Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 28,958, Jeremiah Young, New York

SERVICE
New York
NUMBER _____
Young, Jeremiah
S 28.958
CONTENTS

124.349 New York Jeremiah Young of Albany Co. in the State of New York who was a Corporal in the Albany comm. by Captain DeWitt — of the N.Y. commanded by Col. Snyder — in the New York line for private 9 mos. 14 days. Corporal 4 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 16 Dollars 21 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Nov. 1833 — and to Mrs. B. Moore Russell Carmille
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $115.52 Pension allowance ending Apr. 31 23.10 Died Feb 18, 1851 $138.62
9 24 2 23.10 115 52
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. G. B. (signature) Clerk, Recorded by Book 8 Vol. 4 Page 127

State of New York Albany County } ss On this 15 th day of July A.D. 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Judge of the County Court of the County of Albany in the State aforesaid Jeremiah Young a resident of the town of Rensselaerville in the County of Albany in the State of New York aged 77 years on the 2 nd day of October last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following decla- -ration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
He first entered the said service at the town of Hugerties (then called Esopus or Kingston) in the County of Ulster in the State of New York, in the month of May or June 1776 having been drafted , and joined Capt DeWitts Company and Colo Snyder regi- -ment of Militia and was marched under the command of Sergeant Peter Eighner to a place called Woodstock near the Cats- -kill mountain about 8 or 9 miles back from the Hudson's river and was there stationed and kept guard for the term of three months and was dismissed about the last of August or first of September 1776, and then returned home. He served at this time as a private soldier.
He again entered the said service about the month of September 1777 the Militia having been called for, and marched to West Camp on the Hudson's river, and from there to Catskill

1.14 where he staid a short time, then marched to Albany and there staid a short time, then marched to Saratoga and was there engaged in putting up breastworks and fortifications and continued there until after the surrender of Burgoyne in October 1777. and was then marched back to Albany and then down the river to Kingston, and was dismissed about the first of November 1777. having served at this time as a private soldier one month and two weeks . He belonged to Capt. Snyders Company and Colo. Snyders regiment. He was marched to Saratoga, under the command of Lieut. Boeker who belonged to Capt. Snyders Company.
He was again called into the said service about the middle or a little after the month of November 1777 - the militia having been called out, and was marched in Capt. Snyders Company of Militia to a place called Rombout near Newburgh, and was there stationed and kept guard to prevent the depredations of the Indians, and served as a private soldier one month , and was then dismissed and he returned home, thinks the whole regiment commanded by Colo. Snyder was called out at this time and knows that the whole of the Capt. Snyders Company were ordered out and marched to the place aforesaid, under the command of Major Houghtailing.
He again entered the said service about the first of August 1778 having been drafted and joined Capt.

John DeWitts Company & Colo. Myders regiment and was immediately marched to a place called "Great Shandakin" a few miles back and West of the mountains, called the "Blue Mountain," and was there Stationed and did Sentinel duty and kept guard, to prevent incursions by the Indians untill about the first of December 1778 and was then dismissed and he returned home. He served at this time as a Corporal , for the term of Four months .
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He again entered the said Service in the summer of 1779. having been clapped and he went for his clasp, and joined first Capt Osterouts Company and was changed and put under the command of Capt Tobias Myles Company and was marched to Woodstock and was there Stationed and kept guard and served as a private soldier one month and was then dismissed and he returned home -
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He again entered the said Service, in the summer or towards the fall of the year 1780 and marched to Woodstock aforesaid under the command of Capt Himmick and was there Stationed & kept guard one month . Capt Himmicks Company was called a Company of Rangers - and he served as a private soldier -
He also served as a private soldier in Capt Himmicks one month Company in the summer of the year 1781. one month and was Stationed at a place under the "Blue Mountain" selected to guard against the Indians

