Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,949, Matthias Young, Md.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE                                Number
Md.   Young, Matthias          R11.949
                      Anna Barbara
Contents
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1861
Indiana
Matthias Young
Clinton Co in the State of Indiana
who was a Pri in the Company commanded
by Captain Cregor of the Regt commanded
 by Col Johnston in the Md 
line for 8 mo pri $26.66  

Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the day of June
1834 and sent to James A. Maxwell Frankfort, Indiana

Arrears to the 4th of Mch 34  70.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 13.33
$83.33

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832} 

Recorded by J T Sprague Clerk,  
Book C 2 Vol 7 Page 114

see letter 15 Aug 34 to 
J A. Maxwell    Dead
Letter to Saml C. Dunn
& Third Aud’r 8th Oct 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act of the 6th April 1838, from 4 March
 1838 to 11. Aug 1838, the day of his
death. Agt Notified
15 Oct 1839
Dead
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30.282
The application of
Matthias Young 
for a 
Pension
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Address,
at
Jas A. Maxwell
Att'y for Young
at
Frankfort, Clinton
County Indiana
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State of Indiana 
Clinton County 
On this 25th day of March in the year of 
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared 
in open court before the Circuit Court of said county now sitting Matthias Young a resident citizen of the County 
of Clinton in the State of Indiana 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 
That he entered the service of the United States under 
the following officers, Capt. Felty Cregor, Colonel 
James Johnston, on or about the month of May in the 
year 1780 as a volunteer and minute man that he left 
the service some time in the latter part of the winter following, at that time 
the said Young entered the service in Fredrick [Frederick] County in the 
State of Maryland; the British fleet was again in or about the Chesapeake Bay, and he 
with many others volunteered to guard the against the 
agressions of the British - that he states the year from 
recollection. A part of said time the said Young was 
employed in guarding prisoners in the town of Fredrick [Frederick]
town - At that time said Young resided in the 
said County of Fredrick in the said State of Maryland 
he served as a volunteer. He marched from Fredrick 
town to Georgetown; thence down the river some small 
distance, and there encamped. He knew Col. Weldener
or Veldener) who commanded a Dutch Ridgment [regiment].
that he never received a discharge from his officers; 
and that he knows of no person now living who 
can prove his service. That at this time he is in 
his seventy fourth year. that he was born in the said 
County of Fredrick in the State of Maryland, that 
he has no record of his age, that he knows of. that since 
the revolutionary war he has resided in Maryland, in 
Ohio, & in the State of Indiana, 
He states the names of the following persons in his
neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity 
& their belief in his sevices as a soldier of the revolutionary war [Just?] John Harland, Samuel Mitchell & Samuel D. Maxwell.  

Matthias Yung [Matthias Young]

the above signature is in Dutch 
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court this 28th day of March 1834 
Saml D. Maxwell Clerk
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State of Indiana  Clinton County ss
We John Harland a Clergyman
in the County of Clinton and State aforesaid Samuel
Mitchell, and Samuel D. Maxwell residing
in the same county hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Matthias Young who
has subscribed and sworn to the within 
declaration, that we believe him to be seventy
four years of age, that he is reputed and
believed to have been a soldier of the revolutionary war, and that we concur in that opinion.
- Sworn to & subscribed to in open
Court on the day & year aforesaid 
John Harland
S. D. Maxwell
Samuel Mitchell
Sworn to in open court and subscribed before me the date above
Saml D Maxwell Clerk

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 named applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served as he
States - And the said Court further certifies that
it appears to them that John Harland who has
signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman
resident in the said County of Clinton, and that
Samuel Mitchell & Samuel D. Maxwell
who also signed the same are resident citizens
to said county; and are credible persons and
that their statement is entitled to credit-
John R Porter
First Judge of the 1st
Judicial Circuit Ind’a
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The State of Indiana Clinton County ss
I Samuel D. Maxwell Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Clinton County Indiana
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter
of the application of Matthias Young for a
pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Frankfort in said
County on this 28th day of March A.D. 1834.
Sam’l D Maxwell Clerk

State of Indiana Clinton County ss

me the us for the
Personally appeared before me the [illegible] [subscriber?] a Justice of the peace within & for the County of Clinton and State aforesaid Matthias 
Young who being duly sworn deposeth and saith
that by reason of 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 period mentioned below and in the following grade. For Eight months I served as a private and at such service I claim a pension. Given under my hand and seal at Frankfort Indiana on this 13th day of May 1834.
Eli Armantrout J P (Seal)

The State of Indiana Clinton County ss
I Samuel D Marwell Clerk of said County certify that Eli Armantrout before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and who has signed the certificate thereof, was at that time and now is an acting Justice of the peace duly elected, commissioned
and qualified as such within & for said County; and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such. And I further certify that the name signed to the foregoing certificate of the deposition of the said Matthias Young is the true and genuine sign [illegible] and autograph of the said Eli
Armantrout Justice of the peace aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court of said county at Frankfort on this 13th day of May 1834 -
Saml D. Maxwell Clerk
C.C.P.C.
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The State of Indiana Clinton County ss
On this thirteenth day of May AD 1885 personally appeared before the Probate Court of said County of Clinton Matthias Young, a resident of said County of Clinton aged 74 years who
being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration amendatory of his declaration by him made before the Clinton Circuit of the March Term 1834, and hereunto
attached, in order to gain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 to wit. That he entered the service of the United States on the tenth of May 1781, at a muster and he believes on the first of May he volunteered as a minute man
but did not go into actual service until the last of May or the first of June following; that he left the service in the forepart of February 1781.
but what day of the month he cannot say positively, that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the days of the month upon which he entered & left the service
and the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below in the following,  made for Eight months he served as a private and for such service he claims a pension.
That he never received a discharge from his officers when he left the service, that he cannot find any credible witness; by whose testimony he can prove
the services of this applicant; that he knows of no such person now living, that in consequence of old age and loss of memory he cannot give
very full account of the incidents connected with his service. That he marched from Fredricktown Md when he volunteered as above stated to Georgetown a distance of about 40 miles as he
believes, thence down the Potomac a short distance where the encampments were made. That he belonged to the regiment commanded by Col James Johnston, that he continued in that vicinity about one month or six weeks when the company to
which he belonged commanded by Capt Felty Cregor was ordered back to Fredrick Town Md to guard prisoners, who were quartered in the barracks & poor house; there were two companies
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companies there guarding; but that he cannot state the names of all their officers; that he continued at Fredericktown guarding the prisoners from the time he returned from the Potomac until he left the service at the time as above stated. That in addition of the names of officers heretofore named by him to whome he knew, he names
Arthur Fleming Adjutant. That the particular places where he served were at Fredricktown Md, on the road when marching to Georgetown, in camp on the Potomac, in the vicinity of Georgetown, on the road returning from Camp: and again at Frederickton
guarding prisoners as aforesaid. That during said service he served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority, that during all said time he was either marching, in the field, in camp or in garrison at Georgetown and was not imployed in any civil pursuit. That he cannot state by what authority he was called into service, but that the same was competent he knows from the fact that those who formed the company, of whom he was one, were compellable [compelled] to perform military duty as stated.
Matthias Young
Sworn to and subscribed in Court this 13th of May 1834
Saml D. Maxwell Clk
C.C.P.C.

The State of Indiana Clinton County ss
I Nathan Fisk sole Judge of the probate
 Court of said County do hereby certify that
on the 13th day of May 1834, the above Matthias Young personally appeared in open court and subscribed and was sworn to the foregoing declaration; and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department (the answers
to which are written, and made part of this certificate), the said Court hereby declares its opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. The answers to said interrogatories are as follows to wit.
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Ans to Quest. 1. - I was born in Frederick County in the State of Maryland in the year 1760 as I believe

Ans to Q  2d - I have no record of my age

Ant to Quest 3d -  At the time I was called into service I was living in Frederick County Md. Since the Revolutionary war I have lived in said County of Frederick, thence I moved to Warren County in Ohio, thence to Clinton County Indiana where I now reside

Ans To Ques. 4. - I entered the service as a volunteer and minute man; and went into actual service the last of May or the first of June 1780 but cant say the
precise day.
Ans to Q’n 5th - I can’t state the names of all the officers I then knew, having forgotten many of them. I recollect my Captain Felty Cregor, my Colonel James Johnston, Colonel  Weldena who commanded a Dutch Regiment, in Fredrick Co
Md. Arthur Fleming, Adjutant who were all malitia officers. I think the general circumstance of my services are, I volunteered
under Capt Cregor, to march at notice; we were called minute men, we marched from Frederick Town Md to George Town, thence down the Potomac a short distance to where
we campe, & I continued there some 4 or 6 weeks, and returned with my company to Fredrick Town to guard prisoners, and continued in that service until discharged from the service.

Ans to Q’n 6th - I never received a discharge in writing

Ans to Q’n 7th - I can refer to John Harland, who is a
minister of the Gospel, to Samuel Mitchell
one of the associate Judges of the Clinton Circuit
Court and to Samuel P Marwell the Clerk of this County

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in this 13th day of May 1834
Nathan Fisk
Probate Judge of Clinton County Indiana
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The State of Indiana Clinton County ss
I Samuel D. Maxwell Clerk of
the Probate Court of Clinton County Indiana certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the declaration of Matthias Young; amendatory of his declaration heretofore made 
before the Circuit Court of said County at the March
Term thereof in order to obtain the benefit of the
provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. which said declaration is herewith attached in the mode of authenticating papers prescribed by the war department.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of the said Court at Frankfort on this 13 
day of May AD 1834-
Saml D. Maxwell Clerk
C.C.P.C.
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65020
6502
Anna Barbara Young 
of Matthias 7 July 1838 
Indiana
act July 7. 1838
Pension
11949
Hon.
T. A. Howard, H R
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State of Indiana County of Clinton ss
In Probate Court November Term 1839.

