Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 36245-160-55, David Young, N.J. Res. Of Widow 1855

SERVICE
NUMBER
Young, David Keturah
B.L.Wt. 36245-160-55-
N.J. res. of widow 1855-
CONTENTS

174541
Mar 3 June 21/53
Rebecca Young widow David Young Pier
Private
St. Jersey Mile
362
Rev. Man
No Papers
Ad. 1600 July 28/56
R. Dodge Vol. II. 73. 4
Clerk of Morris County Court

Sept 28/58 Let to Jas H Woodruff Madison N.J. warrant can be assigned by them at Law, to firm in W. Office for proper order. (Let of Woodruff, referred to by Act 53. Cameron) M
Nov. 27/58 Instructions of Gen Land Office under Act of June/58 sent to Jas H Woodruff, Madison, N.J. - J.P.
1858 Nov 27. to Ed. D. Woodruff, Madison N.J. - J.P. sent from N.J.

174541
DUKE OF THE FORD, BRIDGES, 21 Wall Street, New-York.
Professor J. A. Smith
100 Wall Street, New-York
June 10, 1873
Dear Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th inst. and in reply to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the proper authorities for their consideration. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Duke of the Ford

Declaration to be made before a Justice of the Peace or other officer, authorized to administer oaths for general purposes, by the widow of a deceased person, who has not had a land warrant.
STATE OF New Jersey } ss: COUNTY OF Morris }
On this 14 th day of June , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, Keturah Young , aged 88 years, a resident of Hanover , in the State of
New Jersey , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of David Young , deceased, who was a privat in the company, commanded by Captain _____ , in the Revolutionary War regiment of
commanded by _____ , in the war with Great Britain , declared by the United States, on the _____ day of _____ , that her said husband* _____ , at _____ , on or about the _____ day
of _____ , A. D. _____ , for the term of _____ , and continued in actual service in said war for the term of the whole of the Revolutionary war , and was honorably discharged at _____ on the _____ day of _____ , A. D. _____ . war he at the Battle of Springfield and also at Monmouth where he was taken prisoner
She further states that she was married to the said David Young in Hanover on the second day of October , A. D. 1806 , by one Rev. Aaron Condit , and that her name before her said marriage was
a Hanover ; that her said husband died at Hanover on the 24 th day of November , A. D. 1811 , and that she is now a widow.†
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act approved March 3, 1855."
(Claimant's signature.)
Keturah Young
We, Samuel Hopkins Esq. , and William Britton , residents of Hanover & Chatham , in the State of New Jersey , upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Keturah Young in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be,
(Signatures of witnesses.)
Samuel Hopkins William Britton
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
James Levy Justice (Peace)
* Enlisted or Volunteered or Drafted.
†This declaration must be accompanied by satisfactory proof of the marriage, of the husband's death, and the present widowhood of the claimant. If there be a public record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of it should be forwarded, if possible. If there be none but a private or family record, such family record, or a certified copy of the same, should be forwarded, with the affidavit of some disinterested persons proving the genuineness of the original and the correctness of the copy. If no public or private record of the marriage exist, or can be procured, that fact should be set forth in the declaration; and in such case, other evidence—such as the testimony of persons who knew the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and knew them to cohabit as husband and wife, and to be so reputed—will be admissible. In no case, however, will the mere statement of witnesses that the claimant is the widow of the deceased, be taken as evidence of the marriage; but the witnesses must state facts, and circumstances from which they derive their knowledge or opinion that she is the widow of the deceased.
DRAKE & BRADFORD, Brokers, 29 Wall Street, New-York.

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, } ss. Morris County, }
I, ALBERT H. STANBURROUGH, Clerk of the County of Morris, do hereby Certify, that James Coss Esq., before whom the foregoing Affidavit was taken, was, at the time of taking such Affidavit, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Morris, duly elected, commissioned and sworn, and fully authorised by the laws of the State of New Jersey to take the same; and that the name James Coss thereunto signed, is in his own proper hand-writing.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, at Morristown, this Eighteenth day of June — 18 55
A. H. Stanburrough Clerk.
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for present

174 541

Hanover June 15 1855
I hereby certify that among the records of the First Presbyterian Church of Hanover Morris Co NJ my hand committed to my keeping as Pastor of the same  First Presbyterian Church by my predecessors in the pastoral office of this congregation is a book containing records of marriages, and that in this  among book is recorded as married by Rev Aaron Cendit, one of my predecessors, the marriage of David Young to Heturah Bratt Oct 1 1806, and that the record is in the same hand writing in which the rest of Mr Cendit's pastoral & official acts are recorded & which I believe to be his own. I also find from the same book of records that David Young is marked as among those that have died.
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 15 th day of June 1855 James Lacy (S.S.)
Geo S King Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church & Congregation of Hanover

Rev. War Section
mmh
July 12, 1923
Lucy C. Howell River Head, New York
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the records of this Bureau it appears that David Young served as a Private thru the War of the Revolution. Was in the battles of Springfield and Monmouth. No further details of service given. He died November 24, 1811 in Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey.
He married October 1 or 2, 1806 in Hanover, New Jersey, Keturah Beach who while a resident of said Hanover aged eighty-eight years, applied June 14, 1855 and was allowed 160 acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 36245 on account of the services of David Young in the Revolution.
In 1880 a daughter Mrs. Mary Woodruff was referred to.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

36.245.
160 acres.

