Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11960, Jacob A Young, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Young, Jacob A.
R 11960
CONTENTS

14.417
Jacob a young Nukunua & N'Yak
5.14.16
P 393
May 14 33
I B Hunt Nukunua

BRIEF in the case of Jacob a young of Berne 6 th in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 years  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.     I am In 1776 12 Pirate Gen. Colt Schuler Colt Beltinger   1776 7 " Colt Bigbee Colt Waggener   1777 12 or 14 " Capt Fox   1778 10 or 12 " Capt Bigbee    The captioned states many other services of a similar nature to the above, I finally believe that he served in Fort Schuyler from Aug 1779 to the Spring of the year 1783 - the year of the capitulation. altered from 1781 to 1783
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? The village of Berne 6 th New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Tradition and a living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Papers not attached as reg d 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cutts Examining Clerk.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
State of New York } On this _____ day of October County of Herkimer } one thousand eight hundred _____ and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Herkimer now sitting Jacob A. Young, a resident of the town of Stark in the County of Herkimer, and State of New-York aged Seventy seven years on the sixth day of April last past, 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 7 1832. That he was a private in Captain Henry Eklers Company in Col. Peter Bellingers Regt and Genl Nicholas Herkimers Brigade of Infantry of the Militia of the State of New York Conrad Ondorff That John Eckler a Brother of the Capt was First Timothy Frank was second lieutenant, and Adam Starring was the ensign. That the whole regiment was called out and rendezvoused at Fort Herkimer in the town of German Flatts in the month of January 1776 and Marched from there down to Caughnawaga on the Mohawk river in the present County of Montgomery in said State, a distance of about forty miles. That the object of the expedition was in part in making a treaty with the Indians under said John Johnson as he has been informed , That he recollects of being paraded on the ice of the Mohawk River. That the Regiment was at that place about three or four days. When they went to Johnstown and were employed in drawing a piece of artillery up a hill south of that Village

which Commanded the Village, and returned from there to Cauhnapawaga and there returned home again being absent about twelve days that this Deponent had been in this Company about a year, although he did but little actual Service. (S)
That in the same year 1776 deponent removed down to Palatine in the present County of Montgomery to reside with his Grandfather, where he was enrolled in Capt Bigbeards Company in Col. Peter Waggons Regiment. In Genl Nicholas Herkimers Brigade That the First was Jacob Ecker. But he cannot recollect the name of the ensign. That the Company was divided into three Subdivisions, and numbered so that when they were called upon to do duty, one Subdivision would go at one time and another when its turn came. That the first duty this deponent recollects doing, he was called out as one of a guard under First Samuel Gray, to protect a Grist Mill belonging to Sir John Johnson, but which was used by the Whigs and the American troops and which was threatened to be burned by the Tories and Indians When he remained one week, that in the same year this Deponent was out several times in his turn on scouts to Johnstown and other places in the Neighbourhood.
And this deponent further says in the year 1777, he went out again as a part of the Company aforesaid and was under the Command of Christopher Fox, as Captain in the same regiment. That the Regiment rendezvoused at Cherry Valley a distance of about sixteen miles, when Genl Herkimer took the Command of the Brigade. That after remaining there three or four days they marched down to the foot of Otsego Lake, and from there down a foot- path, through the woods to the Unadilla River.

When they met the Indians under Joseph Brandt an Indian Chief, when a treaty was formed with the Indians as he was informed. It staid there three or four days and perhaps longer, as this Deponent is not certain of the time. That the place of meeting according to deponants recollection must have been about forty miles from the foot of Otsego Lake that they came back the same way they went and were absent on the expedition about twelve or fourteen days, that this was in the month of July of the year aforesaid.
That in the month of August in the same year 1777. Capt Bigbreads whole Company was called out to assist in repelling the Indians and English from Fort Stanwix which they had invested and besieged. Col Peter Gansevoort and his regiment. That the Company came up the River as far as Fort Dayton a distance of about twenty five miles when they were overtaken by an express stating that the Tories had commenced burning near the Indian Castle that the Company was immediately ordered back by Genl Herkimer who was then at Fort Dayton. They found on their return that this was a false alarm, Supposed to have been made by the Tories for the purpose of weakening Genl Herkimers force. That Deponent remained there a short time in searching out and making prisoners of Tories and their families and bringing them into forts along the river. That while Deponent was so employed the battle of Oriskany was fought on the  in the  sixth day of August of that year that when the whole army was routed, and driven back this Deponent (the rest of the Company having gone before) was allowed to return home, that the whole time he was out was about ten or twelve days. That in the fall of the year 1777 he returned to live with his father again in the present town of Stark in the County of Herkimer that in the Spring of the year 1778 his fathers family was obliged to quit the farm and take refuge in the

