Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17803, Samuel Young, R. I.

SERVICE
R.I.
Young, Samuel
NUMBER
S. 17803
CONTENTS
carded

4878 Rhode Island
Samuel Young
of Newport in the State of R.I. who was a Private in the company comman- by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Richmond in the R.I. line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of R.I. at the rate of 40 Dollars _____ Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st day of Jan y 1833 and sent from D. I. Pease Secy of War
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $60 - Semest. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 20 - $80 -
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. H. M c Blain Clerk Vol. 3 rd Page 141.

Pay d suspended Dec 8. '34 see let to Penna 28 J. L. also to pension —
let W m Ennis Eng 16 th March 1835 same 17 April '35
16 May 35 M c Ennis - let to M c Ennis 28 th March 1835 29 Sept 1835
let to M c Ennis 26 Nov 1835 " " M c Ennis - same date

12.270  BRIEF in the case of Samuel Young  County of Newport in the State of Rhode Island  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? _____  3. How old is he? 76  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     enlisted In 1775 summer 1 _____ _____ Private Gen. Capt. James Wallace, Col. Richmond.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Newport R.I.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional by a witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh  Examining Clerk.  Jany. 21. 1833.

12.270 Samuel Young Pmoh 1 year
06-12 144 July 26. 1853
about
$40-
15 km S. J. Pearce

State of Rhode Island &c. Newport ss. Newport }
On this fifteenth day of September A.D. 1832. personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now holden in & for said town of Newport, Samuel Young a resident in said Newport, aged seven- ty-six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, on his oath declares as follows, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 - That sometime in the Summer of 1775, being then a resident in said Newport, he enlisted for one year in Capt. James Wallace's Company in Col. Richmond's Regiment in the State Service, and served his time out, when he was verbally discharged - that during the first part of his term of enlistment aforesaid, said Company was stationed about a mile to the northwest of said Newport & situated in what is called the Durdle- house - said Company were twice ordered over to Barrington whilst this applicant served in it - that they were quartered there the first time about two months, & during this period Wallace landed on the Island, from the British ships of war Glasgow, Rose & Swan & a gun brig which lay near the Ferry, plundered the inhabitants, & killed a man by the name of Martin, a resident on the Island - this applicant's com- pany was then quartered in the Water House; but could do nothing to protect the inhabitants, as there were only about thirty-five in said Company, while there were rising two hun- dred of the enemy - that during his term of enlistment aforesaid he was always in active service & employed with

Said Company to share the share - that he never served with any Continental or Militia regiment, but was well acquaint- ed with Col. Topham of the Continental Service & brought up in the same neighborhood with him - that he was born in said Newport on the twenty-ninth day of July 1756 & has resided in said Newport ever since the Revolution - that he has no documen- tary evidence of his services & never received any written discharge. That there is no person living within his knowledge who knows of his services, except so far as they are set forth in the annexed deposition of Bellman Memo. & that he refers to William Hunter Esquire & to Samuel Vaughan his fellow townsman and neighbors, for his veracity, & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution - 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 - he further declares that he has no record of his age.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Blayt B Norland Prob te 6th
Sam l Young
We William Hunter of Newport aforesaid, Esquire, and Samuel Vaughan of the same place, Merchant, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the above na- med Samuel Young who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seven- ty-six years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Blayt B Norland Prob te 6th
William Hunter Samuel Vaughan

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 William Hunter and Samuel Vaughan who have signed the preceding Certificate are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to Credit.
I Benjamin B Howland, Clerk of the Court of Probate of said Newport, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Young for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this fifteenth day of September A Eighteen hundred and Thirty two.
Benj B Howland Probate Clerk

P 17803 INVALID.
File No. 17803
Samuel Young
Pre Civil War
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 421
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1923. May 1. Hon. C. Ellis Moore advised for Mr. A. C. Marshall - no reliable data. Set of California C. H. 185- John H. Stockwell - 1881-85.