On this thirteenth day of November
 eighteen hundred and thirty nine personally appeared in open court before the Judge of the said Court in term time - Anna Barbary Young, a resident of the said County of Clinton and State aforesaid aged Seventy six or seventy seven years,
who being first duly sworn in open court according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the law of congress in relation to the widows of Revolutionary soldiers.  That she is the widow
of Matthias Young, who was a private in the army of the revolution and who was at the time of his death a pensioner of the Gen’l Government at the rate of twenty six dollars and Sixty six cents a year. She further states that her husband the said Matthias Young was at the time of his death a resident
of the County & State aforesaid. She further states that she was married to the said Matthias Young on the Second day of November Seventeen hundred and eighty three, and that they were married by a Mr Grock a Lutheran Minister in Frederick Town Maryland. She further states the knows of no person by whom she can prove the fact of marriage, that if any of the persons who were present at the marriage are alive, they live in parts unknown
to her. She further states that her husband the aforesaid Matthias Young died in the said County of Clinton on the eleventh day of August Eighteen hundred and thirty eight and that she has remained and is now the widow of the said Matthias Young. dec’d, as will more fully appear
by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court on the day
and year first above written
Anna Barbary Young her mark
Sworn to and subscribed by a mark
in open Court in the day and year above written.
Saml D. Maxwell Clk
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State of Indiana Clinton County set
Personally appeared in open Court Matthias Young
and Joseph Hearston, of lawful age who after being duly sworn according to law Matthias Young jr., Deposeth and Saith that he was born in July 1789 as appears from the family record of the births of his Father’s family, and that from the earliest recollection, he has recognized Matthias Young. Decd. (who was a pensioner of the General Government at the time of his death at the rate of
Twenty six dollars & 66 cents a year) and Anna Barbary Young who has sworn and subscribed the foregoing declaration, as his Father and mother, and that they were always reputed and received as man and wife and he verily believes they were joined in wedlock at the time and place stated in the declaration of his mother, and he further states that his Father was a resident of the said County of Clinton and departed this life on the day and year specified in the foregoing declaration of his mother-- And further saith not.
And the said Joseph Hearston says he has been intimately acquainted with Matthias Young. Decd who was a pensioner of the United States and his wife Anna Barbary Young who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration, for the last twenty eight years, that he has always understood
and believed them to be husband and wife, and that she, the said Anna Barbary Young, is now the widow of the said Matthias Young dec’d and verily believes they were joined in Wedlock as the said Widow has declared and further the Deponents say not
Matthias Young Jr
Joseph Hearston -

Sworn to and subscribed in open Court November 13th 1839 
Sam’l D. Maxwell Clk
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State of Indiana Clinton Co set
I Sam’l D Maxwell Clerk of the Probate
Court of the said County of Clinton Certify that the foregoing Declaration of Anna Barbary Young Widow of Matthias Young Dec’d was made, Sworn to and subscribed by her in open Court. And I further certify that Matthias Young Jr and Joseph Hearston who have made sworn to and subscribed
the foregoing affidavit, are men of respectable standing for truth and veracity. I further certify that the affidavits were made in open court all of which proceedings were ordered by the Court to be certified.
In Witness whereof I Sam’l D. Maxwell
Clerk of the said Court of Probate have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said Court at my office in
Frankfort the fifteenth day of November
In the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty nine.
Sam’l D Maxwell Clerk of
the Clinton Probate Court
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30.282
Mathias Young
Indiana
from  1780 pri 8 mos.
$26 66/100

James A. Maxwell
Frankfort
Indiana
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Sir:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the service of Matthias Young

Period when the service was rendered
1780

Duration of the claimant's service.
[blank]

Rank of the claimant
Pr.

Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served.
Cap Cregor
Col. Johnston

Age at present, and place of abode when he entered
the service.
74 Md

Proof by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary

When engaged as a “minute man”, it is only for 
the time in actual service that an allowance 
can be made. See note &c in regulations

I am, respectfully
Your obedient servant
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
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 contracts, 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, musicians 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, 1832.
State, Territory, or of
On this day of County of of A. B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before in the county of
and State, Territory or District aged 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, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) served in the (e) regiment of the
With 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
entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was 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.
A. B.
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. 
And the Court of do hereby certify (h) 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 (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 note (j) 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
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same) who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he 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 named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
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 or 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 Solder. - 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 inquiry 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.
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.
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.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 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 -- For -- months and – 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 want 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
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.
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.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of Indiana  Clinton County SS.
On this 23rd day of
March AD one thousand Eight hundred
and fifty two (AD 1852) personally appeared
before me a justice of the peace in and
for the County and State aforesaid, David
Young, aged 52 years, a resident of the
above named County and State who being
by me first duly sworn according to law, does
on his oath make the following declaration
(Viz)
That he is one of the children
and heirs of Matthias Young and his wife
Anna Barbara Young both of whom are
now dead. (viz) His father the said Matthias
Young died in Clinton County, Indiana on
the 11th day of August AD 1838, and his
mother the said Anna Barbara Young never
married afterward but remained the widow
of the above named Matthias Young during
her life. She died on the 10th day of
April AD 1846 in Clinton County, Indiana.
His Father the above named Matthias Young was
the identical Matthias Young who at the time
of his death was a pensioner of the United States
at the rate of about thirty six dollars
per
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per year, it might have a little less or more
but I am quite sure that it was within one
dollar of that amount. He was on the agency
at an Indiana Agency. The date or number
of his certificate I do not remember. My father
moved from Maryland, to Warren County Ohio
about the year AD 1805, where he lived
until the year AD 1829 when he removed to
Clinton County, Indiana and resided there until
the time of his death as mentioned above. His
above named pension was for his services in the
war of the Revolution. My mothers name before
her marriage was Anna Barbara Christ my father
and mother were married in Frederick County
Maryland by a minister of the gospel of the
Presbyterian Church, I believe it was in the year
AD 1783. We have no bible record of their marriage. We once had a certificate or other written
evidence of it which we gave into the possession
of my sister Polly Ryan who will be hereinafter
mentioned as one of the children and heirs of
the above named Matthias and Anna Barbara.
This instrument of writing was written in the
Dutch or German Language.
I do not know of any living by whom I can
prove the fact of their marriage. My mother
never obtained any pension after my father’s
death
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death, except perhaps the arrearage then due.
The following list comprise the entire heirs of my
father and mother the said Matthias and 
Anna Barbara Young, his wife deceased.
Viz
Children and heirs at law of Matthias and
Anna Barbara Young deceased

1 John Young Warren County Ohio
2 Matthias Young Jr intermarried with Hannah
Aughe both of whom are now dead leaving
the following children and heirs at law viz
1 
John Young Tippecanoe County Indiana
2 Abram Young Howard [County Indiana]
3 Barbara intermarried with Thomas Parris  Clinton [County Indiana]
4 Matthias Young Howard [County Indiana]
5 Margaret intermarried with George Grant Howard [County Indiana]
6 Joseph Young Howard [County Indiana]
7 Peter Young Howard [County Indiana]
8 Hannah Catherine Young Howard [County Indiana]
9 Jackson Young Howard [County Indiana]

3 Daniel Young who had intermarried with
Peggy Creiger. He is now dead his widow
lives in Clinton County Indiana their
children are (Viz)  Eliza, Samuel,
John and Mary Young, all of whom are still
living
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living with their mother the above named Peggy
Young in Clinton County Indiana

4 Polly Young intermarried with Edward
Ryan they live in Tippecanoe County, Indiana

5 Catherine Young intermarried with
John B Coleman both of whom are
now dead, having left the following children
and heirs at law Viz

1 Elizabeth intermarried with William Sheppard
they live in Clinton County Indiana
2 Thomas Coleman Howard County Indiana
3 Barbara Ann intermarried with John
Bowen they live in Clinton County Indiana
4 Catherine intermarried with Philip Bowen
They live also in Clinton County Indiana

There were two others left (viz) John Coleman who
died in Marion County Indiana. He had no heirs.
The other was James Coleman who went to
California in 1849. We have heard and believe
that he is now dead.
6 Susanna intermarried with Henry
Kriser. She is now dead. Her husband the
said Henry Kriser is living near Potosi in
Wisconsin. I believe it is in Grant County.
They had the following children and heirs
1 Lovisa intermarried with Celestin Kottenbach
2 Mary intermarried with Davis Gillilan
They
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They all live near Potosi Wisconsin as mentioned
above or did when we heard of them last.
7 Henry Young who married Sally Keiser
He is now dead. His widow lives in
Clinton County Indiana They had the
following heirs at law (Viz)

All living in Clinton County Indiana


1 Minerva intermarried with George Mash
2 Sarah intermarried with Cornelius J. Miller
3 Henry Young 
4 Elizabeth intermarried with Joshua Byers
5 Keziah Young
6 Mary Ann Young
7 John Young
8 Perry Young

8 David Young, this declarant Clinton Co. Ind.
9 Solomon Young Tippecanoe County Indiana
10 Samuel Young who married Debora Ann Hevlin.
He is now dead and his widow the said Debora Ann is married to one William Thatcher Clinton County Indiana. 
Children and heirs at law of Samuel Young Viz
(1) Jacob (2) Martha, (3) Amos (4 ) Mary (5 ) Albert
Young
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Young all of whom now live in Clinton
County, Indiana
11 Elizabeth who married John McCain.
He is now dead and the said Elizabeth
is still his widow. She lives in
Clinton County Indiana.

The foregoing as stated above is a full
list of the names and respective residences
of the children and heirs of the above
named Matthias and Anna Barbara Young
deceased so far as I have been informed
in regard to their places of abode, at latest dates.
My mother once made an effort to obtain
a pension as the widow of my father the
said Matthias Young deceased but as before
stated she did not succeed. I have
never before made any application for any
pension as one of the children and heirs
of the above named Matthias and Anna
Barbara Young deceased. I 
make this application and declaration
for the purpose of obtaining the pension
arrears or increase of pension, pay, extra
pay, or arrears of pay, to which
I may be entitled as one of the children
and heirs of the above named
Matthias and Anna Barbara Young
deceased
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deceased under any law or laws of Congress
to the benefit of which I may be entitled.
I refer to the following affidavits of
John Blake and Cyrus P Pence both
of Clinton County Indiana
David Young seal

Sworn and subscribed before me a justice of
the peace in and for Clinton County Indiana
on the day and year above written, and I
do hereby certify that I am fully satisfied
of the truth of his foregoing declaration
and that he is of the age he states himself to be
Eli Armantrout (seal)
Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana Clinton County ss
On this 23rd day of
March AD 1852 personally appeared before
me a Justice of the peace in and for the
County and State aforesaid, the following
hereinafter named persons all residents of the
above named County and State,
(Viz)
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(Viz) Elizabeth McCain aged 41 years who
 being by me first duly sworn according 
to law does on her oath make the following
declaration (viz) she is the identical
Elizabeth McCain mentioned in the foregoing
declaration of David Young, her brother, as one of the children and heirs of Matthias and
Anna Barbara Young, deceased, as more fully
set forth by the said David in his above named
declaration. And that he has truly set forth in
full the names of all the children and heirs
of the said Matthias and Anna Barbara Young
deceased, as also their respective places of abode,
so far as she is advised, at the latest dates.
And she further swears that she is now the
widow of John McCain who died in Clinton County Indiana on the 8th day of March AD 1841.
Sally Young came before me a justice of
the peace as aforesaid and made oath in
due form of law that she is the identical
Sally Young mentioned in the foregoing declaration of David Young as the widow of Henry Young deceased, and that her husband the said Henry was one of the children and heirs of Matthias and Anna Barbara Young deceased which is more fully set forth by 
the
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the said David in his foregoing declaration. Her husband the said Henry Young died in Clinton County Indiana on the 28th day of August
A D 1841 and left the following their children and heirs of the said Henry and herself  (viz)
of the sum
1 Minerva, intermarried with George Mash
2 Sarah intermarried with Comelius J Miller
3 Henry Young
4 Elizabeth intermarried with Joshua Byers
5 Keziah Young
6 Mary Ann Young
7 John Young and
8 Perry Young, all of whom now reside
Clinton County Indiana

The last named children (viz) Keziah
Mary Ann, John and Perry are still minors.
She is still the widow of the said Henry
Young deceased. She is of the age of 53 years.
Keziah Young also came before me a justice
of the peace as aforesaid who being by me
first duly sworn according to law does on her
oath make the following declaration (viz)
She is the identical Keziah Young mentioned
in the foregoing declarations of David Young
and Sally Young as one of the children
and heirs of Henry Young deceased, who
was