Forts along the Mohawk River, that this Deponent assisted in the Spring of that year to build fort Windacker on the Mohawk river and worked again on the same fort the ensuing year, that for the most part of the time Deponent was with his father on a farm in the neighbourhood owned by one John Pickett but was compelled from time to time to take refuge in the fort when Deponent did duty and stood on guard that the next year this Deponent was again in said fort, until the month of August when he was engaged in escorting Genl Van Rensselaer and the provisions and boats under his charge to fort Stanwix that Deponent was at this time and ever since returned to live with his father as aforesaid, in company commanded by Lieut John Windacker, that the men marched up on both sides of the river to Fort Stanwix. That when they arrived there Genl Van Rensselaer was received with a salute of thirteen guns from the fort and a General Court given. That while Genl Van Rensselaer was there, the Indians and Tories besieged him and came down the river and burned off the houses & barns fort Walrad & the house where the deponents family resided when they were out of the fort, that all this deponents household stuff and furniture was destroyed by said fire, that he returned in about eight or ten days, and from that time deponent and his family remained in the fort. And this deponent further says that he remained in said fort from the month of In the winter we were not in the fort but lived at Baller in Canaj August 1777, until the Spring of the year 1780. That during this whole time this deponent was under the command of Lieut Windacker who was the Commanding officer in said fort when he performed regularly in the summer season, in the winter season no duty was performed as they were not under any apprehension from the enemy.

This fort was Windcheek's home fortified
That in the month of August 1780 or 1781, this deponent volunteered under the Command of Col Marius Willett and assembled at fort Plain in the present County of Montgomery and marched thence to fort Blyde & from thence to Howman's  Brown's Creek, and there deponent with two others were chosen by Col Marius Willett to spy out the enemys Camp and found them posted at Sharon. then called Turlough in the County of Tryon, that met the army after performing the duty on which they had been sent at a certain place which had been agreed on. That Col Willett did not come upon the enemy in time  order to surprise them before day light, and abandoned the project. That in the morning he sent Lieut Sammons with a small detachment for the purpose of drawing out the enemy in pursuit while the rest of the men were divided in two lines nearly parallel in the woods. Sufficiently distant to receive the enemy in the middle. that the Lieut Succeeded in part in decoying them into the ambuscade prepared for them by Col Willett. and the enemy were routed. That they were absent on this expedition about three days. When he returned to his post at the fort as aforesaid. That while this deponent was at fort Windcheek and after the burning of Stone Arabia by the enemy and when they were on their retreat, this deponent and those in the fort with him, took during one night thirteen prisoners that among them was a man who was the waiter of Sir John Johnson, as he alleged, and he had with him fine shirts, silk handkerchiefs, watches, pistols and other things as evidence of what he said that they also took twenty seven horses and killed one Indian. That deponent recollects that the waiter had one thumb cut off. that deponent got the horse which he rode and the musket which he carried, that deponent used the same

musket at the battle of Turlough, and that it is now in the family of this Deponent. That this Deponent while in Said fort was called upon to do duty at Fort Dayton, where they had not men enough to protect the fort and do the ordinary duty. That while there the Deponent was under the Command of Capt Brown who then resided and as this deponent believes now resides at Sharon in the present County of Hartford Schoharie went as one of a guard up the Mohawk river to Fort Stanwix, to protect boats that were loaded with provisions for the use of the troops at that place. That with the exceptions above stated this Deponent for above four years in the Summer time was constantly in Said fort and doing duty as a regular Soldier but never received any pay therefor that this Deponent has no documentary evidence in support of his claim but expects to prove a greater part of the above services by John Duesler who was with this deponent a part of the time.
And this Deponent further says he was born in the present town of Minner, in the County of Montgomery in the State of New-York on the sixth day of April 1755  1755 . That this Deponent has a record of his age in a German Testament, now in his possession and ready to be produced in Court. (I am seventy seven years old).
That this Deponent resided when first called into the service in the present town of Stark in the County of Schoharie, has lived there since the revolutionary war and still continues to reside there.

