Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22613, Philip Young, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Young, Philip
S. 22613
CONTENTS

11491
Pittsburgh
Philip Young
Beaver Co in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Gerhart of the Reg t commanded in the Penn a Militia for Seven Months N.Y.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania Pensions at the rate of 23: Dollars 33 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the first day of May 1833. and sent to Philip Young.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 14.44 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1/16/33 11.66 3/4 $ 26.10 3/4
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 5 Page 95

See letter 7 Sep 1835 to
Purvis. See letter to Sept 1837 to the Henry copies of which sent to Robert Nicholson H. Rept Harris Pa Mar 19 '46
Lib. J. H. Asper. March 26/59

Claim for Increased Pension of Philip Young
Affidavit & Power of Atty of Catharine McCollum
Report to—
Presented by J. H. Asper Atty for Claimant

The state of Ohio Immuball County ss }
On this 26th day of November A.D. 1835, personally appeared before me Amas Allison, a justice of the Peace within and for said County, Catharine McCollum aged 57 years, a resident of Weathersfield in said County who being duly sworn according to law, on her said oath declares that she is a daughter of Philip Young and the identical Philip Young who was placed on the Revolutionary Pension Roll of the State of Pennsylvania, under the act of June 7 1832 at the rate of $63.00 per annum and is now dead; that she has been informed and believes that her said father is entitled to an increase of pension from the commencement thereof until his death which was on the day of May, 1846, and she is directly interested therein and she makes this affidavit to set up said claim.
Hereby counternanding all powers of attorney heretofore given. I do constitute and appoint by this instrument J. F. Aspen of Warren, Ohio, my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and stead to prosecute, before the pension office at Washington City, the claim of my father for any arrear of pension which may be due, and I hereby authorize and empower him to search the Records & Rolls at Washington City or elsewhere, to apply for and receive a

certificate of the said service of my father Philip Young from State or National Archives to file any and all papers documents or evidence and arguments relating to said case and receive for me and for my benefit any certificate which may be issued in liquidation of said claim, which I write payable at the agency at Cleveland, Ohio; and to do whatever I might or could do were I personally present; Hereby ratifying whatever my said attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
Seal
In presence of } Catharine McCollum Amos Allison Anna Green
Subscribed to me and acknowledged before me this day and year above written; and I hereby certify that the above named Catharine McCollum is to me well known that she is the identical party she has above represented herself to be; that she is entitled to the assets of pension due her said father if there is any; that she is a respectable resident of said county and entitled to credit; and that I am not interested in said claim nor am I concerned in the prosecution thereof.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand official this day and year above written.
Amos Allison Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio Franklin County ss
I, Almon D. Webb, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County, do hereby certify that the above named Amos Allison, before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgments were taken, was, at the date thereof, a justice of the peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and legally authorized to take the same, and to whose official acts full faith and credit are due, that the signature of said Amos Allison above written is true and genuine; and that I am not concerned in said pension claim of said Philip Young, nor am I concerned in the prosecution thereof.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand official and affixed the seal of said Court, at Warren in said County, this 5th day of December A.D. 1835.
Almon D. Webb Clerk

Philip Young Claim for meas of Rent on a Leamster. Rent Roll. act of 1832

The State of Ohio Summit County ss
On this 7th day of March 1839, before me a Notary Public, within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Catharine McCollum aged 54 years a resident of Wadsworthfield, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is a daughter and heir of Philip Young who was a Pensioner of the United States under Act of June 7. 1832 from the State of Pennsylvania, at the rate of $23.33, per annum, the original Certificate for which is now in her possession bearing date May 1. 1833, signed by Lewis Cass, Secy of War, and is No 11491 Recorded Book E. Vol. 5 Page 98. by Geo. B. Whiting Clerk; that said pension was granted her father for services in the Militia from the State New Jersey and from the County of Sussex; that he was always also a Seaman in the New Jersey Line and she is informed and believes that her said father is entitled to an increase of pension by reason of said Seaman services; that she makes this affidavit to set up said claim and have the same examined and reported upon and allowed in case the said claim is just, as she believes it is; that she sets up the same for herself as an heir, and for the other heirs, who are Fanny Sester wife of David Sester and James Young. that there are 10 other heirs as she is aware of.
She hereby constitutes and appoints J. P. Arsen her attorney to prosecute said claim with power of substitution and to be irrevocable, and who is also authorized to receive a certificate for