[left margin note]
Left out see host
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[left margin note]
Left out see host

was one of the children and heirs of
Matthias and Anna Barbara Young deceased
as is more fully set forth in the declaration
before going of her Uncle the said David
Young. She is of the age of 19 years
and she further swears that Mary Anne,
John and Perry Young are still minors
as set forth in the declaration of her
mother the said Sally Young,
Cornelius J Miller and his wife Sarah
also came before me a justice of the peace
as above stated and being by me first duly
Sworn according to law do on their oath
declare. That they are the identical persons
mentioned herein before by David Young
and Sally Young in their respective declarations, 
as Sarah one of the children and heirs of
Henry Young deceased, one of the children and
heirs of Matthias and Anna Barbara Young
deceased, and her husband Cornelius Miller
and they further swear that Keziah, Mary Ann,
John and Perry Young are still minors
as truly set forth by the above named
Sally Young in her foregoing declaration.
And they the above named Keziah Young, Cornelius Miller and Sarah his wife further swear
that their mother Sally Young has truly set
forth
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forth in full the names of all the children
and heirs of Henry Young deceased.
They have never before applied for any pension
as the heirs etc of the above named Matthias
and Anna Barbara Young deceased.
They make this declaration for the purpose
of obtaining the pension, arrears, or increase of
pension, pay, extra pay, or arrears of Pay to which
they may be entitled as the heirs etc of Henry
Young deceased who was one of the heirs of
Matthias and Anna Barbara Young deceased
under any law or laws of Congress to the
benefit of which they may be entitled.
Elizabeth McCain
Sally Young her mark
Cornelius J. Miller
Sarah Miller
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Sworn and subscribed before me a justice
of the peace in and for Clinton County
Indiana on this 3rd day of March
AD 1852 and I do certify that I am fully
satisfied in regard to the truth of their declarations and I further certify that the said Keziah
Young being a minor her statement was left out
and that she is added to the list of minors by the
interlining before signing
Eli Armantrout (Seal)
Justice of the Peace

Know all men by these presents
that we David Young, Sally Young for
her minor children Keziah, Mary Ann, John and
Perry Young, Elizabeth McCain, Cornelius J.
Miller, and his wife Sarah Miller, [crossed out ‘and Keziah Young’] all of Clinton County, Indiana have
constituted and appointed and by these
presents do constitute and appoint George
H. Monsarrat of Louisville Kentucky our
true and lawful attorney irrevocably for us
and in our name to receive from the
United
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United States the bounty land certificate or warrant
or pension certificate or warrant, and all such
sum or sums of money either for pension, pay.
or arrears of pension or increase thereof or
extra pay, or arrears of pay, to which we may be
entitled as a portion of the heirs etc of Matthias
and Anna Barbara Young as set forth in our
respective foregoing declarations, and generally to
do all lawful acts and things whatever touching
the premises, an attorney or attorneys under
him for the purposes aforesaid to make and
at his pleasure revoke, hereby confirming all
and whatever our said attorney shall in our
name legally do or cause to be done in or
about the premises
Witness our hands in Clinton County
Indiana on this 23rd day of March
AD 1852
David Young
Elizabeth McCain

Sally x Young her mark
For Keziah Mary
John and Perry Young

Cornelius J. Miller
Sarah Miller

Witness
C H Barkley
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Acknowledged and subscribed before me a
justice of the peace in and for Clinton
County Indiana on this 3rd day of
March AD 1852 and I do hereby certify
that “Keziah” was interlined in third line and
“and Keziah Young” was erased on 5th and 6th
lines before signing.
Eli Armantrout (Seal)
Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana  Clinton County ss
On this 3rd day of March
AD 1802 personally appeared before me
a justice of the peace in [&] for the County and
State above named, Cyrus P. Pence aged 42
years and John Blake aged 64 both residents
of the above named county and State who
being by me first duly sworn according to
law do on their oath make the following
declaration (viz.) John Blake first knew
Matthias and Anna Barbara Young his wife in
Clinton County Indiana in the year AD 1831.
The said Matthias Young was known to me
as
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as a man who bore the reputation of having been
a soldier of the Revolution. He was also
known to me afterwards as a pensioner of
the United States. He and the said Anna
Barbara lived together as husband and wife
as long as he lived. The said Matthias
died in Clinton County Indiana, as well as
I remember on the 11th day of August AD 1838.
I was at his funeral. I knew the said
Anna Barbara afterwards until she died. She
remained the widow of the said Matthias.
She died in Clinton County Indiana on the
10th of April AD 1846 as well as I remember.
I was present at her funeral. The foregoing
statement of David Young in regard to the list
of his father’s children agrees with my knowledge
and belief. (Viz) I have seen and known John,
Matthias, Daniel, Polly who married Edward Regan
Henry Young, David the foregoing declarant, Solomon, Samuel and Elizabeth who married John McCain.
I have always heard that there was one who
had married John B Coleman, she was dead
before my acquaintance with the family. I knew
Mr John B Coleman, he is now dead. I never saw
Mrs Kiser, though I have heard of her as one of the
children of the said Matthias and Anner
Barbara Young deceased.
Cyrus P Pence stated
that
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that he first Knew Matthias and Anna Barbara
Young his wife deceased, in the year AD 1835.
The said Matthias was known to me from my first
acquaintance as a man who had been a soldier
of the Revolution, he was also known to me as a
pensioner of the United States. I knew the
above named Anna Barbar Young,  after his death
she continued his widow. She died as well as
I rember on the 10th day of April AD 1846.
I was not at her funeral but remember well
the news of her death. She died in Clinton
County Indiana
They both swear further that David Young, Elizabeth McCain, Sally Young, Cornelius J Miller and his wife Sarah, [crossed out ‘and Keziah Young’] are each and severally known to us as they have therein before described themselves (Viz) David, or the son of the above named Matthias and Anna Barbara Young dec’d, Elizabeth McCain or the daughter of the said Matthias and Anna Barbara. She is also known to us as the widow of John McCain deceased.  Sally Young is known to us as the widow
of Henry Young deceased one of the children and
heirs of the above named Matthias and Anna Barbara. Cornelius Miller and his wife Sarah are
Known
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known to us the said Sarah as the daughter of
the above Henry Young deceased and the said
Cornelius J Miller is her husband.
[crossed out - “Keziah Young is known to us as the daughter of the above named Henry Young”]
And they swear that they are disinterested.
Witnesses
Cyrus P Pence
John Blake

Sworn and subscribed before me a justice
of the peace in and for Clinton County
Indiana on this 23d day of March
AD 1853 and I do certify that they the
said John Blake and Cyrus P. Pence are
men of undoubted veracity whose evidence
would be received in any court of justice
and I further certify that the name of Keziah Young
on 16th page, and the two lines on this 17th page
was erased before signing
Eli Armantrout (Seal)
Justice of the Peace
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The State of Indiana County of Clinton ss
I, John Barner Clerk of
the Clinton Circuit Court in the State of
Indiana do certify hereby that Eli
Armantrout Esquire before whom the within
and foregoing declarations, affidavits and
power of attorney were made is and was at
the time of the date of same, an acting justice
of the peace, duly elected, commissioned and
qualified and that full faith and credit
are due to all of his official acts as
such, and that his signature thereto attached
is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed the seal of said
Court at office in Frankfort
this 24th day of March AD
1852 John Barner Clerk
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April 20, 1940
BA-J/AWF
Matthias Young
R. 11949

Mr. William Garwood
Brighton
Michigan
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the Revolutionary War record of
Matthias Young who was born in 1760 in Frederick
County, Maryland, and was living in 1834, in
Clinton County, Indiana.
The data which follow were obtained from
papers on file in claim for pension, R. 11949,
based upon the military service of Matthias
Young, in the Revolutionary War.
Matthias Young was born in the year 1760, in
Frederick County, Maryland. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Frederick County, Maryland, Matthias Young volunteered in Fredericktown,
sometime in May, 1780, served as a private in
Captain Felty Cregor's company, Colonel James
Johnston's Maryland regiment, and was discharged
sometime in February, 1781.
He moved from Frederick County, Maryland in 1805, to Ohio, and moved to Clinton County, Indiana,
in 1829.
He was allowed pension on his application
executed May 13, 1834, then a resident of Clinton
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County, Indiana.

The soldier, Matthias Young, married November
2, 1783, in Fredericktown, Maryland, Anna Barbara
Christ. The date and place of her birth, and names
of parents were not given.

Matthias Young died in Clinton County, Indiana,
August 11, 1838, and his widow, Anna Barbara Young, died there April 10, 1846, aged eighty-three years.

The following data in regard to the children
of Matthias Young, and his wife, Anna Barbara, are
shown in the claim:

John Young, residing in Warren County, his
in 1852;
Matthias Young, Jr., married Hannah Aughe, both
of whom were dead, in 1852;
Daniel Young, married Peggy Creiger, he was dead
in 1852, and his widow, Peggy Young, was living then in Clinton County, Indiana
Polly Young, married Edward Ryan, they were living in 1852, in Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Catherine Young, married John B. Coleman, both
were dead in 1852;
Susannah Young, married Henry Kriser, she was dead in 1852, and he was living then near Potosi, Wisconsin;
Henry Young, married Sally Keiser, he was dead
in 1852, and his widow, Sally Young, was living then in Clinton County, Indiana.
David Young was fifty-two years old in 1852, then
living in Clinton County, Indiana
Solomon Young was a resident of Tippecanoe
County, Indiana, in 1852;
Samuel Young, married Debor Ann Havlin (Hevelin),
he was dead in 1852, and his widow, Debora Ann, was then married to William Thatcher and living in Clinton County, Indiana.
Elizabeth Young, married John McCain, he was dead
in 1852, and his widow, Elizabeth McCain, was living
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at that time in Clinton County, Indiana.
The following data relative to the grandchildren
of the soldier, Matthias Young, and his wife, Anna
Barbara, are shown, also:
Children of Matthias Young, Jr., and his wife,
Hannah -
John Young, a resident of Tippecanoe County,
Indiana, in 1852;
Abram Young, a resident of Howard County,
Indiana, in 1852;
Barbara, married Thomas Paris, both were living in
1852, in Clinton County, Indiana
Matthias Young, a resident of Howard County,
Indiana, in 1852;
Margaret, married George Grant, both were living in
1852, in Howard County, Indiana
Joseph Young, a resident of Howard County,
Indiana, in 1852;
Peter Young, a resident of Howard County, Indiana,
in 1852;
Hannah Catherine Young, a resident of Howard
County, Indiana, in 1852;
Jackson Young, a resident of Howard County, Indiana, in 1852.

Children of Daniel Young, and his wife, Peggy
Eliza, Samuel, John, and Mary Young, all of whom
were living in 1852, in Clinton County, Indiana.

Children of Catherine Young, and her husband,
John B. Coleman-
Elizabeth, married William Sheppard, both living in
1852, in Clinton County, Indiana
Thomas Coleman, a resident of Clinton County,
Indiana, in 1852;
Barbara Ann, married John F. Bowen, both living in
Clinton County, Indiana, in 1852;
Catherine, married Philip Bowen, both living in
Clinton County, Indiana
John Coleman, dead in 1852;
James Coleman, living in California, in 1849.

Children of Susannah Young, and her husband,
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Henry Kriser.
Louvisa, married Celestin Koltenbach; they were
living in 1852, in Potosi, Wisconsin;
Mary, married Davis Gillihan, they were living in
1852, in Potosi, Wisconsin.

Children of Henry Young, and his wife, Sally
Minerva, married George Mash, they were living in
Clinton County, Indiana, in 1852;
Sarah, married Cornelius J. Miller, they were
living in 1852, in Clinton County, Indiana;
Elizabeth, married Joshua Byers, they were
living in Clinton County, Indiana, in 1852;
Henry Young, living in 1852, in Clinton County,
Indiana,
Keziah Young, living in Clinton County, Indiana,
in 1852;
Mary Ann Young, living in Clinton County, Indiana,
in 1852;
John Young, living in Clinton County, Indiana,
in 1852;
Perry Young, living in Clinton County, Indiana,
in 1852.