That this Deponent was subject to do duty as a militia man, and was ordered out from time to time to duty as above stated besides as one of a class hiring a substitute, to stand the nine months and other drafts made during the war.
That this deponent was acquainted with Major Andrew Sink. & Col. Marius Willett of the regular army, and served part of the time in Col. Bellingers Regiment, and part of the time in Col. Waggons Regiment, but in no other.
That this deponent never received any discharge during the time he so served as aforesaid —
That this Deponent can prove his character for truth, and veracity, and the belief of the services of this Deponent, as a soldier of the Revolutionary war by Cornelius Delong & John Shaul of said neighborhood.
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 —
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid —
Isaac his Young Mark
Sworn in Open Court This 11 th day of October 1832
D. E. Skinner Deputy Clerk

We Cornelius DeLong residing in the town of Danube in the County of Franklin upon said and John Shull of Marks in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob A. Young who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration - that we believe him to be twenty eight years of age; that he is respected & beloved, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, that we concur in that opinion - Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid in Open Court
J. C. Spinnin Dept. Clerk
Cornelius DeLong John Shull mark
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, & served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Cornelius DeLong a resident of the town of Danube & John Shull a resident of the town of Marks who have signed the preceding affidavit, are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit -
Julius C. Nelson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Franklin do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of Jacob A. Young for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the thirtieth day of October 1832 -
Julius C. Nelson Clerk
Passion before Jacob A. Young

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And that Disraeli further says, that while he was in Fort Wrangell as a prisoner, but the exact time he can not recollect, but that it was after Disraeli had got the muskets from Sir John Richardson - one Sunday morning, they heard the firing of several pieces of fire arms across the river - bringing out the North side of the Mohawk River, that four or five went out from the Fort to the place where the firing was and found  to twenty five men from the different Forts in the neighborhood collected there, and found Jacob Finmerman & Capt John Finmerman, both of which were killed & scalped - the capt. was dangerously wounded & scalped also, the men carried him into Fort Finmerman, where he died the same day - and they also carried in the body of the other - and they then pursued the trail of the

Indians discovered Remy Snyder's brush, they made a broad trail through the high grass, and they went to Conrad Klopf s. where there was a kind of Picket Post, which Klopf had a few hours, they slept here that night. I could not find the trail I next morning they returned - I cannot now recollect the distance; it was near noon when they started in pursuit & they traveled fast until dark -

War Dept.
Pension Off
Aug. 12 1833
Sir
The claim of Jacob A. Young dec d has been examined & disallowed - after alleging less than two months service in 4 tours and referring to various other indefinite service, he puts forth a claim for service in a fort "called Windecker" from '79 to '83 - This Fort is unknown as a military post & must have been the temporary work of Frontier settlers for their own domestic security - at any event, there is enough in the declaration of the Claimant to shew that his continuance in the Fort was not in a military capacity but as a safe residence for himself & family - The Act of 7. June does not provide for any other service than that which was rendered in a military corps organized & commanded by competent authority - in which it should distinctly appear  how long - in what grade - under what the period term & grade with names of officers where marched or stationed should distinctly appear - the proper are placed on file
Act 9. June
W.B. Hunt Esq. Berkshire N.Y.

