Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19176, Jedediah Young, Mass.

SERVICE
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Young, Jediah
S. 19176
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76 Barnstable
27379  Massachusetts  Isaaciah Young of Falmouth in the State of Mass who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain King — of the Reg t commanded by Colo. Whiting in the Mass line for 8 Months  private M ch
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 26. Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate & Pension issued the 2 d day of May  1834 and sent to Wm d  Davis Esq r  Falmouth  Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 $ 79.98 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th  Sep 1834 — 13.33 $ 93.31
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded By George Taylor Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2 7 Page 99

Jedediah Young 26960

State of Massachusetts } County of Barnstable } ss
On the seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty two Personally appeared in Open Court before the Hon. Nymphas Marston Esquire Judge of Probate within and for the County of Barnstable now sitting at Harwich in said County James Young of Orleans in the County of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts aged twenty four years, who being first duly sworn and being 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 enlisted into the service of the United States in the following named officers and served as herein stated; that he enlisted in the Massachusetts Militia in a company commanded by Solomon Huggins Second Huggins first Lieut. and Reuben Gale second Lieut. on or about the first of February 1776 for two months and was discharged on the last of March 1776 and was stationed at Roxbury in Massachusetts during said time Also about the first of April 1776 He enlisted in the Massachusetts Militia in the company commanded by King of Salem and was stationed at Nantasket in Massachusetts and that he enlisted for six months and in six months from the time of his enlistment in October 1776 he was discharged and that he enlisted in Burrough's Port and digging a well at Nantasket and took a ship and took a ship a long lugging in Nantasket vessels and that he has no documentary

inasmuch as said Simon that he was born in Eastham in 1757 and resided therein at the time he enlisted into the  service service and that till part of said Eastham was incorporated into a town by the name of Orleans where he now resides and that he knows of no record of his birth and that he never had any written discharge or any documentary inasmuch as said Simon. He hereby making makes every claim which he has 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 for a pension or ground. I now am my wife Simon's wife can testify as to my character a military service sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Gedidith Young
Attest, Oliver Davis, Register of the Court of Probate.
We Joseph Sparre and Gideon S. Snow both of Orleans in the County of Barnstable hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Gedeon Young, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about 70 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Attest, Oliver Davis, Reg. of the Court of Probate.
Joseph Sparre Gideon S. Snow
And of 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

I John Sparrow and  co  deposited of Orleans in the county of Barnstable of lawful mean do testify and say that Francis Young intestate and since deceased during the Revolutionary war two months at Rushmore as he has stated in his declaration to which this is annexed as he was with him during that time John Sparrow
I Isaac Snow of Orleans and William Eldridge of Harwich both of the county of Barnstable of lawful age to give evidence do testify and say that Francis Young of Orleans since deceased during the Revolutionary war six months at Nantucket as he has stated in his declaration to which this is annexed as we were there at the same time Isaac Snow Wm Eldridge
Barnstable
Probate court at Harwich in said county September 17, 1832
Personally appeared in open court the above named John Sparrow, Isaac Snow & Wm Eldridge and made oath to the truth of the several depositions above subscribed by them respectively in court. And I certify that the abovenamed John, Isaac & William are, in the opinion of the court, credible witnesses. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the the day & year aforesaid Henry Davis, Register

severed as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Josiah Sparrow who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Orleans; and that Gideon T. Snow who has also signed the same is a resident in S d Orleans and credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit. And it appears to the Court that there is now no clergyman resident near the residence of the Declarant
Witnesses: Alston - Judge J. Almer Davis Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Young for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hands and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid. —
Almer Davis Reg
Jeremiah Young Orleans.
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26960 Leducat Spring
Adams on the Capt King's Coast Whiting
Alma Davis E Falmouth Mass

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Oct 25-1833
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 subjunct 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 Isaac Linn
   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 2 Private Capt. Higgins 74   1776 6 " " King Eastman Wadsworth & witnesses    He has not mentioned the names of the Colonels under whom he served. This should be done, & application should be made to the Secy of the State of Mass for evidence of his service   
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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 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 "fix 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.

2 191 st /6
INVALID.
File No. 12176
Jedediah Young Br. Rev. Mass.
Act: June 7 th 52
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 421
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Barnstable ss.
Orleans April 16, 1834
Personally appeared before the subscriber Judge of the Probate of the County of Barnstable, Jedediah Young of Orleans in S. County, who made declaration before the Probate Court on the 17th. day of September A.D. 1832 for a Pension under the Act of Congress of June 7. 1832.- and being duly sworn deposeth & saith, that by reason of old age & consequent loss of memory, he cannot now positively state the names of the Colonels under whom he performed the services named in his said declaration. He however, well remembers seeing General Washington at Roxbury. Jedediah Young
Subscribed & sworn to before me the subscriber Judge of Probate as aforesaid, the day & year first aforesaid Nymphas Marton Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 15 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Jedediah Young , as a private is borne on a "Roll of Samuel King's Company in Colonel Josiah Whitney's Regiment in the service of the Massachusetts August 1. 1776," where he is allowed from May 23 d two months and eight days time in service. whole amount due £ 4. 10. 8 d
The name of Jedediah Young, as a private, is also borne on "A Pay roll of Capt Samuel King's Company in Colonel Josiah Whitney's Regiment in the State of the Massachusetts Bay, from first of August to 11 th of November 1776" where he is allowed time of service three months, whole amount of wages £ 6.
The name of Jedediah Young is also borne on "A Pay Roll of Samuel King's Company Col Josiah Whitney's Regiment, for the Colony service" where he is entered a private, place of above Latham Number of miles 93. Travelling expenses, 7.£. 9 d Blanket money 13.£. 4 d advance pay £ 2. sum total £ 3. 1. 1.
And I further certify that no roll is found in this office of Capt. Solomon Higgins' Company from

The 1st of February to the first of April, 1876, at Roxbury, the only Roll of Capt Salomon Higgins on file, being a Muster Roll at Eastham from July 1st to December 31st, 1875.
Edward D. Bangs Esq