Children of Samuel Young, and his wife, Debora
Ann -
Jacob Young, living in 1852, in Clinton County,
Indiana,
Martha Young, living in 1852, in Clinton County,
Indiana,
Amos Young, living in 1852, in Clinton County,
Indiana,
Mary Young, living in 1852, in Clinton County,
Indiana,
Albert Young, living in 1852, in Clinton County,
Indiana.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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May 9.08. Hist. to Col. John T. Barnett
Pres. Sons of Rev, Indiana
# 2001 N. Delaware St. Indpls, Ind - fw
for monument

Dec. 7, 1923 - Hist. to Mrs. Chas B. Kern - pc
1924, Apr. 12. Hist. to Mrs. Nettie Berry - um

1924, Apr. 12. Hist to Mrs Leslie M. Beaven. - um

1930 Aug 18 Hist. Ruth Louis Heaton - awy
1936 26 " " Mrs Chas B. Kern - awy
1940 - April 20."" William Garwood - awy

11.949
P. O.
Anna Barbara Young
Service:
Enlisted: REJECTED
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges: List of rejected claims
printed in 1852 shows cause of
rejection of widow's claim
as follows, “Not a widow at
date of the act.”
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for
Contract.
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October 26, 1936
Matthias Young-R.11949
BA-J/A F

Mrs. Charles Bruce Kern
713 Kossuth Street
Fayette, Indiana
Dear Madam:
request the revolutionary and War of 1812 records
of David Young, Henry Young, and Michael Grist, and
the Revolutionary War record of Matthias Young, a
pensioner of Clinton County, Indiana.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary
and War of 1812 records and the limited trained
clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each
request for Revolutionary and War of 1812 data.
The record of Matthias Young is furnished herein
as found in pension claim, R. 11949, based upon his
service in the War of the Revolution.
Matthias Young was born in the year 1760, in
Frederick County, Maryland. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Frederick County, Maryland, Matthias Young volunteered in Fredericktown,
sometime in May, 1780, served as a private in
Captain Felty Cregor's company, Colonel James
Johnston's Maryland regiment, and was discharged
sometime in February, 1781.
He moved from Frederick County, Maryland in 1805, to Ohio, and moved to Clinton County, Indiana,
in 1829.
He was allowed pension on his application
executed May 13, 1834, then a resident of Clinton County, Indiana.

Matthias Young, married November
2, 1783, in Fredericktown,
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Fredericktown, Maryland, Anna Barbara Christ. 

The sodier, Matthias Young died in Clinton County, Indiana,
August 11, 1838, and his widow, Anna Barbara Young, died there April 10, 1846, aged eighty-three years.

The children of Matthias Young, and his wife, Anna Barbara:

John Young, residing in Warren County, his
in 1852;
Matthias Young, Jr., married Hannah Aughe, both
of whom were dead, in 1852;
Daniel Young, married Peggy Creiger, he was dead
in 1852, and his widow, Peggy Young, was living then in Clinton County, Indiana
Polly Young, married Edward Ryan, they were living in 1852, in Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Catherine Young, married John B. Coleman, both
were dead in 1852;
Susannah Young, married Henry Kriser, she was dead in 1852, and he was living then near Potosi, Wisconsin;
Henry Young, married Sally Keiser, he was dead
in 1852, and his widow, Sally Young, was living then in Clinton County, Indiana.
David Young was fifty-two years old in 1852, then
living in Clinton County, Indiana
Solomon Young was a resident of Tippecanoe
County, Indiana, in 1852;
Samuel Young, married Debor Ann Havlin (Hevelin),
he was dead in 1852, and his widow, Debora Ann, was then married to William Thatcher and living in Clinton County, Indiana.
Elizabeth Young, married John McCain, he was dead
in 1852, and his widow, Elizabeth McCain, was then living in Clinton County, Indiana.

The grandchildren of Matthias Young, and his wife,
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Anna Barbara:

Children of Matthias Young, Jr., and his wife,
Hannah: 
John Young, a resident of Tippecanoe County,
Indiana, in 1852; Abram Young, a resident of Howard County, Indiana, in 1852; Barbara, married Thomas Paris, both of whom were living in 1852, in Clinton County, Indiana, Matthias Young, living in 1852, in  Howard County, Indiana; Margaret, married George Grant, both of whom were living in 1852, in Howard County, Indiana; Joseph Young, living in Howard County, Indiana, in 1852; Peter Young, Hannah Catherine Young and Jackson Young, all of whom were living in 1852 in Howard County, Indiana.

Children of Daniel Young, and his wife, Peggy:
Eliza, Samuel, John, and Mary Young, all of whom
were living in 1852, in Clinton County, Indiana.

Children of Catherine Young, and her husband,
John B. Coleman-
Elizabeth, married William Sheppard, both living in Clinton County, Indiana in 1852; Thomas Coleman,  in 1852, living in  Clinton County; Barbara Ann, married John F. Bowen, both living in
Clinton County, in 1852; Catherine, married Philip Bowen, both living in 1852 in Clinton County, Indiana
John Coleman, dead in 1852; James Coleman, who went to California, in 1849.

Children of Susannah Young, and her husband,
Henry Kriser:
Louvisa, married Celestin Koltenbach; and Mary, married Davis Gillihan; they were all
living in 1852, in Potosi, Wisconsin;

Children of Henry Young, and his wife, Sally:
Minerva, married George Mash, Sarah, married Cornelius J. Miller, Elizabeth, married Joshua Byers, Henry, Keziah, Mary Ann, John, and Perry Young, all of whom were living in 1852 in Clinton County, Indiana.

Children of Samuel Young, and his wife, Debora
Ann:
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Jacob, Martha, Amos, Mary, and Albert Young, all of whom were living in 1852, in Clinton County,
Indiana.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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August 18, 1930
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF: MLB

Ruth Louise Heaton
South Jackson Street
Frankfort, Indiana
Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 11949, that Matthias Young was born in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1760 and while living in Fredericktown, Maryland, he volunteered as a minute man May 1, 1780, went into actual service a month later and
served for eight months as a private in Captain Felty Cregor's Company, Colonel James Johnston's Maryland Regiment. 

He moved to Warren County, Ohio, in 1805, and to Clinton County, Indiana, in 1829.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1834, while a resident of Clinton County, Indiana.

He died in Clinton County, Indiana, August 11, 1838.

He married in Fredericktown, Maryland, November 2, 1783, Anna Barbara Christ, who died in Clinton County, Indiana, April 10, 1846, aged about eighty-three or four years.

Their children were: -- Matthias, Jr., who married Hannah Aughe; Daniel, who married Peggy Creiger; Mary (r Polly), who married Edward Ryan; Catherine, who married John B. Coleman; Susannah, married Henry Kriser; Henry, married Sally Keiser; Samuel, married Debora Ann Hevlin (or Hevelin); Elizabeth, married John McCain; John, David and Solomon Young.

Their grandchildren were:
Children of Matthias, Jr. -- Barbara, married Thomas Paris; Margaret, married George Grant, John J. Abram (or Abraham), Matthias, Joseph, Simon Peter, Hannah Catherine and Andrew Jackson Young.
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2 -
Children of Daniel: - Elisa, Samuel, John and Mary Young.

Children of Catherine: - Elizabeth, married William Shepherd; Barbra Ann, married John F. Bowen, Catharine, married Phillip Bowen; James, Thomas and John B. Coleman.

Children of Susannah: - Louvisa, married Celestin Koltenbach; and Mary, married Davis Gillihan.

Children of Henry: -- Minerva, married George Mash; Sarah, married Cornelius J. Miller; Elizabeth, married Joshua Byers; Henry, Keziah, Mary Ann, John and Perry Young.

Children of Samuel: Jacob, Martha, Amos, Mary and Albert Young.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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April 12, 1920.

Mrs. Nettie Berry,
120 N. East St.,
Lebanon, IND.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, R.11949, it appears that Matthias Young was born in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1780 and while living in Fredericktown, Maryland, he volunteered as a
minute-man May 1, 1780, went into actual service a month later and served for 8 months as a private in Captain Felty Cregor's Company, Colonel James Johnston's Maryland Regiment.

He moved to Warren County, Ohio, in 1805 and to Clinton County, Indiana, in 1829.

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1834, while a resident of Clinton County, Indiana, and he died in Clinton County, Indiana, August 11, 1838.

He married in Fredericktown, Maryland, November 2, 1783. Anna Barbara Christ, and she died in Clinton County, Indiana , April 10, 1846, aged about eighty-three or four years.

Their children were: Matthias, Jr., married Hannah Authe;
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Daniel, married Peggy Creiger; Mary (or Polly), married Edward Ryan; Catherine, married John B. Coleman; Susannah, married Henry Kriser; Henry, married Sally Keiser; Samuel, married Debora Ann Hevlin (or Hevelin); Elizabeth, married John
McCain, John, David and Solomon Young.

Their grandchildren were:
Children of Matthias, Jr.: Barbara, married Thomas Paris: Margaret, married George Grant; John J., Abram (or Abraham ), Matthias, Joseph, Simon Peter, Hannah Catherine and Andrew Jackson Young,

Children of Daniel: Eliza, Samuel, John and Mary Young.

Children of Catherine: Elizabeth, married William Shepherd, Barbra Ann, married John F. Bowen; Catharine, married Phillip Bowen; James Thomas and John B. Coleman.

Children of Susannah: Louvisa, married Celestin Koltenback, and Mary, married Davis Gillilan,

Children of Henry: Minerva, married George Wash; Sarah, married Cornelius J. Miller; Elizabeth, married Joshua Byers; Henry, Keziah, Mary Ann, John and Perry Young,

Children of Samuel: Jacob, Martha, Ames, Mary and Albert Young.

Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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Mrs. Leslie M. Beaven,
802 N. Meridian St.,
Lebanon, IND.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.11949, it appears that Matthias Young was born in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1760 and while living in Fredericktown, Maryland, he volunteered
as a minute-man May 1, 1780, went into actual service a month later and served for eight months as a private in Captain Felty Cregor's Company, Colonel James Johnston's Maryland Regiment.
He moved to Warren County, Ohio, in 1805 and to Clinton County, Indiana, in 1829.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1834 while a resident of Clinton County, Indiana, and he died in Clinton County, Indiana, August 11, 1838..
He married in Fredericktown, Maryland, November 22, 1783, Anna Barbara Christ, and she died in Clinton County, Indiana, April 10, 1846, aged about eighty-three or four years.
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Their children were: Matthias, Jr., married Hannah Aughe; Daniel, married Peggy Creiger; Mary (or Polly), married Edward Ryan; Catherine, married John B. Coleman; Susannah, married Henry Kriser; Henry, married Sally Keiser; Samuel, married Debora Ann Nevin (or Hevelin); Elizabeth, married John McCain; John, David and Solomon Young.

Their grandchildren were:
Children of Matthias, Jr. Barbara, married Thomas Paris; Margaret, married George Grant; John J., Abram (or Abraham), Matthias, Joseph, Simon Peter, Hannah Catherine and Andrew Jackson Young.

Children of Daniel: Eliza, Samuel, John and Mary Young,

Children of Catherine Elizabeth, married William Shepherd; Barbra Ann, married John F. Bowen; Catharine, married Phillip Bowen; James Thomas and John B. Coleman.

Children of Susannah: Louvisa, married Celestin Koltenbach; and Mary, married Davis Gillilan.