such increase should one be given. In presence of Jedediah Gitch
Catharine McCollum
I own to and acknowledged and subscribed in My presence by said Catharine McCollum to day and year above written; and I certify that the said Claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that she has no interest in the claim.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day and year first above written.
J. F. Aspin Notary Public

Deposition
James Young Philip Young direct to Darlington Postoffice Beaver County Penn a
1747.3 V
7 Mo Private $23.33

State of Pennsylvania
Beaver County ss 3
On the 15 th day of October 1832 personally appeared in open court, In the court a Common Pleas now sitting for said County, Philip Young a resident of said County aged using seventy 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 act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832. That he was drafted as a Militia man for one month in Huntingdon County State of New Jersey under Captain Geerhart, he thinks in the Month of March 1779, and was marched to Elizabeth Town in Jersey and there Stationed to watch the movements of the enemy that then lay in sight on Staten Island while there he was in one skirmish with the British, He cannot now recollect the name of the General officers that were Stationed at that place, at the end of the month was discharged, whatever discharge he got is long since lost.
He went into service again as a Militia man, or Volunteer in the Month of June 1781 was placed under the Command of Captain James Beadle who was an officer in the Regular Service, and served under him for six months, was Stationed on the Northern Frontier in Jersey adjoining the York State line, to defend the Country against the Indians who were acting in concert with the British, had frequent excursions against the Indians but during the six months was not in any Regular battle, There were two companies Stationed at that place, the other company was Commanded by Captain Joseph Barker who was also a Regular officer, at the end of the six months he was discharged by his Captain which was a short time after Cornwallis's defeat. He cannot state the year he was born having no record of his age, when he was called into service & volunteered or before stated he lived in Jersey, since that time after he left Jersey, he has lived in Pennsylvania for upwards of the last thirty years & resides in Beaver County Penn a . Now that he was called into nor served in no other way than above stated.

That he cannot now recollect the names of any Regular officers there serving other than those he has named. In his last service he received a written discharge from his Captain but it is lost. As to persons who have a knowledge of his character for veracity he could name many, he will refer to Genl Samuel Power Major John Sharp and the Rev Thomas E Hughes
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid James Logan Pro Philip Young
We Thomas E Hughes a Clergyman residing in the County of Beaver and Samuel Power & John Sharp residing in the same place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Philip Young who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, we believe him to be the age he states, and that he is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the Revolutionary war & we concur in that opinion and that he sustains a good reputation for veracity & truth. Sworn & Subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid James Logan Pro Thomas E Hughes Samuel Power John Sharp
And the said Court do hereby certify, declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the said applicant Philip Young, was engaged in the revolutionary service as he states
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas E Hughes Minister of the Gospel Samuel Power Esq and John Sharp who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Beaver county and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit

Beaver County Pa
Ed Passannante came James Young before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said county county and being sworn with that Philip Young now of Beaver County served a six months campaign in the northern fron- tiers of New Jersey under the command of Captain James Biddle and Captain Joseph Harker that he the said Philip entered the service same time in the month of June 1781 and continued therein until sometime in the month of December following also that the said Philip served one month in the Warrenton with the said detachment under the command of Captain Gierhart also the said detachment further states that the said Philip Young was seventy years of age last Feb y 1832 from the best information that can be had and further saith that he was not able to go to court & further saith not
Sworn & subscribed before me this 13 th Day of August 1832
James Young
Leechman
Beaver County Pa
James Logan Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do certify that James Leechman Esq. before whom the above deposition was taken was at the time of taking the same an acting justice of the Peace in and for the county of Beaver & that full faith & credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 15 th day of October 1832 James Logan Prothonotary