6 William Ennis Esquire Newport R.I.

Prov Decem 19. 1834.
Sir. From your letter I infer that Sam l Young was a Private in Richmonds Reg t . If so there is no evidence in this office to shew the time of service. The appointment of the Officers may be shewn by the record.
Respect ly Yr. obed t Serv t Henry Bowen.
Wm Ennis Esq.

I, Benjamin Lawton of Newport in the State of Rhode Island, a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, on solemn oath declare and say, that I have been acquainted with Samuel Young of Newport, ever since he was a boy - that we have been neighbours nearly all our lives, and that to my certain knowledge the said Young enlisted in Capt. Jones Wallace's company of Rhode Island State Troops, for a twelve months, & served in that company the whole period of his enlistment. Benjamin Lawton
State of Rhode Island
County of Newport ss. Newport, March 17. 1835. This day personally appeared before me, Benjamin Lawton, & having made and subscribed the above statements in my presence, made oath to the truth of the same. I certify that the s d Benjamin Lawton is well known to me & that he is a credible person.
Wm. G. Morris. Justice of the Peace.
I hereby certify that Mr Ennis who has, as a Justice of the Peace signed the foregoing affidavit, is now, and for some years past has been, a Justice of the Peace for the town and county of Newport - Deity J. Pease March 18 th 1835

I, Benjamin Day of Newport in the State of Rhode Island, on solemn oath, declare & say, that I perfectly recollect that Samuel Young was a soldier in Capt. James Wallace's company in Col. Richmond's Regiment, and I frequently in that company, in Newport and saw him doing duty on the Island of Conanicut in the town of Scituate in Newport in the year 1775 & '76. Col. Richmond's Regi- ment was raised by this State in October 1775, as will appear by referring to my commission as lieutenant of the first company in that Regiment, which commis- sion is now in the Pension Office at Washington. In the month of February 1776, I was promoted to a Cap- taincy in the same company, which commission is also in the Pension Office. I have known him Samuel Young ever since he was a boy, and have no doubt that he served for twelve months as a private in that company.
Benjamin Day
County of Newport.
Newport, March 24. 1835. This day personally appeared before me, Col. Benjamin Day, and having made and subscribed the above statement in my presence, made oath to the truth of the same. I certify that the said Benjamin Day is well known to me, & that he is a credible person.
Wm G. Mnis. Justice of Peace.

Newport R.I.
Sept 22. 1885.
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
I am so well satisfied that Mr. Samuel Young is justly entitled to a pension, that I once more, at his earnest request, address you in relation to his claim. Mr. Young is a very old man; his life has been a laborious one; and although his memory is remarkably good as to facts, his recollection of dates is very imperfect. Such is often the case with those who are very aged.
Various objections have been stated against the restoration of his annuity. I was first referred
to the Secretary of this State, whose letter declaring that there was no evidence of the service of privates in Richmond regiment in his office, was transmitted by me to the Department. The most objection under date of March 26. 1885. was, "Samuel
Young claimed to have enlisted in 1775 for a year in Rich- mond Reg t which was admitted. Since the claim was ad- mitted, it has been made apparent that no such service was performed at the period stated".
The affidavits of Col. Day & Benjamin Lawton, a respectable man & a pensioner, were procured & sent to Washington, to satisfy the Department that Mr. Young's statement was correct as to the time of his service.
A communication from the Depart- ment, under date of April 17. acknowledged the receipt of these affidavits, & continued as follows "The character of the services stated by them" (Day & Lawton) "cannot be reconciled with those stated by Mr. Young in his declaration, partic- ularly that on Cannon Island, stated by Col. Day."