W. Hunt
12 Aug. 53
JB
See vol 9 Page 453

November 6, 1937.
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Mr. Clifford M. Young 36 Oneida Terrace Albany, New York
BA-J/ady Jacob A. Young R.11960
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Jacob, Adam, and Lodewick Young, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
A careful search of the records fails to show such a claim on file on account of the services of Adam Young or Ludwick Young, all spellings of the names searched.
The record of the only Jacob Young of New York found on the Revolutionary War records of this office is furnished you herein as found in the claim for pension, R.11960, based upon his military service in that war.
Jacob A. Young was born April 6, 1755, in Minden, Montgomery County, New York. The names of his parents are not shown.
He applied for pension October 11, 1832, while a resident of Stark, Herkimer County, New York, and stated that while a resident of Stark, New York, he enlisted in January 1776, and served twelve days as private in Captain Henry Eckler's Company, Colonel Peter Bellinger's New York Regiment; that later in the same year he was called out and served one week as guard in Captain Bradbick's Company, Colonel Peter Waggoner's New York Regiment; that in July 1777, he served twelve or fourteen days as private in Captain Christopher Fox's Company, Colonel Peter Waggoner's New York Regiment and was present at the signing of the treaty with the Indian Chief, Joseph Brandt; that

in August 1777, he enlisted and served ten or twelve days in Captain Bradbick's Company, Colonel Peter Gansevoort's New York Regiment; that from August 1779 to the spring of 1783 he lived during the summer in Fort Windecker, on the Mohawk River, the fort was  under commanded by Lieutenant Windecker, and the soldier went out at various times when called upon as a guard and Indian spy, once for three days under Colonel Marinus Willett and again at Fort Dayton under Captain Brown and was in the battle of Turlock.
His claim for pension was not allowed as he failed to furnish proof of six months' actual military service as required by the pension laws. His service in a frontier fort for protection of the inhabitants not being considered military service and not provided for in the pension law under which he applied.
Jacob A. Young died May 26, 1833, in Stark, New York.
His son, Jacob I. Young, was a resident of Stark, New York, in 1833, and aged forty-nine years.
The name of soldier's wife is not stated, and there are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section WER/cel
February 16, 1929
Mrs. Owen Bowman R.F.D.# 1, Jordansville, New York
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.11960, it appears that Jacob A. Young was born, April 6, 1755, in Minden, Montgomery County, New York.
He applied for pension October 1, 1832, while a resident of Stark, Herkimer County, New York, and stated that he enlisted in January, 1776, and served twelve days as a private in Captain Henry Eckler's Company, Colonel Peter Bellinger's New York Regiment. Later in the same year he was called out and served one week as a guard in Captain Bradbick's Company, Colonel Peter Waggoner's New York Regiment.
In July, 1777, he served twelve or fourteen days as a private in Captain Christopher Fox's Company, Colonel Peter Waggoner's Regiment and was present at the signing of the treaty with the Indian Chief, Joseph Brandt.

In August, 1777, he enlisted and served ten or twelve days in Captain Bradbick's Company, Colonel Peter Gansevoort's New York Regiment.
From August, 1779 to the spring of 1783, he lived, during the summer, in Fort Windecker, on the Mohawk River, the fort was commanded by Lieutenant Windecker, and the soldier went out at various times when called upon as a guard and Indian Spy, once for three days under Colonel Marinus Willett and again at Fort Dayton under Captain Brown and was in the battle of Turlock.
His claim for pen was not allowed as he failed to furnish sufficient proof of six months' actual military service as required by the Rev. Laws Act of June 7, 1832, under which he applied disregarding residence in a frontier fort for protection of the inhabitants not being considered military service not provided for in the Rev. Laws under which he applied .
He died, May 26, 1833, at Stark, New York.
The soldier's son, Jacob I. Young, was a resident of Stark, New York, in 1833 and was then in the fiftieth years of his age. The name of soldier's wife is not stated.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
So referred to his father, his grandfather & his father-in-law but no name were given.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
R. 11960
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isaac A. 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.     July 1776 12 days Pvt. Henry E. Keller Peter Kittinger N.Y.   July 1776 1 week John Broadbent Peter Kittinger   July 1776 12 or 13 days John Broadbent   Aug. 1776 spring 1777 he served during the summer in Fort   Winter 1777 on the Mohawk River which was under command of Lt. Genl.   March 1777 he went out at various times General called upon   once for 3 days under Col. Marinus Willett and again   at Ft. Dayton under Capt. Brown.  
Battles engaged in, Tarleton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stark, Herkimer Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Oct 11 1802.
Residence at date of application, Stark, Herkimer Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, Apr. 6, 1705 at Mendon, Montgomery Co. N.Y.
Remarks: 1. May 16 1802 at Stark, N.Y.
He was a resident of Stark in 1802 in the 97th year of his age.
The claim rejected on the ground of insufficient proof of lawful actual military service as required by the act of June 7, 1802 under which he was applied for. Residence in a frontier fort for protection not being considered military service.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