Children of Henry Minerva, married George Nash; Sarah, married Cornelius J. Miller; Elizabeth, married Joshua Byers; Henry, Keziah, Mary Ann, John and Perry Young,

Children of Samuel: Jacob, Martha, Amos, Mary and Albert Young.

Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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December 7, 1923

Mrs. Charles B. Kern,
713 Kossuth St.
Lafayette, Ind.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revvolutionary War pension claim R.11949, it appears that Matthias Young was born in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1760 and while living in Fredericktown, Maryland, he volunteered as a minute-man May 1, 1780, went into actual service a month later and served for eight months as a private in Captain Felty Cregor's Company, Colonel James Johnston's
Maryland Regiment.
He moved to Warren County, Ohio, in 1805 and to Clinton County, Indiana, in 1829. He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1834 while a resident of Clinton County, Indiana, and he died in Clinton County, Indiana, August 11, 1838.
He married in Fredericktown, Maryland, ovember 2, 1783, Anna Barbara Christ, and she died in Clinton County, Indiana, April 10, 1846, aged about eighty-three or four years.
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Their children were: Matthias, Jr., married Hannah Aughe;
Daniel, married Peggy Creiger; Mary, (or Polly) married Edward
Ryan; Catherine, married John B. Coleman; Susannah, married
Henry Kriser; Henry, married Sally Keiser; Samuel, married
Debora Ann Helin ( or Hevelin); Elizabeth, married John McCain;
John, David and Solomon Young.
Their grandchildren were:
Children of Matthias, Jr. Barbara, married Thomas Paris;
Margaret, married George Grant; John J., Abram (or Abraham ),
Matthias, Joseph, Simon Peter, Hannah Catherine and Andrew
Jackson Young.
Children of Daniel Eliza, Samuel, John and Mary Young.
Children of Catherine Elizabeth, married William Shepherd
; Barbra Ann, married John F. Bowen; Catharine, married
Phillip Bowen; James Thomas and John B. Coleman.
Children of Susannah: Louvisa, married Celestin Koltenbach
; and Mary, married Davis Gillilan.
Children of Henry: Minerva, married George Mash; Sarah,
married Cornelius J. Miller; Elizabeth, married Joshua Byers;
Henry, Keziah, Mary Ann, John and Perry Young.
Children of Samuel: Jacob, Martha, Amos, Mary and Albert
Young.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Brighton, Michigan
March 21, 1940

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Attention Mr. A. D. Hiller
Dear Sir:
I find that after I had written the other letter
on the War of 1812 Veteran George Davis that I have one other inquiry that I did not list in the other letter.
I hope you will pardon me for taking up so much
of your valuable time on my own selfish motives.
I would like to know the war record of the
Revolutionary Soldier Matthias Young, born in Frederick County in 1760 and while he was living in Frederickstown Maryland he volunteered in 1780, he served in Col. Maryland
regiment and after the war moved to Ohio and then to Indiana
he was allowed pension in 1834 while residing in Clinton, Co. Indiana.
I hope that this will give you enought so you can easily locate this, I would like to know what campaigns he served in etc
Very truly Yours,
William Goward
William Garwood, Brighton, Michigan
WG/WR

Penson no..
R. 11949
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B 84 325
Brighton, Michigan
March 21, 1940

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RECEIVED 
MAR 22 1940
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Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Revolution and 1812 Wars Section.
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:
I am writing you in an endeavor to locate the war record of an ancestor of mine.
He served in the Revolutionary War and his name was Mathias Young, he was born in Frederick County, Maryland in
1760 and joined up in 1780 in Cregor's Company, Jarves Johnston's
Maryland Regiment.
I realize that you will think that I have enough
information about him, but I would like to know his rank and how long he served and what campaigns he was in, I wish this information so I can present it to the Sons of the American Revolution.
In looking over my material again I see that he spelled his name Matthais Young,
Hoping to hear from your fine section soon.
Sincerely Yours,
William Garwood
William Garwood, Brighton, Michigan.
WG/WR

his pension no
R. 11949
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Address: The Adjutant General,
ORD
War Department, Washington, D. C.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE.
WASHINGTON Feb 8 1924
Respectfully returned to
Mra Leslie M Beaven
803 N. Meridean St.
Lebanon Indiana
There are no records on file
in this office of the organization
mentioned in the letter returned
herewith, nor has the name of the
man in question been found on the
records in this office of soldiers
of the Revolutionary War from the
State mentioned.
The collection of Revolutionary
War records in this office is
far from complete, and it is suggested
as a possibility that the
desired information may be obtained
from the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C., or from
the authorities of the State referred
to within.
Please send any information to Mrs Netti
Berry, Lebanon Ind
820 N East St
Robert C Davis
The Adjutant General.
By ESB
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RECEIVED
MAR 15 1924
DISBURSING OFFICE
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Frankfort, Ind. July 18-1930
U. S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir
Will you kindly give
me whatever data you have of
the Revolutionary soldier, Matthias
Young of Pensylvania - he died
at Frankfort, Ind. Aug 11, 1838
age 78 yes
He married "Betsey Ross"
What have you in regard to his
family, pension act.
Awaiting a prompt reply and
thanking you for same
Yours very truly
Ruth Louise Heaton
S. Jackson St

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US PENSION OFFICE 
JUL 18 1930
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LEBANON IND
FEB 13 1924

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RECEIVED
DISBURSING OFFICE
MAR 15 1924

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ASSISTANT AND CHIEF CLERK
FEB 15 1924
WAR DEPT.

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RECEIVED
FEB 16 1924
OLD RECORDS DIVISION

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as

War Dept
Washington DC
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Will you please give
me Revoluntionary Record
of one Mathias
Young, who
served as private iunder 
Captain F. Cregor in
Col James Johnstons
Maryland Regiment
Very Sincerely
Mrs. Leslie M. Beaven
803.N. Meridian,
Lebanon
Indiana
15 Received A G O FEB 16 1924
Feb. 11-1924.

M Young volunteered as militia man - 1781.
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To, The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir-
I think I wrote you some
time ago, but fearing that
my letter did not reach you
I am writing again.
I am looking for the Revolutionary
record of Matthias Young
Will your office be good
enough to send me any
records which you may have
of this name?
Do you have the name of
Matthias Young who lived

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US PENSION OFFICE
NOV 23 1923
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in Frederick Maryland or
who lived in Monroe, Ohio?
I shall appreciate anything
which you can tell me.
Thanking you I am
Sincerely
Mrs. Charles B. Kern
713 Rosseth st
Lafayette Ind
P.S. Do you have Matthias Young
from Pa?

Nov. 19, 1923
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US PENSION OFFICE
NOV 12 1923

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C
Dear Sirs
I think I wrote your office some time ago to know
whether you have the name of
Matthias Young on your list of
Revolutionary soldiers.

If so, do you have the name
of his wife?
Do you have a Matthias
Young from  Frederick, Maryland, who married Ann Barbara Crist of Frederick?
Or do you have Matthias
young from any Pennsylvania
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regiment, who married Ann
Barbara Crist, in 1784?
If you do not have this marriage
record of the soldiers, can you tell
me where to find it?
Surely they kept some family record,
as well as the war record of these
men.
Can you help me?

Sincerely
Mrs. Charles B Kern
713 Kossuth st
Lafayette Ind
Nov. 8-1923

P.S. -- Can you give me the military
record of this Matthias Young -
“Matthias Young age 84, resided
with Michael Young June 1st, 1840
Mifflin, Richland Co. Ohio”
“Census of Pensioners for Revolution
or Military Service published by
act of Congress 1841.”
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Bureau of Pensions
Washington DC

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PENSION OFFICE U S
OCT 26 1923

Dear Sir
I am writing to find
the the Revolutionary record of Matthias
Young who was born in
Maryland and later lived in
Indiana where he is
buried. However he did
not come to Indiana until
the early part of 1820 A.D
He married Barbara Ann
Crist of Frederick, Maryland - so we feel that he
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served from either Maryland
or Pennsylvania.
Where would we look for
the record of his discharge?
Do you have a record of
pension for Matthias Young?
Our records say that he was
also in the War of 1812.
Do you have such a name in
that war record?
May I please hear from you
Soon
I thank you in advance
Most Sincerely
Mrs. Charles B. Kern
713 Kossuth st
Lafayette Ind
Oct. 18 - 1923
P.S. Do you have a record of
Matthias Young, Revolutionary soldier
from Frankfort, Indiana?
Also one from Ohio?
Or one from Maryland or Pennsylvania?
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RECEIVED
AUG 29 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV
READER #14
VETS ADM

MRS CHARLES BRUCE KERN
713 KOSSUTH STREET
LAFAYETTE, INDIANA

To Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir
Do you have in your
Revolutionary, and War
of 1812 records a pension
record of the names-
David Young- Henry Young
or Michael Crist?
I will appreciate any data
you have concerning the
above names - especially
as to their family connections.
Also will you please be
good enough to send
we the pension record
with names of children.
wife etc. of Matthias
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Young who lived in
Frederick Maryland and
come to Clinton County
Indiana - , and his
service record in the
Revolution.
Hoping for an early
reply and thanking you-
Sincerely
Mrs. Charles B. Kern

Aug. 27, 1936

David Young may have married
Maria Lowe and may have had a 
son Matthias

Or Henry Young may have
been the father of Matthias
Young, who married Anna
Barbara Crist
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Matthias Young Ind. act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
Pen Office
Dec. 24, 1839
Died 11th Aug 1838 paid to that period 
H
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Anna Barbary Young
Indiana

Rejected

See let 24 Dec
1839 to Hon. F.A.
Howard
J J Coombs July 29.52
husband died
after passage act
7 July 1836
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Washington, April 29th 1852
Sir
The enclosed papers in relation to the
claim of the heirs of Anna Barbara Young
dec’d for revolutionary Pension have
been forwarded to me to file in your
office, and I therefore file them. 
Although it appears from the facts
set forth that under present decision
there can be no pension due, because
the widow was not a widow at the
passage of the act of 1838, and died before
the 3rd of March 1851.
I am, very respectfully
Your Ob’t Serv’t
J J Coombs

J.E. Heath Esq
Com’r of Pensions
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J. J. Coombes
July 297852
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331
Pension Office
July 29 1852

Sir
The application of Anna Barbara Young
dec’d of Indiana has been received and filed
with her original papers. She was not
a widow at the passage of the act of July
1838 and she died before the passage of the
Act of 3 March 1851. No pension is due


J. J. Coombs Esq
Present
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346
War Dept. Pen Office
Dec 24 1839
Sir
The declaration and
testimony in the case of Mrs Anne
Barbary Young widow of Matthias
Young dec’d under act 7 July 1838
has been examined. It would
appear therefrom that she was married
in November 1783, and after the termination
 of her husband’s service and that
her husband died 11th August 1838. The 
act of July 1838, which provides for
those widows who were married after
the termination of their husbands service
and before 1st January 1794, does not
provide for those, whose husband died
after the passage of said act. The
claim has therefore been rejected and
the papers filed in this office.
The declaration and testimony
in the case of Mrs Jemima Thatcher
widow of Amos Thatcher dec’d have
also been examined and filed with
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suspended cases. It would appear that
she was married in January 1783
and after the termination of her
husband’s service. She would therefore
be entitled to a pension under act
7 July 1838. The act under which
she claims should be set forth
in her declaration. This has not
been done. A new declaration should
be made, drawn up in conformity with
the blank form contained in the
enclosed printed sheet, and of
the sheet containing the family record
of the marriage of the claimant, 
or, if there be no record of the marriage, of
the birth of the children should
be transmitted to this office as
required in note C in the enclosed
sheet. The amended declaration may
be made before a Justice of the Peace
whose office chapter and signature
should be certified by the proper officer
under his seal of office.
The declaration and testimony
in the case of Mrs Hannah Ragin
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widow of Thomas Ragin, dec’d have
also been ex’d & filed with suspended
cases. As in the foregoing cases, no
act is mentioned in her declaration. It
would appear that she was married
in 1775, which was before her husband’s
service in the revolutionary war. She would
therefore  be entitled to a pension under act 
4 July 1836 and should not in a
declaration under said act.
Enclosed is a copy of the act of the 4 July 36
with the regulations thereto attached.
If there be a family record of her
marriage or of the births of her
child it should be exhibited.
If there be none the claimant should
state the fact under oath and if
possible procure some additional proof of her
having been a married woman before
her husbands revolutionary service terminated.
In her husband’s declaration allusions are made to his "family”, and "home”, and “domestic concerns”, 
but he does not expressly state that he was
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married except when making allusion
to his children in 1790. Her husband
having died after the passage of the
act of 7 July 1838, she is not intitled
to the benefits of that act, even
if the proof of her marriage before
Her husband  left the army, should not
be satisfactory.
Hon T. A. Howard
Dec’r 24 1839
H. R.