As Mr Young in his affidavit in support of the claim of Shadrach Clegg Hester services, at variance with those set forth in his declaration, a further explanation of his actual service must be made by him, before a decision will be made."
The next communication from the Pension Office was, dated May 16, 1835, from which the following is an extract "Your account must be given of the papers, which were transmitted in support of that claim. They are not on file here. As intimated in
my letter of the 17. April last, the conflicting accounts he has given of his service render his claim questionable."
Mr Hunter, a near neighbor for nearly forty years of Mr Young, and now charged d' affairs at Bristol, whose affidavit is annexed to the declaration of Young, states before the court, that he had formerly in his possession a certificate from Capt. Wallace, wherein he states that Young had served in his company for 2 years: that he, (Mr H.) had left that certificate at Washington, or that it had been mislaid or lost.
If Mr Hunter were at home, no doubt his deposition could be obtained, but he is beyond the reach of one so destitute of the means of procuring testimony, abroad, as Mr Young.
Miss Wallace, who resides here, and is the daughter of Capt. Wallace above mentioned, assured me that she had often heard her father speak of Young's service in his company; but not of the length of time that he served.
I hope the Department will consider any discrepancies in Mr Young's declaration, with his statement in support of the claim of Shadrach Clegg Hester, as resulting from his old age & defective memory, rather than as an attempt to impose upon the government, by fraudulently claiming compensation for services never performed. No one here, at all acquainted with him,

doubts his having served in Wallace's Company. And the ground of objection to reinstating him on the list of pensioners, has been so often varied, that I hope you will at least give him such information as will enable him, to use the expres- sion in your last letter, to make "a further explanation of his actual services."
Very respectfully,
Wm. E. Norris.

J. Bateman Munro, of Portsmouth in the County of New- port & State of Rhode Island, on solemn oath declare, that I well remember seeing Samuel Young of New- port in said State, fisherman, going out as a soldier in Wallace's company, near Newport, in the year 1775, but how long he served I am unable to state.
Bateman Munro
State of Rhode Island, ss.
Newport, Sept r 14. 1832. Then personally appeared before me the above named Bateman Munro, & the pre- ceding deposition being by me, in his presence, reduced to writing & read to him, made oath to the truth of the same, & the same subscribed in my presence. I further certify that I am credibly informed that said Munro is a person of veracity & that his statement is to be believed.
Wm Ennis
Justice of the peace

William Ennis the person within named is to my knowledge a Justice of the Peace
Henry J. Pease
12. 2/70

State of Rhode Island ss.
County of Newport ss.
Personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Newport in the State of Rhode Island, Samuel Young of Newport, in the seventy ninth year of his age, who in order to amend his declaration made before the Court of Probate within & for the County of Newport, declares as follows, that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory, he is unable to recollect the exact period of his services in the War of the Revolution; but that according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned here in after, and always as a private. For one year he served on Rhode Island in Col. and Colonel, in Captain James Wallaces Company in Col. Richmonds Regiment of Rhode Island State troops. He cannot recollect the time with certainty, of his enlistment in said Company, but he believes it was in the fall of 1775. That during his service in said Company on the Island of Conanicut, Wallace landed there & burnt several houses - that in the fall of 1777, as nearly as he can remember, of 1777, he served as a substitute for one Brownell, for two months, in Captain Potter Company in Col. Sayers Regiment of Rhode Island Militia; & during this time was employed in guarding the shore near what is now called the South Ferry in South Kingstown, on the Narragansett Shore; and that during this time of his service

Shadrach Gano, often of New Shoreham was, a Sergeant, in said Potter's company. : That, immediately after this applicant, had served for two months, as al- ready stated, he served in Edmund Locke's company in Sander Regiment for one month as a substitute, (but for whom he is unable to remember) & that du- ring this last mentioned term of service, he was employed in guarding the New England Shore, near Point Judith, on what was called the backside . And in the latter part of the same year, was present at the capture of the Syren , a British ship of war, which was ashore near Point Judith, and which a few of them, with one long gun, com- pelled to surrender. And this applicant declares, that he cannot state the periods of his service, with more accuracy than he has done in this & his preceding declarations, but that he served in the war of the Revolution fifteen months , after such service he claims a pension.
County of Newport ss. April 20, 1835.
Sworn & subscribed
JAMES YOUNG
this day, before me.
Wm. Norris. Justice Peace.