36 Oneida Terrace, Albany, N. Y., October 26, 1937.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
I am endeavoring to ascertain something concerning JACOB YOUNG, who was a private in Jacob Klock's Regiment No. 2, of the Tryon County Militia in New York State during the Revolution.
His number on the paylist was 18905, according to the old remnants of records in the New York State Library.
These old records also indicate that one George Schall was given an order by Jacob, Adam (#11573-1st Regiment) and Lodewick (or Ludwick) Young, to draw their pay "What pay may be coming to me for services in the Militia during the late war." This is dated Stone Arabia, October 28, 1785.
It occurred to me that if Jacob Young was granted a pension - or either of these mentioned - your records might show who were the relatives, Jacob's birth date, etc.
The three Young's mentioned might have been brothers and I would like to ascertain that fact if possible.
I will greatly appreciate any information you may be able to give on this matter as it is desired to complete the genealogical record of this branch of the Young family, who were my ancestors.
Very truly yours,
Clifford M. Young Clifford M. Young.

Jordanville, N.Y. R.D. #1 May 7, 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions, Wash., D.C.
Dear Sir;
I have been informed to write to you asking if there was a Capt. Jacob A. Young in the Revolutionary War(?), what was his service, also date and place of death?
I am hoping you can furnish me with this information. The tombstone, marked Capt. Jacob A. Young stands in the Squack Cemetery, Town, Stark Herkimer County, but I am unable to find any records concerning him.
I thank You
Sincerely
Mrs. Owen Bowman
D.A.R. Member of Gen. James Clinton Chapter East Springfield N.Y.

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EDWARD H. BUTLER, PRESIDENT, WM. GAERTNER, M. D., SECRETARY, JOHN H. LASCELLES, TREASURER,
LIBRARIAN:
EDWARD P. VAN DUZEE.
Buffalo. April 21 st 1914
U.S. Pension Office Rev. Dept. Wash. D.C.
Will you be so very kind as to send me the pension record of Jacob Young of Montgomery Co., N.Y., a soldier of the Revolution.
Sincerely,
(Miss) Annie S. Woodcock Grosvenor Library Buffalo N.Y.

1914 Apr. 24 Hist. to Annie S. Woodcock V.L.D. 1929- Feb. 16, Hist to Mrs. Owen Bowman P.O. M.E.E.
11.960 Jacob A. Young
1937 Nov. 6. Hist. to Clifford M. Service: Young A.D.Y.
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
1852 printed Rejected Suspended Pensions
Alleges gives "Reasons for rejection" "Service in a frontier fort for
Re-enlisted: self-defence without military authority of a public character.
Attorney: _____
P.O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

New York Recd:
Jacob A Young Rejected lot. to J. B. Hunt 12 aug 33.
11960
Act. 7 June 32

Jacob A. Young.

State of New York Stark County 3/s;
Jacob S. Young of the town of Starks in said County being duly sworn deposes and says, that he is the son of Jacob S. Young who is the declarant in the papers hereto annexed, that the said Jacob S. Young has lived within a mile of this Schoon eridge , for the last thirty five years - and previous thereto in the family of his said Father. That since the above declaration was made & filed, on the twenty sixth day of May last past, the said Jacob S. Young departed this life at the town of Starks aforesaid, leaving a last Will and Testament, by which said Will Cornelius D. E. Van Horn and this Deponent were ap- pointed executors thereof, and have proceeded before the Surro- gate of said County to take out citations under said Will And this Deponent further says, that previous to the pas- sage of any of the Pension acts, and as long ago as this De- ponent can recollect, (and this Deponent is now in his fifti- eth year) he has heard his Father tell the anecdotes and circumstances of the Revolutionary War as set forth and stated in the above declaration or the substance thereof. That this Deponent does not know of any person that he can call on at this late day to prove the exact time that his father done duty as such Soldier; that this Deponent has no doubt from his previous statements and the facts set forth in the above Declaration of the said Jacob S. Young that he served during the summer and as long as six months in each summer of the years 1779, 1780, 1781 & 1782. and that he performed duty previous thereto at different times and on scout as set forth in his declaration And that in those years he was in the forts and garrisons in the summer and done duty on guard regularly and kept the time & exchanged at certain hours of the night. That from necessity some of the persons in said fort were compelled to work out & others stood guard over them, and that he was frequently engaged in this duty - but this Deponent can not nor does he believe the said Jacob S. Young if living could state the exact time that he done duty during said War - that this Deponent understood that he was a private during the whole of the time

