Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,958, Gideon Young, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Young, Gideon
S 33958
CONTENTS

13.087
Massachusetts.
Gideon Young.
of Scituate in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Smith of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 2 yrs:
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of Feb 1819 and sent to John W. Davis Esq. Boston, Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 7/8 32.00 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 - 40.00
$130.00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Engraved Sept 19 Plymouth County.
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MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
5. June 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Gideon Young by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M c David { District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston September 22 A. D. 18 18
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Gideon Young subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M. D. C.
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

No 519 Gideon Young P1 to P3 Smith. Chap to Aug t 2 nd . 24 th April 1810.
as to claimants or circumstances would be most also cert- ify to the credibility of the witnesses being claimants services.
Admitted.

United States, Massachusetts District,
Gideon Young of Scituate, in the county of Plymouth, and Dis- trict of Massachusetts, a resident citizen of the United States, and applicant for a pension from the United States, under an act of Congress, entitled an act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolution- ary war, make the oath - That he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for upwards of one year in the manner following - viz - Enlisted in the winter of 1701-2 1702 - in the com- pany commanded by Captain Wathes, in the Massachusetts Reg- iment commanded by Colonel Calvin Smith, and served in said corps in New York - and until the spring of 1703 - when he was honor- ably discharged in writing, which discharge he sold to procure his continental pay to some person whose name is not recollect- ed - and is in such reduced circumstances as to require the aid of his country
Gideon Young
Massachusetts District } Boston 24. April 1878 }
Sworn to before me J. Davis Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

Gaion Young
13.087
Sept 1899
C

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Plymouth ss.
On this Twelfth day of August 1820, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for the said County Simon Young aged fifty nine years, resident in Scituate in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of fifteen months in the company commanded by Cap. Walker & Col. Smiths regiment Massachusetts line and that he has received a pension certificate dated 21 st July 1846 - and numbered 13087 - in pursuance of his original Declaration made 24 th April 1818 and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th 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 so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th 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 schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
I am a Mariner by occupation but on account of ill health am unable to labor. I have no family but live by my board & must depend on public or private charity for my support. I have no estate either Real or Personal except my late Pension Five dollars. Gideon Young
Sworn to, and declared, on the 12th day of August A.D. 1820 before Nahum Mitchell Justice
I, J. B. Thomas clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is No dollars and No cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Twelfth day of December 1820
J. B. Thomas Clerk of the Court for the County of Plymouth

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Gideon Young a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Winter 1781 + Winter 1782 1 yr. 2 mos. Pvt. Watters Calvin Smith 6th Mass.                                                   
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, April 24 1818. His el. was of
Residence at date of application, Scituate Plymouth Co. Mass
Age at date of application, in 58th year
Remarks: No data on file as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

33.958 Pay INVALID.
1915-aug. 4 Hist. to Mrs. Edwin O. Stoddard.
File No. 33.958
Eldon Young P. O. Box 100
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 497
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N. Scituate, Mass. July, 24, 1915-
Gents. I am making out application blanks for a lady to join the D. A. R. on the services of one Gideon Young of Scituate, Mass. I am desirous of ascertaining if the name of said Gideon Young is recorded in the Pension Office of the

War Department as having been a pensioner of the Rev. War.
The local history of Scituate, Mass. states that he was a pensioner. Can you verify
the statement for me?
Awaiting a reply I remain Yours respectfully
(Mrs Edwin) Sarah A. Stoddard Registrar of Chief Justice Cushing Chapter D. A. R.

I find by the newspapers that the case of Gideon Young Relative to his Recovering his Pension as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War has not been settled on account of a Certificate from the Magistrate who took the Depositions of Nhemiah Manron and Samuel P. Jones being necessary Relative to the Credibility of the Witnesses, I therefore one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Plymouth in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, having taken said Depositions by a Commission from the Honble Judge Davis thereby certify that I consider the said Witnesses Credible, and that what they then testified is the Truth and Nothing but the Truth — Situate May 20 th 1817. Elijah Turner Just. Peace

I Gideon Young of Situate, in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, In the fifty eighth years of my Age, depose set forth and declare, that I was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution on the continen- tal establishment, that I entered thereon in the Winter of the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty one, and Eighty two, in Capt. Watters Company, of Colonel Smiths Regiment, being the Sixth Regiment, in Massachusetts Line, for One year, that I served out my term faithfully, and three months longer, all in the State of New York, and had a discharge, which I delivered to the sum of Thomas Hall the balance of my wages. — And further declare, that from my reduced circumstances, I need the assistance of my country for support. — Gideon Young
Situate March 1 st 1818
Samuel P. Jones of the Revolution Army do hereby and say that the above named Gideon Young served in the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment as above specified and that the above written instrument contains the Truth and nothing but the Truth
Plymouth 15 May 1 st 1818 Then Personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth, the above named Samuel P. Jones who after being carefully examined and conferred to testify the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth, made solemn Oath to the Truth of the above deposition by him signed — Elijah Turner Just: Peace
I Nhemiah Manson of Situate in the County of Plymouth do hereby and say  of the Revolution Army do hereby and say that the above named Gideon Young served in the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment as above specified and that the above written instrument contains the Truth and nothing but the Truth
Nhemiah Manson
Plymouth 15 May 1 st 1818 Then Personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth the above named Nhemiah Manson who after being carefully examined & cautioned to testify the whole Truth & nothing but the Truth, made solemn oath to the Truth of the above deposition by him signed — Elijah Turner Just: Peace