174.541

State of New Jersey Personally appeared before Morris County for me James Cory a justice of the Peace Daniel Hopping Esq. and made oath in due form of Law. Says he was well acquainted with David Young who is now Deceased in his lifetime being a near neighbor and was appointed the Administrator to the Estate of said Young - and examining the books and papers of the said deceased found among them a small Book containing a journal of matters commencing in the year 1777 and running through all of the Revolutionary War - This Book being shown to me by the family this day I am well satisfied the writing in said Book is the hand writing of David Young Deceased, and I can state also the applicant Deborah Young now making the application for bountyland is the widow of David Young Deceased - and has remained his widow ever since the year 1811 and further the deponent saith so it is Soon and Soon and Subscribed this 15 th day } Dan l Hopping of June 1855 - } James Cory (Justice Peace)
Mr. L. P. Waldo. Dear Sir I here enclose a Journal of David Young Deceased who was kept by him in the Revolutionary war. Stating where he was during duty in said war which you will see his service and time that he was called out and spent through all of the Revolutionary war. and what I can learn by the oldest inhabitants of this part of the Country David Young Deceased was out on duty in service of his Country through all of the Revolutionary war. the witnesses of his service is all dead, but from what I can learn by his wife the widow of the deceased and the oldest men now living in the Country that he was of great service in the American army to protect our Common Country and free these United States from bondage: be so good as to return this small Journal when read for the family thinks a great deal of it - Yours Respectfully Wm. Pattin late Capt in the war of 1812 & 1814

James H. Woodruff Madison N.Y. Nov. 15. 1858
✓ Respecting the transfer of his warrant & his app n for a pension.
Respectfully referred to Comm ee of Pensions. Dept. Int. { Moses Kelly Nov. 23/58. } Chf. Clk.
Rec'd 22 Nov: 58 Mr. Beard & Mr. Rutt

Madison Nov 15 th 1855
Sir
Yours of the 28 th Sept came safely to hand. in it you informed me the Land Warrant respecting which I enquired might be assigned by the Heirs at law & refered me to the Gen. Gen. Land Office for the par- ticular mode of assignment. I wrote soon after to the Gen Land Office but hitherto have received no answer you also informed me that I would be answered respecting my claim for a pension from another branch of the pension Office. I have heard nothing on that subject. I have sought in vain for a copy of the laws of Congress passed at the last Session in order to find the act to which you refer. I have not found it. I should be greatly obliged to you Sir if it is con- sistent for you to do so if you will

use your influence with those whose proper business it is in order that I may receive as soon as is convenient the necessary information on these two subjects
By attending to this request you will confer a great favor on yours most Respectfully
Edw. H. Woodruff
Please direct as before to Madison New Jersey

Country Land N.Y.
Department of the Interior. 36245-1603 PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. Oct. 22, 1880
Sir:
In order to enable this to find the Diary referred to in enclosed letter, you are requested to furnish a description of same, i. e. whether it was in book form, in pamphlet or mere sheets of paper.
As there is a vast amount of such evidence accumulated in this office, please describe the one in question as fully as possible.
Very respectfully
Edmund D. Halsey Morristown N. J.
O. R. Clarke Actg Commissioner m

Blauq
Diary referred to nor in Bl case, it is probably with Rev W. D. Penn con.

Saw Office of Edmund D. Halsey.
Morristown, N.J., Nov 6 th 1880
Hon O.P.G. Clarke
Actg. Comr. Pensions
Dear Sir - In the matter of recovery of the Diary or Journal of David Young a revolutionary soldier I have obtained & herewith send you such information as is asked for in your letter of 22 nd ult herewith returned
Mrs Woodruff, the daughter, says "it was about the width of a sheet of Commercial note and two thirds its length, (say 5 x 6 inches), there was a slight cover of some kind somewhat mutilated of not much thickness, in which entries were made by David Young from time to time of what he did & where he went from 1776 to 78 - It was sent to Washington in 1855 (in the account) by Col Britton of Madison -"
Hoping this information may lead to its recovery by Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant E.D. Halsey

Old 1880 Pens.
231.
Sept. 20 1880. Edmund D. Halsey Morristown, N.J.
Requests on behalf of Mrs Mary Woodruff that the diary of her father, David Young, who was a soldier of the War of the Revolution, be returned to her
Dept. of the Interior,
Sept. 21 st 1880.
Respectfully referred to the Com'r of Pensions.
Wm. H. Kirkwood Chief Clerk.
Sept. 21, 1880-
Mr Halsey informed of this reference -
Mrs. Woodruff

Law Office of Edmund D. Halsey.
Morristown, N.J., Sept 20 th 1880
Hon Carl Shurz.
Secretary of the Interior
Dear Sir.
In Dec 1879 at the request of Mrs Mary Woodruff, formerly Miss Mary Young, I asked to have returned to her the diary of her father David Young, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army. The diary was sent to the department as evidence of the service of the soldier by Retired Young his widow, to obtain a land warrant. in 1855 or 6 notice that the application was granted was rec d in June 1856.
I have had no answer to my letter and respectfully renew my request -
Very Respectfully
Edmund D. Halsey

17.6.2.
Dept of the Interior Bureau of Pensions.
Sir -
Please give me what information you can concerning David Young - or Youngs - Sergeant, Eastern Battalion, Morris Co. N.J. Revolutionary War .
Very truly,
Lucy C. Howell Riverhead
May 23, 1923.
New York
Heck. sent July 12-1923 mmkts.