Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40735, Christopher Young, Va.

SERVICE
Va.
Young, Christopher
NUMBER
S. 40735
CONTENTS

40 735 INVALID.
Pay
File No. 40 735
Christopher Young Dr Rev W
Act: 15 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 586
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Christo Young Col Scott & Co Jan'y 6 with 20 cts
Suspended for the Virginian
Admutter

State of Ohio Fairfield County ss
On this 14 th day of May A D 1818 before me the subscribed one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County Personally appeared Chris- topher Young aged sixty five years resident in said County who being by me first duly sworn and being to Law cloth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress titled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war. That he the said Christopher Young enlisted in Woosterstock in the State of Virginia, about the first of January 1776 in the Company commanded by Capt o Johnson Clerk of Gen l . Stephen  Scott Briga- de 8 th Regiment of the Virginia line; that he continued to serve in said Corps or in the service of the United States until some time in the later part of Winter 1778 when he was dischar- ged from service at the Valley Forge in Penn- sylvania. Leonard Cooper being then his Captain and Gen l Scott having command of the Brigade  Regt ; that he was in the battle of Brandywine, and one of the Baggage guards at the Battle of

Germantown - and that he is in reduced circum- stances and needs the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services -
Sworn to and declared before me on the day and year aforesaid. Ebenezer Scofield Judge Conn. Pleas
I Ebenezer Scofield Judge as aforesaid do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Christopher Young did serve in the revolu- tionary war as stated in the preceding declara- tion, against the common enemy for the term of nine months and upwards, on the continental establishment and I now transmit the proceedings and tes- timony taken and had before me to the Secre- tary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress
Lancaster May 14 th 1817
Ebenezer Scofield Judge Conn. Pleas
I further Certify that I am acquainted with Christopher Young the before mentioned applicant that he is in reduced circumstances without any visible property and really needs the assistance of his country for support -
Lancaster Nov. 4 th 1810
Ebenezer Scofield Judge Conn. Pleas

Received of Mrs. Christopher Young, November 14, 1820, the sum of Sixty Dollars for Revolutionary Pension, Ohio.
6,519
Ohio
Christopher Young, 4
of Fairfield in the state of Ohio who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Clark of the Virginia Line, for the term of two years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of Feb y 1819 and sent to the Hon ble Mr. Beecher, House of Reps. U.S.
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818. 3 mos. 18/30. 29.70 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar. 1819. — 48.00
$ 77.70
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Christopher Young (57.)
6,519.
3. February, 1819.
mar'g
Con
Jesse Beecker, Lancaster, Ohio.

State of Ohio Fairfield County ss
On this fifteenth day of August 1820 personally ap- peared in open court being a court of Record it being the Supreme court for the County and State aforesaid Chris- topher Young aged 77 last March resident in said County and State who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows in eighth Virginia Regiment commanded first by Col Mullenbaugh afterwards by Col Abraham Bowman company commanded by Capt Jonathan Clark that he that he has received a pension the date of his original application is on the 11 th day of May 1818 the number of his pension certificate is 6519 and I do solemnly declare that I was a resident citizen of the Uni- ted States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby or to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain per- sons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the sched- ule hereto annexed and by me subscribed that he lives en- tirely dependant upon his children alternately by profession a mason unable to perform any labor so as to maintain himself schedule of my property — is — nothing
his Christopher Young mark