kanawha County, Virginia. I appreciate your kindness very much in doing this for me. I hope to find the place of their brother and something concerning their families.


Sincerely,
Erna Young Johnson
[Mrs. W.S.]
1521 Lee St. Charleston, W. Va.
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[illegible] 20
Charleston, W. Va
Box 1263.
Oct. 6. 1920
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen-- I shall be obliged if
you will give me the war record
of John Young of Kanawha County
Virginia, a soldier of the revolution
In a volume filed in the Dept
of Archives
here he is mentioned
and reference is made to Pension
Vol 2 Page 157
Very respectfully
John L. Ramsey
[black round stamp] PENSION OCT 18 1920 U.S. OFFICE
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Rev Dec
E. G. Shields                                                              W. G. Shields
                                        SHIELDS COMPANY
TYPEWRITER RIBBONS         NOT INC          SPECIALISTS IN
AND CARSON PAPER                                      OFFICE DEVICES
ENGRAVING                     ??????????
                                         CHICAGO, U.S.A.
                                     855 Eastwood Ave.
                                                                             Oct 11 - 1918.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-
In 1835 a John Young was drawing in Kanawha Co.
West Virginia, and I am very desirous of ascertaining all the facts
on record of his place of enlistment, when and where born, if he gave
them in his application also name of wife and children if possible.
think he was born around 1780 possibly a little earlier.
Will be very greatly obliged for this information.
Yours truly
on in Kanawha Co.
W. G. Shields
855 Eastwood Ave.
Chicago.

PENSION
O
OCT
U.  14  S.
1918
OFFICE
Page 41

DR HUGH N. YOUNG
THE PROFESSIONAL BUILDING
330 NORTH CHARLES STREET                  Balt. Md
TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY TO         Mar. 13 - 12.
To the Commissioner of Pension.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Can you tell us whether you have among your records any thing in
regard to John Young of Augusta County Va. who served in the Revoluntionary War
and who was made a Captain of militia in 1775 by the Commonwealth of Va. Have
you also any records of Hugh Young (neg) who was born in 1772, and lived either in
Augusta or Rockbridge Counties, Va., and who served in the war of 1812. I will
appreciate very much a kind answer in regard to these two questions.
Very sincerely yours,
Hugh H. Young
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MAR 14 1912


PENSION
D
MAR
U.   14   S.
1912
OFFICE
Page 43

Act July 29 1848
Page 44

Virginia Rolls
Keziah Young widow of
John, who was a private
[illegible]
An Act July 29, 1848,
$46.66 per Annum
Commence June 17, 1850
when he died

John Dryden,
Kanawha Court House
Virginia
Page 45

Pen off, Aug 24 1855
J. Mar  50
Sir
Please inform me when John Henry of Va Act June 7 1832
was last paid at $45.00 a year

Very Respectfully
S. Cole
C Clerk

R J Atkinson Esq
3rd Auster
Page 46

John Young paid to 4 March 1850
W.A.Z. Taylor
Actg Auditor

Aug 25/55
Page 47


39.499


Revolutionary Army
Page 48



Application of Keziah
Young for Pension
under Act of 29th July 1848

Filed by John Dryden
Kanawha C. H.
Va
Please report to him
Page 49

State of Virginia
Kanawha County to wit:
On this 9th day of August 1855 duly
appeared before the undersigned Justice of the Peace for the County
and of Kanawha County Court which is a Court of Record
in the State aforesaid, Keziah Young a resident of said County aged
88 years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on her
oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits
of the provisions, made by the act of Congress, passed the 29th
July 1848 as follows: That she is the Widow of John Young
a soldier in the revolutionary War- and who served as an Indian
spy on the then frontier, io the Kananuha Roll in the State of Virginia, for which services the said John Young was in the receipt of a Pension from the U. S. for the year from 16 September 1833 up to the time of his
death,
She further declares that she was married to the said John
Young on the ?? day of ?? 1789: that her husband
the aforesaid John Young died in Kanawha County aforesaid on the
day of June 1850 that she was not married to him prior to
his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the
second of January 1800. Viz at the time above stated. She further
swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made
any application for a pension-
                                              Keziah Young
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
year above written before me - and I do herby certify that the said
Keziah Young is unable from her age and bodily
infirmities to attend before any one of the Court of Record for Kanawha
County-
Given under my hand
Greenbury Slack  J.P.
-
Page 50

Virginia Ss
I Alexander W. Quarrier Clk of the
County Court for Kanawha County in the Commonwealth aforesaid do hereby certify
that Greenbury Slack, whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate, is now
and was at the time of signing the sand, an acting Justice of the Peace in
and for said County (and as such a member of the County Court for said
County, the same being a Court of Record), duly commissioned and qualified
and that to all his official acts full faith and credit are due and ought to be given
and that his signature is genuine in
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court this 15th day of August 1855
and in the 80th year of our foundation
State
A. W Quarrier Clk
Page 51