about three miles from a Fort where the Militia were usually stationed, and there did Sentinel duty and kept guard.
He was again called out into the said service in the fall of the year 1781 and joined Capt Hummel's Company, and was marched to and stationed at the place aforesaid and kept guard one month , and was then dismissed and returned home.
He was in the actual service of the United States in the Revolutionary War and served at different periods in an embodied Corps as a private soldier nine months and two weeks and as a Corporal four months - and for such service he claims a pension
He was also very during the years aforesaid and at almost every season of the said years called out for short periods to some in the Militia besides the terms above enumerated, and served in the aggregate altogether more than he has above stated, but his recollection has become poor and he cannot possibly state the length of each and every time he was called into the said service he was so frequently called upon, with any kind of precision except as above stated, and must be satisfied with  with an allowance for only a small part of his services.
He was born on the 2 nd day of October A.D. 1755 at a place then called Hishctown, now
Corporal 4 months Private 9 months 2 weeks 13 mo. 2 weeks

the town of Catskill in the County of Green in the State of New York -
He has a record of his age now in his house, and there is a record of his age on the records of the Dutch Church in the said town of Catskill where he was Baptized
He resided at the time he was called into the said Service at the town of Saugerties aforesaid in the County of Ulster in the State of New York and Contin- -ued to reside there untill in the Spring of the year 1782 and then removed across the Hudson River to a place called Redhook in the County of Dutchess where he resided one year, and then removed back to Saugerties, where he lived three years, and then removed to his present place of residence in the said town of Paspelackville, where he has resided ever since and for the last 47 years He was called into the said Service at the different periods as he has above stated -
He saw and knew Genl Gates, Col. Arnold , and others whose names he does not now recollect who were with the troops where he served, but he cannot recollect, what continental or militia regiments he served with except the one he belonged to -
He never received a written discharge as it was uncommon for the Militia to receive discharges in writing -
He is known to John

D. 1. 1. 10. 0. 0. Rider Esq. Ephraim Sprague, Henry C. Bushong, Benjamin Palmer, Uriah Young, Stephen Sprague, Abraham Freyer, Timothy R. Potter, James T. Porman, Aaron Seine, Samuel Potter and others, who reside in his present neighbourhood and who can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the revolution.
The religious part of the neighbourhood where he resides, are very generally "Quakers" or "Friends" and there is no Clergyman residing in his vicinity, and he knows of no Clergyman that he can procure to certify in his case -
He is very old and infirm, is troubled with the Rheumatism and has had his Arm broke by the kick of a horse recently, and is subject to a dizzy- ness in his head which entirely disables him from travelling - He resides, in the remote part of the town of Rensselaerville in the southwest corner of the County of Albany and 33 Miles from the City of Albany where the Courts of record for the said County are held and is wholly unable to travel that distance to attend the Court -
He has no documentary evidence of his services, nor can he find or procure any other witnesses to prove his services other than the person who has made an affidavit hereto annexed, that he has ascertained that the persons who well knew

of all his services in the Revolutionary War are dead, and that any other witnesses than those he has obtained cannot be had or found -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Jeremish Young
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me J. B. Moore Judge of Albany County Courts -
Albany County ss. I the subscribed a judge of the County Courts of the County of Albany do hereby certify and declare my 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 I further certify that the said applicant cannot attend the Court by reason of bodily infirmity, and I do also certify that I am well acquainted with Ebenezer Sprague, Henry C. Burhans, Uriah Young, Stephen Sprague, Josiah Brown & Andrew Snyder who have signed & sworn to the Certificate hereto annexed before John Ridder Esq. that they are all credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and that they all reside in the said town of Rensselaerville
Witness my hand this 3 rd day of August 1833
J. B. Moore Judge

State of New York } ss I Conrad A. Van Eyck Albany County } do hereby certify that Joseph B. Moore before whom the within declaration was sworn and who has made the within cer- tificate is a judge of the County Courts of the County of Albany in the State of New York and that the signature "J.B. Moore" to the said declaration and Certificate is his genuine signature - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this Sixth day of August A.D. 1833
C.A. Van Eyck Clerk for Jonas Wickes Deputy