Samuel Young

Newport R.I.
Dec 27. 1839
Hon. S. L. Edwards, Commissioner of pensions.
Sir,
At the request of Mr. Saml. Young, and in accordance with the suggestion contained in your communication to him of Dec. 8. I addressed a letter to Henry Bowen Esq. Secretary of State, inquiring of him if there was any evidence in his office of the service of Young in Richmond's Regiment.
I herewith transmit the reply of Mr. Bowen, from which it appears that no additional testimony touching the case in question can be obtained from him.
Allow me respectfully to refer you to the certificate of the Hon. Wm Hunter, forwarded with the paper of Mr. Young wherein Mr. H., if I remember rightly, states, that prior to the Act of '32, he applied on behalf of Young for a pension; that among the documents to sustain the application was a certificate from Capt. Wallace, confirming the declaration of Young as to his service in his company for the space of twelve months; that the officer then at the head of the pension department was satisfied that his claim was well founded; & that the reason of his not then obtaining a pension, was that his case came not within the provisions of the Act, under which the application was made.
Mr. Hunter further stated in open court at the time of giving his certificate above referred

as to, that the papers provided for him to sustain the claim of Mr. Young has been left by him in Washington, or were mislaid or lost. I am, Sir, very respect- fully,
yo. dist. servt.
Wm. L. Morris.

Newport R.I.
March 24. 1835.
Hon. S. L. Edwards, ? Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
I send with this, the affidavits of Col. B. Day, & Mr. B. Newton, in relation to the services of Mr. Saml. Young. I hope they will be satisfactory, and that Mr. Young will be replaced on the list of the pensioners in this State.
Mr. Young is a very old man; & at the time of making his declaration was uncertain whether he served in 1775 or '76 - & is so now - but there is no person in Newport who served as a private, whose statement is better sustained by general reputation than his.
I am, Sir, very respectfully y r . obed t serv t .
Wm. Morris.

BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
John Brown Francis
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
BE IT KNOWN, that the name " HENRY BOWEN " to the afore-written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire, who, at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law : Wherefore unto his said attestation, full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Provi- dence, this seventeenth
day of November in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- five and of Independence the fifty-Sixth .
John Brown Francis
BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
Henry Bowen Secy.

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Secretary's office Novem r 17. A D 1835.
I certify that at the October session of the General Assembly of said State (then colony)  an act in the year seventeen hundred seventy five, an act was passed entitled "An act for embodying, supplying and paying a Regiment, consisting of Five hundred men, for the defence of the United Colonies in General, and of the Colony in particular."
That the term of enlistment prescribed by said act was # for one year from the day of enlistment unless the service admit of a discharge sooner, at the discretion of the General Assembly.
That by the last paragraph of said act it was enacted "That said Regiment be embodied for twelve months from the rising of the General Assembly, unless sooner disbanded."
That at said session William Richmond was appointed Colonel of said Regiment.
witness Henry Bowen Secy

Newport R. I.
Nov. 18. 1835
Hon: J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
I have just received from the Secretary of this State, the evidence required in the case of Saml. Young; and which I herewith transmit to the Department.
with great respect,
your obedt. servt.,
Wm. E. Norris.

Saml Young in his afft. which was append'd to the paper of Shadrack Card, who claimed to have served in the years 1777. 8 & 9. Says that he served in the same Company with Card, when the first year of their acquaintance — Young claims to have belonged to the Nate. army , then in 1775, 6. which Card. belonged to the Militia — 77. 8 & 9.
A. B. D.
Dec 8 1834

12.270 Fam. Young
Man D. J. Pearce W of Reps

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Young which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 2 Citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? witness
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? No
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 7. _____
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
†QUERE XIV. 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 claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.