Virginia, Kanawha County to wit
This day Keziah Young the widow
of John Young deceased, a Revolutionary Pensioner, and well known
to me to be such, personally appeared before me the undersigned
Justice of the County Court for said County, which is a Court of record,
and made oath that she is the identical person who has filed her
declaration in the Pension office of the U. S. for the purpose
of obtaining a pension for the Military services of said John
Young, that her first declaration, stating as appears by the
letter of the commissioner to John Dryden that she the said
Keziah Young was married to John Young the Pensioner in Mont-
gomery Co. Va. in January or February 1796, and that the said
John Young died June 17. 1849. and her 2nd stating that
she was married in Kanawha County Va in the year 1789.
and that her husband died 17th June 1850 in explanation
whereof she now declares on oath; that the said statements in
her said first declaration were made from her imperfect recollec-
tion of the facts, that she was mistake in her recollection
of said facts, and that after the filing of her first declara-
tion, the record of her marriage being discovered in the Clerks
Office of Kanawha County, She made her second declaration
wherein her recollection of the facts has been corrected by the
Record-                                             Keziah Young
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 15th day of September 1855
Greenbury Slack J P
Virginia ss:
I, ALEXANDER W. QUARRIER, Clerk of the County Court for Kanawha County, in the
Commonwealth of Virginia, do hereby certify that Greenbury Slack
whose name is signed to the foregoing certificate is now
and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County and Commonwealth duly commissioned and qualified, that to all his official acts full faith and credit are due, and
that his signature is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Court this 18th day of September 1855 and
in the 80th year of the Commonwealth.
A. W. Quarrier
Clk
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Canawha C. H. Va  Sept 18 1855.
Dear Sir
I enclose you an affidavit
of Keziah Young, explanatory of certain discrepances in two
Declarations made by her, for procuring a pension on account
of military services of her late husband John Young 
I hope that her affidavit will be
satisfactory to the Department-
Resp
John Dryden

J Minot Esq
Commr of Pensions
Washington D.C
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John Young Pensioner
Kawanha County
Entitled
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
Nov. 28th 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States", John Young,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Richmond Va. Agency, at
the rate of Eighty Dollars and -------- Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838.
to the 4th March 1839.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K.. Parris
Comptroller.
Sir:
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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Brief in the case of Keziah Young, Wid of John
Kanawha County and State of Virginia
act   July 29, 1848
Claim, ("original "or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary traditionary for supported by rolls? If either state the substance
John Young was a pensioner on the Virginia
Roll under the act of June 7, 1832, at the rate
of $46.66 per annum. He died June 17, 1850.
The claimant is identified, as his widow and her
marriage in 1789 shown by record proof.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

Name and residence Agent                                    Ogden Niles
John Dryden
Kanawha                                                                   Examining Clerk.
Va.
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Virginia ss:
I Alexander W. Quarrier Clerk of the County
Court for Kanawha County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, do hereby certify:
that at a County Court held for Kanawha County in the Court House thereof
on Tuesday the 20th day of November 1855. So appearing to the satisfaction
of the Court, by the testimony of John B. Young and John D. Young,
credible persons, residents of said County, that John Young, who was a
Pensioner of the United States, and who was also a resident of the
County of Kanawha aforesaid, died in said County on the 17th day
of June 1850, and that he left a Widow whose name is Keziah Young
It was ordered that the same be certified
In Testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said Court, this 30th day of
November 1855, and in the 80th year
of said Commonwealth
A.W. Quarrier Clk
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Kanawha C.H. 30 Nov 1855
Sir,
I enclose to you a certificate of the time of
John Youngs death which I am informed by your last communication was
necessary to the establishment of Keziah Youngs claim to a Pension
I also enclose an affidavit of Lewis F. Lanham in relation
* to his claim for Bounty Land.
                                             Yours Resp
                                                         John Dryden
J. Minot, Esq
Com of Pensions
Washington D.C.


* Taken out
Adams
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John Crary Pensioner  receives $46, per Annum
I the undersigned John Young having been called into U.S. Army 
[illegible] agent of the pension Office for [illegible] services 
as a soldier in the war of the revolution Continental gives the following, to wit. I am in my 70th year of age. 
During the war of the revolution, I can’t tell the year, I enlisted in Rockingham County for 3 months. Marched under Captain Robert Cravens, William Smith, Lieutenant Heiguster [illegible] [illegible] Rodgers ([illegible] men) to [illegible] [illegible] Fort.[ thence down the Monongalia [?Monangahela] to a place called [illegible] 12 miles below Fort Pitt. crossed the Ohio River and marched across to the [illegible] Big [illegible] and joined General McLeith. Encamped at Fort McLeith. From which when the army under McLeith went to [illegible] and [illegible] Fort Lansene, returned to Fort McLeith where we stayed and got [illegible] the day after Christmas. Leaving [illegible] in some 3 months.
About two years after the foregoing services, I can’t tell the year  but I am certain as to the [illegible]) I enlisted in Lewis County and joined Captain Haum and [illegible] for three months. I can’t [illegible] anywhere we joined General Greens army and marched on to landing and [illegible] Hills where we wintered and in the spring I was discharged-in this term I was five months in service. General Green persuaded [illegible] the company to remain in service until he got additional troops and we done so. 
[illegible] [illegible] April I joined [illegible] Company. I enlisted and under same Captain went to Westfalls Fort in Taggarts [illegible] in this [illegible] for three months-before the last mentioned tour. And I think in 1776. I went.
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from Larum County Rockingham, under Captain William [illegible] and
to the west fork of the Monogalia [?Monongahela] river and aided in building Wests Fort, was in this service 3 months. And then ended by [illegible]. I know of no one living by whom I can prove any part of my service. Ezra Walker wrote my declaration and charged me $10-In witness of all which I now subscribe my name.
January 6th 1835
John Young- his mark
Witness
Thomas S. Burton
A copy.
Note-I was confirmed by several gentlemen of character and standing that Mr. Young sustains as good a character as any in the county of Canaan.
W. Johnston
January 16, 1835