Beaver County Pa
I James Logan Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver county as here by certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Philip Young for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court this 15th day of October A.D. 1932 James Logan Prothon.
Beaver County Pa Pennsylvania
Personally came before the Subscriber an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County Philip Young, who has made the within declaration to obtain a Pension, and being Sward Smith that he doth hereby relinquish 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, That he can make no other evidence to strengthen his claim to a pension than what he has already made
Sworn & Subscribed before me Philip Young The 1st day of April 1833
Thos Henry
Beaver County Pa
I James Logan Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said county as certify, that Thomas Henry Esq. before whom the above deposition was taken is an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver county, to all whom official acts full faith & credit is due and of right ought to be given. And I also certify that James Cochran Esq. before whom the within deposition was taken who certifies to the good moral character of James Young, is an acting Justice of the Peace, to all whom official acts full faith and credit is due and ought to be given. In testimony whereof I have to set my hand and official seal the 1st day of April A.D. 1833 James Logan Pro.

Beaver County Pa
I hereby certify that James Young whose testimony is enclosed is an Elder of a Presbyterian Church and sustains a good moral character.
Given under my hand & seal this 28 th Day of March 1883
J. H. Blackburn

October 2, 1934
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RA-J/MCS
John Lewis, R. 6319
Philip Young, S. 23613
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Mr. Charles Edward Moore Hunter House 675 Howard Street San Francisco, California
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War records of John Lewis and Philip Young.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, R. 6319, based upon the military service of John Lewis.
He was born in Cecil County, Maryland. The date of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
He applied for pension on October 15, 1832, at which time he stated he was in the seventy-fifth year of his age. He was then living in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, having lived in that state since 1795. He stated that he enlisted March 6, 1781, while living in Maryland and that he served nine months as express rider under Quartermaster General Donaldson Yates and was engaged in carrying dispatches between Philadelphia and the head of the Elk River.
His claim was not allowed as the service he rendered was considered as not being of a pensionable character.
He died June 27, 1837, leaving the following children: John; Elizabeth, widow of Richard Johnson; Nancy, wife of James Stockman; Mary, wife of John Brown; Rachel, wife of James Campbell; Hannah, wife of William Lindsay.
The name of the wife of John Lewis and the date of marriage were not given.
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The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 22613, based upon the military service of Philip Young.
He was born in January, 1762. The place of his birth and names of parents were not given.
He enlisted in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in March, 1779, and served one month as private in Captain Gearhart's New Jersey Company. He enlisted in June, 1781, and served six months as private in Captain James Bonnell's New Jersey company. It was stated that he also served as teamster with the New Jersey troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 15, 1832, at which time he was living in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and he stated that he had lived in Pennsylvania since leaving New Jersey over thirty years before.
Philip Young was living in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in 1846.
In 1859 Catharine McCollum, the soldier's daughter, was living in Weathersfield, Trumbull County, Ohio, aged fifty-four years. She then was referred to as heir of Philip Young and the following were referred to as co-heirs: Fanny, wife of David Lester or Lister, and James Young.
The name of the wife of Philip Young and the date of the marriage were not given.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Production
22613 INVALID.
File No. 22,613
Philip Young His Rev. Wm
Act: James T. 82
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 496
[Arrangement of 1870.]
March-19-1900 Mrs. Irene M. Bonnett Pittsburgh mans.
1917 Vol. 24 Hist. to Mrs. Cecil B. Williams.
1934 Oct. 2. List. to Mrs. Chas. Edward Moore. See corrs. in John Lewis. R. 6319. M.C.S.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N.F. 22613
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Philip Young a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Nov. 1779 1 mo. Pvt. Scarhart ✓ N.J.   June 1781 6 mos. James Bonnell ✓   ✓ ✓ Transfer in New Jersey Troops  
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, drafted in Hunterdon Co. N.J. Date of application for pension, Oct. 15-1832 Residence at date of application, Beaver County Penn. Age at date of application, born in January 1762
Remarks: In 1859 Daughter Catherine McCollum was 64 years old & a resident of Westerfield, Trumbull Co. Ohio. Family wife of David Lester and James Young referred to as co-heirs. Relationship is not stated.
Respectfully,
* see N.J. book page 831 Philip Young
Commissioner.