Hon T. A. Howard
H. R.

Act 7 July 1838
R 6500
T 6500
Y 6502
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Frankfort Ind May 17, 1834
J L Edwards
Sir,
I herewith return the papers of Mathias
Young as amended also the brief forwarded to him of his case. The Declaration is amended before “the Probate Court” of this County which is a Court of record. He has also sworn to the length of his service according to notes of the brief forwarded. Mr Young volunteered as a minute man, but did not go into actual service for one month, after
which he was “at least: 8 months in actual service
It is believed that the objections pointed in the brief are all answered to the satisfaction of the Department, and should no others exist,  Mr Young hopes for a favourable result of his application-
I also forward the application of William Carter made before the same Court.
Mr Young & McCarter are the only soldiers of
the revolution in this (Clinton) County.
I am Sir Respectfully
Your obt Servant
Jas A. Maxwell

To J. L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Agent Washington D C
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office
October 11th 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”, The widow of Matthias Young
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Madison, Md Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and sixty six Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1838, to the 11th August 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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State of Indiana  Clinton County ss
On this 25th day of
March AD 1852 personally appeared
before me a justice of the peace in and for
the County and State aforesaid William
Shepherd and his wife Elizabeth Shepherd
residents of the above named County and State,
aged respectively 36 and 33 years who being
by me first duly sworn according to law
do on their oath make the following
declaration (Viz) That the said Elizabeth
is one of the children and heirs of John B.
Coleman and his wife Catherine, both of whom
are now dead. Viz The said Catherine died
in Johnson County Indiana as well as I remember
in the month of April 1829 or 1830. She was
one of the children and heirs of Matthias and
Anna Barbara Young now deceased,
The said Matthias died in Clinton County Indiana
on the 11th day of August AD 1838. The said
Elizabeth war at his funeral. He was a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death.
His wife Anna Barbara remained his
widow.  She died in Clinton County Indiana
on the 10th day of April AD 1846. We were
not
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not at her funeral but heard of it in a
short time afterwards. The above named John
B. Coleman died in Clinton County Indiana
as well as we remember on the 23rd day of
November AD 1841, My father and mother
the said John B and his wife Catherine
left the following children and heirs at law.
1 Elizabeth intermarried with William
Shepherd these declarants Clinton Co. Pa.
2 James Coleman - not known where he is
3 Thos Coleman - Howard County Indiana
4 Barbara intermarried with John Bowen
They live in Clinton County Ia.
5 John Coleman - not known where he is
6 Catherine intermarried with Philip Bowen
They resided in Clinton County Indiana

The last we heard of brother James Coleman
he was about to start to California or Oregon
about two years since. The last we heard of
brother John Coleman, he was in Missouri
about two years since. We have heard this
winter past that he was dead. We expect
that brother Thomas, or one of our sister
Bowens can give more definite statements
about them than we can, we have not
heard from them for about two months.
We have never before made any application
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application for a pension as a portion of the
heirs etc as stated above.
We make this declaration for the purpose
of obtaining the pension, anears or increase
of pension, pay, extra pay, anears or increase of 
pay, to which we may be entitled as
one of the heirs of the above named John B
and Catherine Coleman deceased, one of the
children and heirs of Mathias and Anna Barbara Young deceased, under any law or laws of Congress to the benefit of which we may be entitled.
William Shepherd
Elizabeth Shepherd her mark
Witness C H Barkley

Sworn and subscribed before me a Justice
of the peace in and for Clinton County
Indiana on this day and year above
written and I do certify that I am
fully satisfied in regard to the truth of
their declaration and that they are of
the ages respectively which they state
themselves to be, and that the words "or
Oregon” were interlined [before] signing 
William V. McKinney {Seal}
Justice of the Peace
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Know all men by these presents that we
William Shepherd and Elizabeth Shepherd of
Clinton County Indiana have constituted and
appointed, and by these presents do constitute
and appoint George H Monsarrat of Lewisville
Kentucky, our true and lawful attorney, irrevoca[bly]
for us and in our name to receive from
the United States, the bounty land certificate
or warrant ot pension certificate or warrant, 
and any money or moneys due us by
the United States on account of pension,
asses, or increase of pension, pay, extra
pay, or any money due us on any account
whatever and to which we may be entitled
as one of the heirs of Catherine Coleman
deceased, etc as is more particularly set
forth in our foregoing declaration; and
attorney or attorneys under him for the purposes
aforesaid to make and at his pleasure revoke,
hereby confirming all and whatever our said
attorney shall in our name legally do
or cause to be done in or about the premises.
Witness our hands in Clinton County
Indiana on this 25th day of March AD 1852
William Shepherd
Elizabeth Shepherd her mark
Witness C H Barkley
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Acknowledged and subscribed before me a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid on the day and year above written. The word ‘any’ was interlined before signing.
William V. McKinney {Seal}
Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana Clinton County
On this 25th day of  March
AD 1852 personally appeared
before me a justice of the peace in and
for Clinton County Indiana, William Lockridge
aged 75 years and Elizabeth Lockridge aged
48 years both residents of the above named
County and State who being by me first
duly sworn according to law do on their
oath make the following declaration (Viz
That William Shepherd and his wife Elizabeth
Shepherd who have signed the foregoing
declaration, have been known to us
for eleven (11) years. We have always heard
and believed that the said Elizabeth’s name
before her marriage was Elizabeth Coleman, 
and that her mother's maiden name was
Young.
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Young and that she had been dead for
many years before our acquaintance and
that she was a sister of David Young
who now lives in this County near Frankfort.
 We never knew John B Coleman the
father of the above named Elizabeth Shepherd but have heard and believed
for many years that he was dead. 
And they further swear that they are
disinterested witnesses. 
William his Lockridge mark
Elizabeth her Lockridge mark
Witness as to both
C H Barkley

Sworn and subscribed before me a
Justice of the peace in and for
Clinton County Indiana on this 25th
day of March AD 1852 and I do
certify that they the said William and
Elizabeth Lockridge are persons of undoubted
veracity whose evidence would be recieved in any 
Court of justice and they are of the respective ages that they state themselves to be
William V. McKinney {seal} 
Justice of the Peace
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The State of Indiana County of Clinton SS
I, John, Barner Clerk of the Clinton Circuit Court
do hereby certify that William V.
McKinney Esquire before whom the
foregoing declaration, power of attorney
and affidavit were made, was at
the date of the same, an acting
justice of the peace in and for
the County and State aforesaid,
duly elected, commissioned and qualified,
and that all his official acts as
such are entitled to full faith and
credit, and that his signature to
the certificates following each is
genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of said Court
at office in Frankfort this 8th day of April AD
1852 John Barner Clerk
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State of Indiana Clinton County SS
On this 25th day of March
AD 1852 personally appeared
before me a justice of the peace in
and for the County and State above named,
Thomas Paris and his wife Barbara Ann
both residents of the County and State aforesaid, 
aged respectively 41 and 33 years
who being by me first duly sworn according to
law do on their oath make the following
declaration (Viz) That this declarant Barbara
is one of the children and heirs of Matthias
Young Jr deceased and his wife Hannah
also now deceased (Viz) The said Matthias
jr died in Howard County Indiana on
the [blank] day of February or March AD 1844 or 45 and the said Hannah died in Howard County Indiana
on the [blank] day of April AD 1847 and
that they left the following children and
heirs at law (Viz)
1 John Young Tippecanoe County Indiana
2 Barbara Ann, intermarried with Thos Paris
these declarants, Clinton County Indiana
2 Abram Young, Howard [County Indiana]
4 Mathias Young, Howard [County Indiana]
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5 Margaret intermarried with George
Grant, Howard County Indiana
6 Joseph Young, Howard [County Indiana]
7 Simon Peter Young Howard [County Indiana]
8 Hannah Catherine Young, Howard [County Indiana]
9 Jackson Young, Howard [County Indiana] 
The above is a full list of the heirs
and children of the said Matthias Young jr
and Hannah his wife, deceased.
The above named Matthias Jr was one of the
children and heirs of Matthias Young,
a soldier of the war of the Revolution and
a pensioner of the United States at the
time of his death in Clinton County Indiana
and his wife Anna Barbara Young deceased,
late of Clinton County Indiana, She never
intermarried after the death of her husband
the said Matthias Young but remained his
widow from the time of his death viz from
the 11th day of August AD 1838 to the 10th
day of April AD 1846.
They have never before applied for
any pension as one of the heirs of
the above named Matthias Young Jr deceas’d
as one of the children and heirs of the
above named Matthias and Anna Barbara
Young deceased. They
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They make this declaration for the
purpose of obtaining the pension, arrears
or increase of pension, pay extra pay,
arrears or increase of pay, to which
they may be entitled as one of the children
and heirs of Matthias Young Jr deceased, 
who was one of the children and
heirs of Matthias Young and his wife
Anna Barbara Young deceased, under
any law or laws of Congress to the
benefit of which they may be entitled
They have forgotten the year and month of the death of Matthias Young their father. The children in Howard County Indiana can no doubt supply the information.
Thomas Paris
Barbara Ann her Paris mark
Witness C H Barkley

Sworn and subscribed before me a
justice of the peace in and for the
County and State aforesaid on the day
and year above written and I do certify
that I am fully satisfied in regard to the
that of their declaration and that they
are of the ages respectively which they
State themselves to be
Nathaniel Bell
A Justice of the Peace
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Know all men by these presents that
We Thomas Paris and Barbara Ann Paris
of Clinton County Indiana have constituted
and appointed and by these presents do hereby
constitute and appoint George H Monsaratt of
Louisville Kentucky, our true and lawful attorney
irrevocably for us and in our name to recieve
from the United States the bounty land certificate
or warrant or pension certificate or warrant
and any and all such sum or sums of money
due us by the United States on account
of pension, arrears or increase of pension,
pay, extra pay, arrears or increase of pay,
or any money or moneys due us by the United States
on any account whatever and to
which we may be entitled as one of the
children and heirs of Matthias Young jr
deceased who was one of the children and heirs
of Matthias and Anna Barbara Young dec’d, 
as set forth in our foregoing declaration
and generally to do all lawful acts and things
touching the premises; an attorney or attorneys under him for the purposes aforesaid to make and at his pleasure revoke, hereby confirming all
and whatever our said attorney shall in
our name legally do or cause to be done in or
about
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about the premises. Witness our hands
in Clinton County Indiana on this 25th
day of March AD 1852
Thomas Paris
Barbara Ann her Paris mark
Witness C H Barkley

