Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,742, William Young, S. C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
S. 6. _____
Young, William _____
S. 4. 742 _____
Carded.
CONTENTS
S. York Co. Pa. Oct. 15. 1744 In 1833 res. of Perry Co. Tenn.
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26726 West Virginia 26726
William Young 3.
of Perry Co in the State of Virginia who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Babb of the regt commanded by Col Brander in the Carolina line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of West Virginia at the rate of 40 — Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of May 1834 and then W.C. Census 1834
Arrears to the 14th of March 120.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 120.00 140.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. M. Gory Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 102

See letter 28 July 1834 to W. T. Bofort Pospille. —

William Young O Seneca Perry Co e. j. m.
$40 per am
Hon. M. McIntire H.R.
Frank Johnson RR

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjocined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Young
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 9 Lieut Capt Babo Col Brander 89 S.C. Traditionary & witness.   1779 2 Capt. Col Brander   " 1 19 do.   " 18 do.  
The applicant has not stated what has become of his Commission as required by the 6 th interrogatory submitted to him. The applicant should prove his service as a commissioned officer as required in note 7. He could not have been drafted to serve 18 months. It should be stated by what authority he took command of a Black Horse.
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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 District of } ss. County of } On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he 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.
I of 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 and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that 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

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional 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.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Tennessee } Perry County }
On the 23 d day of October 1833. personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Peace of Perry County court now sitting William Young a resident of Perry County & State of Tennessee aged about eighty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein after stated -
That he entered the service as a Lieutenant in a militia company commanded by Captain Lewis Babo in the district of Ninety six in the State of South Carolina and belonged to Colonel Thomas Branden's Regiment & that Andrew Williams was then Brigadier General in the year 1776 to the best of his recollection - That he was marched under the said Captain Lewis to Ellisport where they met Col. Branden & two other companies, one commanded by Captain Gordon, the other by

Captain Sisk - That they marched from thence to the Cherokee nation to a place called Keowee - There we joined our General Andrew Williamson's Brigade - from thence marched up into the nation met the Indians & defeated them - We were to have met at or near where we had the skirmish with the Indians & Col. Rutherford's his troops from North Carolina but did not meet him till we had defeated the Indians & then this declarant was discharged having served nine months at this time -
He further states that after he returned home Captain Bobo turned tory & was broke of his commission & that he this declarant was elected Captain of the company in his place and that his commissions both as Captain & as Lieutenant were signed by Geo: Rutledge of South Carolina - That he was again ordered out & marched from the district of Ninety six to the siege of Savannah about the middle of Sep: 1779. under the command of Col. Thomas Brannen who was his Col. while he had the command of a Captain in said Regiment & Genl. Williams on was the Brigadier, Gen Lincoln commanded the Americans, Count De Estang the French & the allied troops made a charge on the British redouts & after being exposed to the fire of the enemy for some time were repulsed with great loss & this declarant was in the siege & also in the battle of the same - That Maj. Daniel Williams of North Carolina of the continental service was well acquainted

with him as was also Col. Marion in the regular service - That during this term he served two months as Captain of the company - 2
That about two months after his return home he was again ordered out with his company to range the frontier & continued in this service till the British took the Town of Ninety six at which time he was in the battle under Col. Brandon - That afterwards Brigadier Williamson taking protection order the British & being turned out Genl. Andrew Pickens took command of the troops or soon the brigade to which he belonged - That during this time he served seven weeks as Captain of the company - That about two months afterwards he was ordered to take the command of a Block house called Brandons Block house on Fair Forest Creek, which he did as Captain and continued there until peace was made & during this time served eighteen months - 19
That he has no documentary evidence to which he can refer nor does he know of any living individual (except the testimony of Crawford Goodwin which is hereto annexed) which before evidence he can procure who can testify to his services - That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
1. When, & in what year were you born?
I was born in York County Pennsylvania in the year
1744. the 15. of October -
2. Have you any record of your age?
I have only my age, in my own Bible transcribed from

my father's bible when I was about 24 years of age & which I believe is correct -
3. Where were you living when called into the service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war, & where do you now live -
In South Carolina, in Ninety six district. From South Carolina I moved to East Tennessee about the year 1807. from thence to Dixon County Tennessee & from thence to Perry County where I now live -
4. How were you called into the service; were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute, & if a substitute for whom -
I was called into the service always by being drafted
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served; such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service -
I have no recollection at this late period of time, of the names of the officers connected with the regiments other than those of Col. Brandon Captain Gordon & others Genl. Williamson, Genl. Lincoln, Genl. Deering, Maj. Williams Col. Mason & Genl. Perkins & Genl. Green the commander in chief
6. Did you receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it signed & what has become of it -
I received discharges signed by Col. Brandon but they are all lost or mislaid -
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood & who can testify to your character for veracity & good behavior & your services as a soldier of the revolution -
I refer to the Rev. Lunsford Wood Esq. & Fanny Atkinson who can testify as to my veracity & their beliefs as to my services