he served during the revolutionary war, and further this Deponent says not:
Sworn & subscribed this twenty seventh day of June 1833. before me
Jacob S. Young
Nicholas Smith Justice
State of New York
Albany County ss;
I Julius C. Nelson, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that Nicholas Smith before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the time of taking such affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qualified in said County, and duly authorized to take the same; And that I am well acquainted with the hand wri- ting of said Nicholas Smith and that I believe that the signature to said affidavit to said affidavit is genuine
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this twenty seventh day of June 1833. Julius C. Nelson Clerk.

Jacob a young

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jacob A Young Newburgh N York which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? ay II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? ay 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? no 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? odo VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? ay VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? ay IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? ay 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? ay

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? yes 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? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? ay If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? ay 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? ay 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?
 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 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 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 shewn 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.
†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 authenticates 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 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

State of New York
Herkimer County 3 rd ; On the Eleventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Herkimer, now sitting John Duerler of the town of Danube in the County and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath state, that he was personally acquainted with Jacob A. Young previous to the Revolutionary War, that this Deponent then resided in the town of Canajoharie in the County of Fryze, now Mendon in the County of Montgomery. That said Youngs then resided in the same town - That when the War commenced Deponent was in Capt. Coppersmiths Company in Col. Coxs Regiment, and the said Jacob A. Youngs was in Capt. Lecklers Company in Peter Bellingeres Regiment.
And this Deponent further says, that he has heard the above declaration of Jacob A. Young read to him, that he recollects distinctly the fact of going down to Canajoharie and down the Mohawk river that route of these expeditions was under Genl. Herkimer - and deponent recollects that the said Jacob A. Young was along in both these marches, that he recollects also of seeing the said Young at Fort Wm. Schuyler a number of times sometimes as often as once a week; that this Deponent was in Fort Walbrath when he was not on duty as a Scout, that the fort in which Deponent was located was about three miles from the Fort in which said Young was located - And this Deponent further says, that he has been acquainted with the said Jacob A. Young

all through the war, and altho he does not know of all the services performed by the said Jacob yet he believes the same to have been rendered as stated in said declaration - that since the revolutionary war he has been intimately acquainted with the said Young, and have talked over the events of the war frequently, and altho they could not agree in all the particulars, yet Deponent believes his statements generally to be accurate -
And that Deponent further says, that he recollects that after the destruction of Fort Wabash by the Indians, that Deponent was stationed at Fort Clark when he recollects also of seeing the said Jacob A. Young from time to time during the war - That Deponent recollects that Lieut John Bruecker had command of Fort Wabash and he saw the said Young perform duty there, Deponent being at said Fort once or twice on duty - And that Deponent further says, that he was with the said Jacob when they went up the Wabash River to guard the boats as stated in the affidavit of the said Jacob, under one Capt. Brown who was from Marion as it was said at that time - And further that Deponent says that he recollects of seeing the said Young in the Expedition under Major Willett to Piqua or Marion as it is called, and that he was one of those who went forward as one of the spies to ascertain the situation of the enemy - and that the detachment marched in the dark and in silence in the hope of surprizing the Indian encampment but they were all night in arriving at their position

that Capt. McLean was wounded in the action and brought out by the men to Boreman's Creek - and that he died afterwards of the wounds received there - and further this Deponent says not -
Sworn in open Court. His Honor the day of October 1832 -
In his John Duster mark
A. C. L. Pinner Dept. Clerk
I Francis G. Spence Deputy Clerk of the County of Northumberland do hereby certify that John Darsley who made the foregoing affidavit is a person entitled to full credit & belief.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the County of Westmoreland of the Courts thereof May 22 1833