Acknowledged and subscribed before me a
justice of the peace in and for Clinton
County Indiana on this day and year
above written
Nathaniel Bell
A Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana Clinton County 
On this 25th day of March
AD 1852 personally appeared
before me a Justice of the peace in and
for the County and State aforesaid Samuel
Anderson and John Egner aged 56
and 30 years respectively who being by me
first duly sworn according to law do on their
oath make the following declaration (viz)
That Thos Pairs and his wife Barbara Ann
who
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who have signed the foregoing declaration
are personally known to them as they have
therein set forth. (Viz) Samuel Anderson
States that he knew Matthias Young dec’d
the father of Matthias Young jr deceased.
He was a soldier of the Revolution, and
pensioner in the latter part of his life, 
as I have lately heard and believe.
I first knew him about the year AD
1817, and knew him for some 7 or 8 years
in Warren County Ohio. He move[d] to Clinton
County Indiana and I have heard and believed
for many years that he was dead.
The foregoing declarant Barbara is known
to me as his granddaughter. Viz The
daughter of Matthias Young jr dec’d, 
with whom I was acquainted, as one of the
children and heirs of the said
Matthias and his wife Anna Barbara
Young both deceased. John Egner
States that he knows the forgoing declarant
 Barbara Ann as one of the children
and heirs of Matthias Young jr deceased,
and have heard and always believed
that he was the brother of David
Young now living near Frankfort in this
County.
And they swear they are disinterested
Witnesses.
Samuel Anderson
John Egner
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Sworn and subscribed before me a
justice of the peace in and for
Clinton County Indiana on the
day and year above written and
I do certify that they the said
Samuel Anderson and John Egner
are persons of undoubted veracity
whose evidence would be received
in any court of Justice and that
they are of the respective ages that
they declare themselves to be, and
I further certify that the words "as I
have lately heard and believe“ were
interlined before signing, as also the
name "Indiana” following Clinton.
Nathaniel Bell
A Justice of the Peace
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The State of Indiana County of Clinton 
I, John Barner Clerk of the Clinton Circuit Court, in
the State of Indiana do hereby certify
that Nathaniel Bell Esquire before whom
the foregoing declaration, power of attorney
and affidavit were made, was at the date of the same, an acting justice of the peace in and for the
County and State aforesaid, duly elected commissioned and qualified and that
full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such. And that his genuine signature appears
to the certificate following each
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of said Court at office
in Frankfort this 8th day of April AD 1852
John Barner Clerk
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State of Indiana Clinton County ss
On this 2nd day of April AD 1852 personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for
the County and State above named Edward
Ryan and his wife Mary Ryan both residents of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, who being by me first duly sworn according to law do on their oath make the following declaration (Viz) That the said Mary is one of the children and heirs of Matthias Young and
his wife Anna Barbara deceased, late of Clinton County, Indiana, the said Matthias died in Clinton Co. Pa. on the 11th day of August AD 1838 and at the time of his death was a pensioner of the United States at the Indiana Agency at the rate of about $36 yearly. The said Anna Barbara survived him and remained his widow during her life. She died also in Clinton County Indiana on the 10th day of April
AD 1846, She never drew any pension after
the death of the said Matthis, so far as
we know and believe; except perhaps the
arrearage
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arrearage due at that time.
They left the following children and heirs
at law Viz
1 John Young Warren County Ohio
2 Matthias Young Jr intermarried with Hannah
Hughes, both of whom are now dead.
Their children and heirs at law reside, the most of them in Howard County Indiana.
3 Daniel Young intermarried with Peggy
Creiger. He is now dead his widow
still lives in Clinton Co. Ia and her
children are all with her yet.
4 Polly or Mary Young intermarried with
Edward Ryan, these declarants.
5 Catherine intermarried with John B
Coleman both of whom have been
dead many years. Their three daughters
resides in Clinton Co. Ia. Their Son
Thomas we hear has recently started to
California. We know not whether the
other two, James and John are living
or not. We heard lately that John was
dead; we have not heard of James for
some two years
6 Susana intermarried with Henry Kriser.
She has been dead many years: Kriser
and his children, two daughters we
believe are living in Wisconsin somewhere
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7 Henry Young intermarried with
 Sally Keiser. He is now dead. His
Widow still lives in Clinton County
Indiana as do also all their children.
8 David Young Clinton Co. Ind
9 Solomon Young Tippecanoe Co Ind
10 Samuel Young who had married
Debora Ann Hevelin. He is now dead
and his widow is now married to one
William Thatcher Clinton Co Ind.
Their children all live in same County.
11 Elizabeth who had married John McCain.
He is now dead and she is still his
Widow. She lives in Clinton County Ind.
The above is a full list of all the
heirs of the above named Matthias and
Anna Barbara Young deceased, 
The said Matthias and Anna Barbara, 
as we have always heard and believed
were legally married in Frederick County
Maryland, in the year AD 1783 from
the best information we can obtain, and
it was by a minister of the Gospel. We
would expect of the Presbyterian order as
they were of that faith, at that time.
There were some papers given us after the
death of the said Anna Barbara. We are
told that brother David Young states that one
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one of them was the marriage certificate
of our father and mother. These papers
have all been lost or destroyed; because
from the fact that they were written in
German we paid not much attention to them.
The name of the said Anna Barbara was
Anna Barbara Christ. We do not know
of any person living by whom we can
prove the fact of their marriage. The
said Matthias had a brother named Peter Young
who went to Kentucky. He was younger
and he may have been at my father’s wedding.We have never before made any application for any pension as one of the heirs of the above named Anna Barbara Young deceased.
We make this declaration and application for the purpose of obtaining the pension, pay, extra pay, arrears or increase of either, to which we may be entitled under any law or laws of Congress.
We refer to the following declaration
of Joseph App and Daniel Brugh for
proof of identity. Our mother Anna
Barbara had a sister named Elizabeth
Kearney. She was living in Crawfordville
in this State during last year
and
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and we think it probable that she
can give some positive testimony about
the marriage of the above Matthias and
Anna Barbara, Our age are respectively
48 and 57 years.
Edward Ryan
Mary her Ryan mark
Witness C H Barkley

Sworn and subscribed before me a
Justice of the peace in and for the
above named County and state the
day and year above written and I
do certify that I am fully satisfied of their
identity as they have set forth
in their declaration and that they
are of the respective ages they state
themselves to be, and I certify that the
words “children and heirs at law” on page 2
were interlined before signing
Thomas M Major
Justice of the peace
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Know all men by these presents that
we, Edward Ryan and Mary Ryan both
of Tippecanoe County, Indiana have constituted and appointed and by these presents
do constitute and appoint George H Mousarrant
of Louisville, Kentucky our true and lawful
attorney, irrevocably for us and in our
name to receive from the United States
the pension, pay, extra pay, arrears or increase
of either or any money due us by the
United States either for the above or on
any account whatever and to which we
may be entitled as one of the children
and heirs of Anna Barbara Young deceased, 
as set forth in our foregoing declaration, 
and generally to do all lawful acts and
things whatever in the premises, an
attorney or attorneys under him for the purposes aforesaid to make and at his pleasure revoke: hereby confirming all and whatever our said attorney shall in our name legally do or cause to be done in or about the premises. Witness our hands in
Clinton County Indiana on this 2nd
day of April AD 1852.
 Edward Ryan
Mary her Ryan mark
Witness C H Barkley
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State of Indiana Clinton County  SS 
On this 2nd day of April AD 1852 Edward Ryan
and his wife Mary Subscribed the foregoing
power of attorney and acknowledged
it to be their act and deed for the purposes therein set forth.
Given under my hand as a justice of the peace
in for the County and State aforesaid
this day and year above written
Thomas William
Justice of the peace

State of Indiana Clinton County ss
On this 2nd day of April A.D 1852 personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Joseph App and
Daniel Brugh aged respectively 37 and 40 years both residents of Tippecanoe County Indiana, who being by me first duly sworn according to law do on their oath make this following statement
Viz
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Viz That Edward Ryan and his wife
Mary who have signed the foregoing
declaration are personally known to us
as they have therein described themselves
(Viz) Joseph App first knew Anna Barbara
Young deceased in Clinton County, Indiana in the year AD 1841. She was a widow and I was then t old
that her husband the above named Matthais
had been a pensioner of the United States. The said Daniel Brugh has known the above Edward and Mary Ryan for nine years. He has always heard that the
said Mary was the daughter of the above described Matthias and Anna Barbara Young deceased.
Joseph App also knows the said Mary as one of the children and of the above named Anna Barbara.
They have heard for many years that the
said Anna Barbara was dead. And they swear that they are disinterested witnesses, and that 
they have believed the above mentioned
facts to be true ever since they first heard them.
Joseph App
Daniel Brugh his Mark

Witness
C H Barkley
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State of Indiana Clinton County ss
On this 2nd day of April AD 1852 The above Joseph App and Daniel Brugh subscribed and
Swore to the truth of their foregoing
declaration before me a justice of the
peace in and for the County and
State above named and I do certify
that they are men of undoubted
veracity whose evidence would be
recieved in any court of justice
and that they are of the respective ages 
which they state themselves to be.
The words ”both residents of Tippecanoe
County Indiana” on page 7 of their declaration
Interlined before signing, and the words
“in the year AD 1841” on page 8 also were
interlined before signing. 
Thomas M Major
Justice of the peace
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The State of Indiana County of Clinton SS
I John Barner clerk of the Clinton Circuit Court
in the State of Indiana, do hereby certify that Thomas M Major Esqr before whom the foregoing declarations, power of attorney and affidavit
were made, was at the date of the same an acting justice of the peace, in and for the County and
State aforesaid, duly elected, commissioned and qualified; and that full faith and credit are due to all
his official acts as such; and that his signature to the certificates following each is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the Seal of said Court at office
in Frankfort this 8th day of April AD 1852.
John Barner Clerk
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State of Indiana Tippecanoe County  ss
On this 5th day of
April AD 1852 personally appeared
before me a Justice of the peace in
and for the above named County and
State, Solomon Young aged 50 years
a resident of the County and State
aforesaid who being by me first duly
Sworn according to law does on his
oath make this following declaration.
That he is one of the children and
heirs of Matthias and Anna Barbara
Young deceased late of Clinton Co. Ind.
The said Matthias died in Clinton County
Indiana on the 11th day of August
AD 1838 and at the time of his death
was a pensioner of the United States
at the Indiana Agency at the
rate of about $36 per year.
The said Anna Barbara died in Clinton
County Indiana on the 10th day of April
AD 1846. She never married after the death
of the said Matthias but remained his
widow during her life. She never drew
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drew any pension after the death of
my father, except perhaps the arrearage due
at his death. The following is a full
list of the children and heirs of the said
Matthias and Anna Barbara Young.