Fitchburg, Mass., February, 20, 1900.
Secretary Pension Bureau.
Washington, D. C.
Sir;- In order to furnish facts previous to joining the Daughters of Revolution, it is necessary for some facts to be obtained, which the Pension Bureau may be able to ascertain, and to that end I have taken the liberty of addressing you at this time to that end. The desired information is relative to one Phillip Young , a Revolutionary soldier, who enlisted from Pittsburg, Pa., Beaver, Pa., County , and who received a pension for the service. The exact data desired is that concerning the actual service performed, together with a copy of the evidence of such service, or such authentic information as will leave no doubt in the minds of those interested. Also place of residence at time of enlistment. Any information that you may furnish, will be greatly appreciated, by yours,
Very truly,
Mrs Irene M. Bennett
# 48 Hartwell St.

with no result; application...
O.W.N. DIVISION MAR 9 1900 RECEIVED
Adm. J. W.
Notice of time of an interest. All information that you may furnish... to be kept in the hands of those interested. Also place of birth... the evidence of such interest, or such unearned information as will... that concerning the actual service performed, together with a copy of... and also receiving a pension for the service. The exact date desired is... Pensional correspondence is requested from Mr. [?], however, [?], that [?]. [?] I have [?] [?]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE MAR 7 1900

Warren O. Marsh Jan. 1, 1859 Comm. of Pensions; Sir:
Enclosed I forward you the Affidavit & Power to set up the claim of Philip Young a Pensioner on the Pa. Roll at the rate of $23.33, for arrears as a Seaman. It is set up on behalf of the heirs, and is believed to be a good claim. It is also presumed that his Seaman Service is related in his application for Pension, but at the date of his Certificate, 1833, the Department did not pursue for Seaman Service, but have since then done so. I ask an examination and report.
I am respectfully Your aff. Servt J. H. Aspin

Rev Sec MI Lyons Kans. Nov. 4, -17
Pension Bureau, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I would like the military history of Phillip Young, who was a Revolutionary soldier and also a pensioner. He died about 1847, receiving his pension, from Mt. Jackson, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

I would like the military history of John Lewis, who was a Revolutionary soldier. I do not have much information concerning him, except that he died, previous to 1837, and lived Maryland.
Thanking you in advance for this information I am
Yours very truly, Mrs. Cecil B. Williams Lyons Vans.
Box 90

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Pension Office April 18, 1856
Sir
Philip Young was pensioned for every day's service that he claimed to have rendered in the War of the Revolution. There is no claim for increase.
J.T.Asper, Esq Warren, Ohio

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Pension Office March 26, 1859
Sir,
Upon examining the papers in the case of Philip Young, late of Pennsylvania, who was a pensioner under Act of June 7, 1832, I find that he was allowed for the whole time he served in the revolutionary war, according to his own statement. No increase of this pension could therefore be allowed were he now living. But by recent decision of the Department, even if he were shown to have served a longer period than he himself alleged, or in a higher grade than private, the heirs could not recover any increase. Such claims die with the soldier.
J.F.Asper Esqr. Warren, Ohio.

Harrisburg March 10 th 1846
Dear Sir
Can I prevail with you to send me a copy of the evidence on and by which Philip Young a Revolution ary soldier obtained a pension from the United States Said Young is and has been for upwards of twenty years a resident of Beaver County Penn a and has applied to the Legislature of this State for a pension In his petition he states his now in the receipt of a Pension from the General Government If such be the fact the petitions & proofs will doubtless be on file in your office Your compliance with the above request will very much oblige your humble servant Robert M c Clilland, J d L Edwards Esqr Comm ee of Pensions