We Epenetus Sprague, Henry C. Barhams, Uriah Young, Stephen Sprague, Josiah Brown, Andrew Snyder residing in the Town of Rensselaerville in the County of Albany and State of New York hereby Certify, that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Young who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be 77 years of age and upwards; 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.
Epenetus Sprague
Sworn and subscribed
this 17 day of July 1833
Henry Barhams
Before me
Uriah Young
John Rider Justice of the Peace
Stephen Sprague
Josiah Brown
Andrew Snyder
State of New York } ss Albany County }
I the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Epenetus Sprague, Henry C. Barhams, Uriah Young, Stephen Sprague, Josiah Brown & Andrew Snyder who have signed the preceding Certificate, that they all reside in the Town of Rensselaerville in the County of Albany, are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17 th day of July A.D. 1833 John Rider
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State of New York } ss Albany County }
Saron Minne residing in the town of Rensselaerville in the County of Albany and State of New York aged 74 years being duly sworn makes oath and says, that he well knows Jeremiah Young the Soldier in the annexed declaration mentioned and knew him perfectly in the Revolutionary War and has known him ever since and this deponent further says that he well knows that the said Jeremiah Young did serve as a Soldier in the Service of the United States, in the said War, and that he well remembers that he served in Capt DeWitts Company in Colo Snyders regiment of Militia and was in the said Service at Woodstock in the year 1776, and well recollects that the fall Burgoyne was taken, the Militia was called for and that the said Jeremiah Young belonged to Capt Snyders Company and marched up to Saratoga, and this deponent further says that he well recollects that the said Jeremiah Young served in Capt DeWitts Company in Colo Snyders regiment at Schenectady in the fall of the year 1778 and that this deponent served at the same time in the said Company & regiment for the term of four months, and this deponent further says that he well knows that the said Jeremiah Young did serve in Capt Munnels Company and that they were called "Rangers," and that the said Young was out a number of times in the said Service, that he this deponent lived in the same neighbourhood with the said

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section REL
December 6, 1929
Mr. Walter J. Young 223-25th Street Brooklyn, New York
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 28958, it appears that Jeremiah Young was born October 2, 1755, in Kiskaton (now Catskill) Greene County, New York. His age was recorded in the Dutch Church of Catskill where he was baptized.
While residing in Saugerties, Ulster County, New York, he enlisted in May or June, 1776, and served in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780 and 1781, in all nine months and two weeks as a private and four months as a corporal under Captains De Witt, Snyder, John De Witt, Osterhout, Tobias Myers and Hummil or Hummill, and Colonel Snyder in the New Yorks Troops and was at the surrender of Burgoyne.
In the spring of 1782, he moved from Saugerties to Redhook, Dutchess County, New York, where he lived for one year, then moved back to Saugerties and lived three years, and then moved to Rensselaerville, Albany County, New York, where he resided when he was allowed pension on his application executed July 15, 1833.
He died February 18, 1851.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

28 958 Rev INVALID.
1929-Dec 6 - Hist. to Walter J Young. Ech
File No. 28,958
Jeremiah Young Conf Rev War
Act: June 7 33
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 497
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rensselaerville Albany County New York August 3. 1833
L. D. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir Herewith
you have the papers in support of the application of Jeremiah Young for a pension under the act of June 7. 1832. They are made out in strict conformity with the instructions of the Secy of War - and I believe there is no doubt of the services of the soldier as stated in his declarations - Please send Certificate and direct all com- -munications relating to this claim to me at Rensselaerville New York -
Respectfully Yours re
J. P. Moore
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J. L. Carrads Esq. Pension Office Washington City
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31.55.

WORK ERECTED IN ALL CEMETERIES
ESTABLISHED 1850 PHONE, HUGUENOT 1818
JOHN YOUNG MONUMENTS AND MAUSOLEUMS
223 - 25TH STREET AT ENTRANCE TO GREENWOOD CEMETERY BROOKLYN, N. Y.
October nineteenth 1929.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly inform me whether your records show the payment of pension on account of any of the following serving in the Revolutionary War, Shaw Young, ✓ Seth Young, ✓ Abram Young, ✓ Jeremiah Young ✓ Henry Young.
These men were living in Albany County, N. Y. from after the Revolution until the time of their death and letters would have been sent to Berne or Berneville, or Rensselaerville post-offices in that county.
Thanking you in advance for any information you may kindly give me, I am,
Very truly yours,
Walter J. Young