1 John Young Warren County Ohio
2 Matthias Young Jr intermarried with
Hannah Hughes both of whom are
now dead. Their children, the most
of them live in Howard County of
this State: one of them John F
Young lives in this County.
3 Daniel Young deceased his widow
Peggy Young lives in Clinton County
Ind and their children are all with
her I believe.
4 Polly intermarried with Edward Ryan
They live in this County.
5 Catherine Young intermarried with John
B Coleman, both now deceased. Their three daughters resided in Clinton County Ind. Their three sons are gone away to California or Oregon.
6 Susanna intermarried with Henry Kriser.
She is dead and Kriser and their children
live somewhere in Wisconsin, I believe
or did at latest accounts.
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7 Henry Young who married Sally Keiser.
He is now dead; his widow still lives
in Clinton County Ind, as do also all
their children I believe.
8 David Young Clinton County Ind
9 Solomon Young this declarant
10 Samuel Young who married Debora
Ann Hevelin. He is now dead and
his widow is married to one William
Thatcher Clinton County Ind’a. The
children and heirs of the said Samuel line
in the same County.
11 Elizabeth who married John McCain
He is now dead and she is still his
widow and lives in Clinton County, Inda.
The above is a full list of the children
of Matthias and Anna Young as stated
above.
John J Young aged 35 years also
came before me a Justice of the peace
in and for the County and State aforesaid
who being by me first duly sworn
according to law does on his oath
state that he is one of the children, 
and heirs of Matthias Young Jr and his
wife
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wife Hannah deceased. [illegible]
His father the said Matthias jr died in
Howard County Indiana on the 23d day
of March AD 1844 and his mother
the said Hannah died in Howard County
Indiana on the [blank] day of April AD
1847. They left the following children
and heirs at law Viz
1 John J. Young this declarant
2 Abraham Young Howard County Indiana
3 Barbara intermarried withThomas Paris
 Clinton County Ind

[Following] All living Howard County Indiana
4 Matthias Young
5 Margaret intermarried with George Grant
6 Joseph Young
7 Simon P Young
8 Hannah Catherine Young
9 Andrew J Young
The above named Matthias Young jr deceased was one of the children and heirs of Matthias
Young and his wife Anna Barbara
deceased, late of Clinton County and
who are more particularly described
by Solomon Young herein before.
We have never before made
any
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any application for any pension as
heirs etc of the above described Matthias
and Anna Barbara Young deceased.
We make this declaration for the
purpose of obtaining the pension,
pay, back pay, extra pay, or arrears or
increase of either to which we may
be entitled under any law or laws
Congress.
Solomon Young
John J Young
Sworn to and subscribed before me
a Justice of the peace in and for
the County and State aforesaid on the
day and year above written: and I
do certify that I am fully satisfied
in regard to the truth of declaration
and of their identity, and that they
are of the ages respectively which they
State themselves to be
Timothy Dame {seal}
Justice of the Peace
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Know all men by these presents that we Solomon
Young and John J Young both of Tippecanoe County Indiana, have constituted and appointed
and by these presents do constitute and
appoint George H Mousarrat of Louisville
Kentucky, our true and lawful
attorney, irrevocably for us and in our
name to recieve from the United States, the pension, pay, back pay, extra pay, arrears or increase of either and any all sums of money due us
by the United States either for
the above or on any account
whatever and to which we
may be entitled as a portion
of the heirs etc of Matthias and
Anna Barbara Young dec’d, 
as set forth in our foregoing declaration.
We authorize our said attorney
to do all lawful acts and things
whatever in the premises, an
attorney or attorneys under him
for the purposes aforesaid to
make
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make and at his pleasure revoke,
hereby confirming all and whatever
our said attorney, shall in our name
legally do or cause to be done in
or about the premises.
Witness our hands in Tippecanoe
County Indiana on this 5th day
of April AD 1852
Solomon Young
John J Young

Acknowledged and subscribed before
me a Justice of the peace in and
for the County and State aforesaid
the day and year above written
Timothy Dame {seal}
Justice of the Peace
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State of Indiana Tippecanoe County ss
On this 5th day
of April AD 1852 personally appeared
before me a justice of the peace in
and for the County and State aforesaid
Christian Emdee aged 45 years who
being by me first duly sworn
according to law does on his oath
make this following statement
that Solomon Young and John
Young who have signed the foregoing declaration are well known to me (viz) I
Knew Matthias Young and Anna
Barbara Young deceased the persons
mentioned by the foregoing declarants,
both of whom I have also known
for many years and that they bear
the relationship to the said Matthias
and Anna Barbara that they have
set forth in their declaration.
I knew the said Matthias and his
wife Anna Barbara in Warren County
Ohio, some 25 years since. They
died as well as I am informed
at the respective dates set forth by
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the declarants Solomon and John J.
I have heard of their death for many
years.And I further swear
that I am a disinterested witness.
I have heard that the said Matthias
was a soldier of the war of the
Revolution from my first acquaintance
 with them. I always believed 
it to be true.
Christian Emdee

Sworn and subscribed before me a justice of the
peace for the County and State aforesaid the day and year above written and I do certify that the said
Christian Emdee is a man of undoubted veracity, and that he is of the age he states himself to be. The word “Signed” on page 8 interlined before signing. 
Timothy Dame {seal}
Justice of the Peace.
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The State of Indiana Tippecanoe County ss
I Mark Jones Clerk of the Tippecanoe Circuit
Court in the State of Indiana do hereby certify that
Timothy Dame Esq whose genuine signature is
affixed to the foregoing declaration, Power of attorney and affidavits was at the date of
each an acting Justice of the Peace in and
for the County of Tippecanoe in the State of
Indiana duly elected commissioned
and qualified and that full faith
and credit is due and ought to be
given to all his official acts as
such Justice of the Peace.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at office in Lafayette on the Fifth day of April A.D. 1852.
Mark Jones Clerk
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State of Indiana Clinton County SS
On this Eighth day of April A.D. 1852
personally appeared before me a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, John Bowen and his wife Barbara Ann, both residents of the above named County and State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law do on their oath make this declaration (viz)
The said Barbara Ann is one of the children
and heirs of John B Coleman and his wife
Catherine both of whom have now been dead for 
many years. The above named Catherine
Coleman was one of the children and
heirs of Matthias Young and his wife Anna
Barbara Young, both of whom are now dead
Viz. The said Matthias died in Clinton Co. Ia.
on the 11th day of August AD 1838 and at
the time of his death was a pensioner of the
United States at the rate of about $36 per
year. The said Anna Barbara Survived
him and remained his widow during
her life. She died in Clinton Co Ia, on
the 10th day of April AD 1846
The above named John B Coleman and
his
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his wife Catherine left the following children
and heirs at law (viz)
1 Elizabeth intermarried with William Shepherd.
They live in this Clinton County Indiana
2 Thomas Coleman Howard County Indiana
3 Barbara Ann intermarried with John F
Bowen, these declarants, Clinton Co Ia
4 Catherine intermarried with Philip Bowen
They live near us in Clinton Co. Ia

We have heard and believe that Thomas
Coleman mentioned above started a week or
so since to California
There were also two other children and
heirs of the above named John and Catherine
Viz, John B. Coleman. The last we
heard of him he was some where in
the State of Illinois. This has been nearly
two years. We know not whether he is
dead or alive. Another, James Coleman
The last we heard of him was about two
years since he was then on his way to
California or Oregon. We know not whether
he is dead or alive;
We make this declaration and application for the purpose of obtaining the pension, pay, extra pay, arrears or increase of either to which we may be entitled under
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under any law or laws of Congress to the
benefit of which we may be entitled
John F Bowen
Barbra Ann Bowen

Sworn and Subscribed before me a justice
of the peace in and for Clinton County
Indiana on the day and year above
written, and I do certify that I am
fully satisfied of the truth of their
declaration, and that the word “left” was 
interlined before signing
John Major {seal}
Justice of the Peace

State of Indiana Clinton County ss
On this Eighth day of April
AD 1852 personally appeared
before me a justice of the peace in and
or the above County and State. Philip
Bowen and his wife Catherine both residents
of this County, who being by me first
duly sworn according to law, do on their
oath make this declaration
(Viz)
That
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that they are the identical persons mentioned
in the foregoing declaration of John F Bowen
and his wife Barbara Ann, as Catherine, one of the
children and heirs of John B Coleman
and his wife Catherine: and her husband Philip
Bowen, and they do state also that the list
of the children and heirs of the said John B, and his wife Catherine is correct,  as
also their statement concerning John B
and James Coleman two of the children and
heirs of the above named John and his
wife Catherine Coleman deceased.
We make this declaration for the purpose
of obtaining the pension, pay extra pay, arrears
or increase of either to which we may be
entitled under any law or laws of Congress to
the benefit of which we may be entitled
Philip Bowen
Catharine Bowen

Sworn and subscribed before me a justice
of the peace in and for Clinton County Indiana
this day and year above written and I do
certify that I am fully satisfied in regard to the
truth of their declaration.
 John Major {seal}
Justice of the peace
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now all men by these presents that
We, John F. Bowen, Barbara Ann Bowen,
Philip Bowen and Catherine Bowen
all of Clinton County Indiana, a portion
of the children and heirs of John B. Coleman
and his wife Catherine deceased, have constituted
and appointed and by these presents do
constitute and appoint George H. Monsarrat of 
Louisville Kentucky our true and lawful
attorney irrevocably for us and in our
name to receive from the United States
the pension certificate or warrant
and any or all such sum or sums
of money due us by the United States
either for pension, pay, extra pay, or
arrears or increase of either or on
any account whatever and to
which we may be entitled as a
portion of the children and heirs
of John B and Catherine Coleman, one of the
children and heirs of Matthias
and Anna Barbara Young as set
forth in our foregoing declarations.
We authorize our said attorney to do all
lawful acts and things whatever in the
premises: an attorney or attorneys under him
for the purposes aforesaid to make
and
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and at his pleasure revoke, hereby confirming
all and whatever our said attorney shall in
our name legally do or cause to be done in or
about the premises. Witness our hands, in
Clinton County Indiana on this Eighth day of
AD 1852
John F Bowen
Barbra Ann Bowen
Philip Bowen
Catharine Bowen

Acknowledged and subscribed before me a
justice of the peace in and for the County and
State above named, the day and year above
written
John Major {seal}

State of Indiana Clinton County ss
On this 12 day of April AD
personally appeared before
me, a justice of the peace in and for
Clinton County, Indiana, Elias Calman and
Matthias Yo[u]ng both residents of the above
named county and State aged respectively
56 and 24 years who being by me
First
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first duly sworn according to law do on their
oath declare That John F. Bowen, and his
wife Barbara Ann, and Philip Bowen and
his wife Catherine who have signed the
foregoing declaration are well known to them
and they have heard and believed for many
years that the said Barbara Ann and Catherine
were children and heirs of John and
Catherine Coleman deceased, and that their
mother the said Catherine we have always
heard was a sister of David Young who
now lives in this County near Frankfort
and they swear that they are disinterested
witnesses
Elias Coleman
Matthias Young

Sworn and subscribed before me a justice
of the peace in and for the County and
State above named this day and year
above written and I do certify that they
the said Elias Colman and Matthias Young
are persons of undoubted veracity whose
evidence would be received in any court
of justice
John Major {seal}
Justice of the peace
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State of Indiana Clinton County ss
 I John Barner Clerk of the
Clinton Circuit Court in the State of Indiana
do certify that John Major Esqr before
whom the foregoing instrument was acknowledged
and sworn to was at the date of the same a
Justice of the Peace in & for said County & State
aforesaid duly elected commissioned and
qualified and that full faith & credit are
due to all of his official acts as such & that
his signature thereto is genuine
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto subscribed my name
& affixed the seal of said Court
at office in Frankfort this
16th day of April A.D.
John Barner Clerk