There being no blackman on my next bounded to whom I can refer who can testify as to my oracy and their belief as to my revo- lutionary services.
William F. Young - mark
I subscribed Sworn to in open Court Test Lepe Taylor Clerk
We the Rev. Emanuel Wood clergyman resident of Perry county State of Tennessee & Jeremy Stantley also a resident of Perry county State of Tennessee hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Young who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be eighty nine years of age & that he is reputed to be & so believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Emanuel Wood J. Stantley
Sworn to subscribed The day of year aforesaid in Open Court
Test Lepe Taylor Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier as a captain in the same and swear as he states & therefore further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Wood who has signed the foregoing certificate is a legally qualified resident in the County of Perry and that also Fanny Stanley who has also signed the same is a resident in the said county (State aforesaid) and are both credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Wm Ward JB J. P. Houston JB John Sheppard JB

State of Tennessee } this day came Craford Goodwin Perry County } before me E. Hooper one of the acting justices of the peace in and for sd. County and made oath in due form and says on his oath that Richard Bryant being sworn before me says that he served two hours of duty under Cap- tain William Young in the Revolution war in South Carolina under Colonel Thomas Brannan and says that he was a close friend to the Country. I do certify that I was acquainted with Captain William Young in the time of the war and saw sd young take a man out of jail and hang him By General or Mrs Laworn to and subscribe before me this 6 day of August 1833
E. Hooper J.P.
Craford Goodwin

I certify that E. Hooper whose name is signed to the within certificate was at the time of signing the same an acting justice of the peace for Perry County Tennessee W. B. Duncalf April 21 st 1834

State of Tennessee } Perry County } I Enoch Hooper one of the act- ing Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Perry aforesaid do here by certify that Crawford Goodman whose Affidavit is attached to the declaration of Capt William Young for a perjury is a credible witness & that his statements are entitled to credit given under my hand & seal This 29th March 1834
E. Hooper Justice of the Peace for Perry County
I certify that the above named E. Hooper is an acting justice of the peace for the County of Perry & State of Tennessee and was at the time of signing the same 30th April 1834
W. D. Dunlap

State of Tennessee Derry County } I Lepe Taylor Clerk of The County Court for sd County do certify that the foregoing contains the true proceed- ings in the matter of the application of Wm Young for a pension & further that Enoch Waoper is an acting Justice of the peace for said County & that his signature is genuine
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & seal of office at office this 26 th Dec 1833
Lepe Taylor C.M. Derry County Court

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
October 10, 1925.
Mrs. Mary Young Garlington, % Mrs. Mary Mangum, Hendersonville, N.C.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S-4742 , it appears that William Young was born in York County, Pennsylvania, October 15, 1744.
While residing in Ninety Six District, South Carolina in 1776 he was commissioned Lieutenant of Captain Lewis Bobo's Company, Colonel Thomas Brandon's South Carolina Regiment, was in a skirmish with Cherokee Indians and served nine months.
He was commissioned Captain and so served from September 15, 1779 for two months in Colonel Thomas Brandon's South Carolina Regiment and was at the siege and battle at Savannah.
He served seven weeks as Captain in Colonel Thomas Brandon's South Carolina Regiment and was at an engagement at Ninety-Six.

Two months later he was placed as Captain in C command of Brandon's block house on Fair Forest Creek, by order of Colonel Thomas Brandon and continued there eighteen months until peace was declared.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 23, 1833 while residing in Perry County, Tennessee.
He stated he had a family during the Revolution but no names are on record.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

Oct. 12. 1904. His to Miss Sarah S. Retford Waycross Ga 1925 Oct 10 That to Miss Mary Young Garlington wds
Rev. Man
4742 INVALID.
File No. 4742
William Young Port. S.C. line
Act: June 7/32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 420
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Valley View Farm Aug 26. Commissioner Pensions.
Dear Sir -
Thank You very much for your reply to my letter - but you gave me the wrong William Young - I had never heard of this one - no doubt a Cousin The one I want was a bro. of the Thomas you gave me and a son of Thomas/ whom came to S.C. from Penn. This William left S.C. after Revolution went to Tenn. where his wife died leaving two children Samuel and Mary - William Young then went to Ky - married again had a family of sons there

He died in Ky. His son Samuel Young was one of Jackson Tennessee soldiers in Fla. returned to Bo. Car- olina. his Cousin Mary Young da. of George Young the half bro. of his father Capt. William Young who died in Ky. If you can give me any information about my Capt. William Young. will thank you very much.
Respectfully
Mary Young Garlington
Hendersonville N.C.
Miss Mary Mangum

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
April 10, 1918.
Auditor for Interior Department, 14" and B Streets S. W., Washington, D. C.
Sir:
For use in the Revolutionary War pension claim of William Young 3rd S. F. No. 4,742 you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report showing date and place of death, date of last payment of pension and to whom it was paid.
" certificate No. 26,726 issued May 6, 1834, $40. per annum, from March 4, 1831, under Act June 7, 1832, West Tennessee Agency."
Very respectfully,
2nd 2r 1834. 3rd 2r 1834.
E. C. Sieman
Acting Commissioner.
D-383

OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON
April 17, 1918.
The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 10th instant, you are informed that the records of this office show last payment of pension to William Young, War of the Revolution, certificate No. 26726, Act of June 7, 1832, West Tennessee Agency, for the period from March 4, 1834 to September 4, 1834, to J. H. Marshall, Attorney for the pensioner. There is nothing in the record to show date or place of pensioners death.
Your letter returned herewith.
Respectfully,
Jennay Acting Auditor.
smc

State of Tennessee
Perry County } A Declaration Supplementary to a declaration made by William Young on the 23 rd day of October 1833. in Order to obtain the ben- efit of the act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832
This declaration would further state that his Commissions for Lieutenant & Captain has both been lost long since or mislaid he does not know how
This declaration further states that he was ordered to take Command of Brandens Blockhouse by - Col. Branden that he was drafted as his answer is to the 5 th Interrogatory but will here say that his term of service had long expired before he left the Blockhouse when he had Command but that as he had sent his family away - from home to the whig settlements & being - determined to serve his country so long as was necessary he at the request of his Col. who had stationed him there continued to serve till the end of the war & did here serve the full term of time of Eighteen Months - at the end of which Peace was made when he this declarant found himself without either money or any thing else but his land & it occupied by a party as all the rest of his property had been taken by the Tories & put to their own use the party who had his land in possession was named Hawell

This declaration would further represent that since his declaration was made to which this is a Supplement he has found out one Moses Randal who was a boy in time of the war whose affidavit is here to annexed he would here add that the affidavit of Goodwin which is annexed to his former declaration was not taken as it ought that is not in proper form as it is advised he will further state that he has gone from this Country so that a re-examination of him cannot be had & that he knows of no person else by which he can make the necessary proof as required at this time nor can he prove
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10 th day of February 1834
Jeremiah Wood Justice of the peace for Perry County
William Young his mark
State of Tennessee
Perry County } This day personally appeared before me William Jeremiah Wood one of the Acting Justices of the peace in & for said County William Young who assigned the above declaration and made oath that the facts there set forth are true as
stated Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10 th February 1834
Test Jeremiah Wood Justice of the peace for Perry County
William Young his mark
Just as by the Justice of the peace did you ever receive a communication and if so by whom was it signed & what was the cause of it Answer I have received two one for Lieut & one for Capt both signed by Gov. Rutledge of South Carolina & have long since both been lost or mislaid

State of Tennessee Perry County ss Justice of the peace I Jeremiah Wood, before whom the above Supplement was sworn to do here by Certify that I am well acquainted with Capt William Young & have been for many for a long time on wit more than twenty years or as long ago as I can recollect - I have always heard him reputed an honest man and that he was a captain in the Revolutionary war & I am sure in - that belief I believe what he here states to be true and I the sd Wood Justice of the peace as aforesaid do here by certify that the sd William Young is not able owing to old age & bodily infirmity - to attend to make his supplementary - declaration in Open Court given under my hand & seal this 10 th Feb y 1837
Jeremiah Wood Justice of the peace for Perry County
State of Tennessee Perry County ss I Moses Randal do here by Certify that in the time of the Revolution my father lived in South Carolina in the - District of ninety six within three miles of Capt William Young & that he  he heard it said generally  said that he was a Captain in the Revo- lution as he states in the neighborhood where he lived & I do further certify that when I can first recollect he was a Capt of the - Milicia in the sd District I do further certi- fy that this is the same William Young -

That I then knew who is now present & whom signed this supplementary declaration and I do here by further certify that Capt William Young has allways been called an honest man & an ex- cellent whig & that I do believe from what - I know of myself & from what I have heard from respectable sources that he was commis- sioned as he here in States sworn to & subscribed before me this 10th Febr 1834 Test Jeremiah Wood State of Tennessee
Moses Randal
Perry County ss I here in this day personally appeared before me Jeremiah Wood Justice of the peace for said County Moses Randal with whom I am personally acquainted and who is a man of reputed for honesty & probity & whom is a credible witness & made oath that the facts set forth in the above certificate as stated of his own knowledge are true & that not of his own knowledge but from information of others he believes to be true Sworn to & subscribed before me this 10th Febr 1834
Moses
Randal
Test Jeremiah Wood
Justice of the peace for Perry County
State of Tennessee
Perry County ss I Lefer Taylor Clerk of Perry County Court do here by certify that Jeremiah Wood who signed the foregoing as such is an active Justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified as such & that due faith & credit is and ought to be given to all his Official acts given under my hand & Seal of office at Office this 11 th day of Febr 1834 Lefer Taylor Clerk Perry County Court