Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14912, John Young, Conn.

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Young, John
S. 14912
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State of New York Onondaga County Bps: On the eighteenth day of September in the Year of our Lord 1832. personally appeared in open Court before the Honorable Daniel Mosley Vice Chan- Cellor of the Supreme Court at a Court of Chancery now sitting for the State of New York at the town of Onondaga John Young a resident of the town of Manlius in the County of Onondaga & State aforesaid, aged seventy nine Years in October last, who being duly sworn in Open Court, 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 called out, in the service of the United States, as a private soldier in the Revolutionary Army about the month of July in the Year of our Lord 1777. about the time of Burgoyne's Attack upon Ticonderoga, with the New York Militia. Memos Beman, David & Isaac How, one Mitchell & Ensign Raymond, and others whose names are not now recollected, were called out at the same time from the town of Balston where Deponent then resided. Deponent can not at this late period distinctly recollect who was his first Captain but thinks that Stephen White & one Collins commanded the Company at different times whilst Deponent was out, as a member of that Company. on the lines & elsewhere Hugh Mitchell he thinks was one of the Militia Majors, and Deponent thinks that the Detachment to which he belonged was under the Command of Col. Gordon, where out he thinks three or four weeks, were engaged for the most part of this time in making & repairing of Roads & Bridges in the vicinity of Ticonderoga. again, about the middle of September as near as he can now rec- lect himself, Beman & others, were again called out and were out this time about four weeks more, & were he thinks employed chiefly in building & repairing of roads & bridges & in demolishing them on & after the retreat of our Army from Ticonderoga and in scouting parties, Deponent was one of the number who took Captain Hara one of the British Captains who commanded a small party, in the woods on their way to the British Camp, with their whole party, after a pursuit of about two days, and Deponent was present & he thinks Beman was also present, on the spot, at the Capture of Genl. Burgoyne in Oct.

1777. Soon after the Capture of Burgoyne we were dis- missed for a little season and Deponant removed from Ballston to Schenectady with his family and was very often & repeatedly called out during his residence there, upon Scouting Parties, and to repel & drive off the Tory's & Indians who were almost con- tinually harassing the back settlements, and killing & driving off cattle & plundering the Country until about some time in the Year 1778 he thinks, when he moved his Family to Connecticut to avoid their depredations, but it is now utterly impossible for this Deponant to say how many times he was called out or how many days or weeks were spent each time, or in the aggregate to state the precise amount of time actually spent, but from the best of his recollection and belief he thinks it would in all amount to near or quite a Year, or more, and is confident that it was not less than eight months, he was subject to be called out almost daily for about 3 Years & during that time often harassed by the Indians & Tories. That on or about the 30 th April 1782, he received from Samuel Mansfield Esq. Lieut. Col. Commandant of a Regiment of Connati- cutt Troops a which Vagint's Warrant as to this Declaration annexed, & which he held until the close of the war unrecalled, this Warrant was received after Deponant had been removed with his Family to Connecticut, where he remained until the close of the war, at the time he received the said Warrant Deponant was a Soldier in a Company Commanded by a Capt. Corick of Torrington Litchfield County (Deponant however can not recollect the names of the other Officers. — Deponant says that he does not know of any person now living ex- cept Thomas Barnum who is very old & infirm & one Ferguson who knows of his services, Barnum was with him in about all his services in the State of New York and Ferguson was with him while in the Service in Connecticut. Ferguson is about fifty miles distant if living, & Barnum is in Poughkeepsie in this County. (Deponant says that one Frisby he thinks Commanded the Corick Company after Corick & Deponant was in the Company while both Commanded it, was in Garrison he thinks at Stamford Fort two months or more Sworn this 18 th day of Sept r 1832.
Daniel Mosely Circuit Judge Vice Chancellor.
John Young

We Thomas Blanchard a justice of the peace of the town of Manlius — and William Eager of the town of Manlius in said County Attorney & Counsellor at Law do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with John Young who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing Declaration; that we believe him to be surely nine years of age; that he is reputed to be a very honest upright Man and we have no doubt of the correctness of his Statements so far as he has given them in his foregoing De- claration so far as his memory has permitted him to be particular & most probably falls short rather than exceeds the truth but have not known particularly as to the reputation of the rebelled in which he states that of his having been a Revolutionary Soldier but have full confidence in his declaration as to the facts  to the facts that he is reputed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we fully concur in that opinion.
Sworn & Subscribed the 18 th day of September 1832.
Th s Blanchard William Eager
Daniel Moseley Vice Chancellor
And the said Court hereby declares its opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories pre- scribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states, and the Court fur- ther Certifies that it appears to him that Thomas Blanchard Esq r who has signed the foregoing Certificate is a justice of the peace resident in the town of Manlius County of Onondaga and that William Eager who has signed the same also, is an Attorney & Counsellor at Law in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in regular and good standing & is a resident of the said town of Manlius and that their said Certificate & Statements is entitled to full credit.
Daniel Moseley Vice Chancellor

I Daniel T. Moseley Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery of the State of New York for the South Circuit, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of Isaac Jennings the application of John Young for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this eighteenth day of September A.D. 1832.
Daniel T. Moseley Deputy Clerk
13.098.
The Matter of the Application of John Young Pension
On a Petition of the said John Young

State of New York
Onondaga County ss: On this 25 th day of May 1833 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of said County Levi Allen who being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is personally acquainted with John Young of Orville in the Town of Manlius and County of Onondaga he first became acquainted with said Young at Hance Creek in the revolutionary war about the first of March 1782 when said Young entered the service of the united states in Captain Connel's Company in Col Canfield's Regiment of Militia of the State of Connecticut drafted for two months said Company close then non commissioned officers about the time aforesaid and said Young was elected & served as first sergeant in said Company during the two months as aforesaid that this defendant was a private in the same Company the first month & was then transferred to the year men & put into another Company in the same Regiment best endeavored to be acquainted with said Young and knows that he continued to serve as aforesaid until the last of April or first of May thereafter.
Subscribed and sworn to by the above named Levi Allen to me known to be a man of good reputation for truth & veracity the day and year first above written
Levi Allen
Elijah C. Root J.P.
John (Dunford v. v.)

State of New York Onondaga County 3/8: William Lucas of the town of Camaravia in the County of Madison State of New York being duly sworn, upon his oath deposes & says that he is acquainted with John Young now a resident of the town of Manlius in the County of Onondaga, that he knew him well in the Army whilst he was in Stanfield Fort at or near New York Neck that he knows that the said John was a Sargant in the Army of the Revolution in the Year 1782 and served as such at the said fort to the best of his recollection for two months in the months of April & May of that Year he can not at this late period recollect the precise time to a day but is confident that he served as much as two months under Cap t : Couch, Col. Canfield Commandant of Regiment, to the best of his present recollection, that he is himself seventy three years of age, and himself shows a pension thus done for many Years past that he was acquainted with John Allen Samuel Ferguson who was a soldier at Stanfield fort
William Lucas
Subscribed & sworn to before me by William Lucas satisfactorily Identified to me as being the person described in the foregoing affidavit this 24 th day of May 1833. John Danford. J.P.
State of New York Onondaga County 3/8: Personally appeared before me John Danford a justice of the Peace in & for the County of Onondaga (resident in the Village of Syracuse) John Young of the town of Manlius with whom I am personally acquainted, who being duly sworn deposes and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he can not state positively as to the precise length of time of his service in the Rev.

State of New York Onondaga County ss: William Barker Minister of the Gospel of Noble (Maulers) Onondaga County being duly sworn saith that he has been many years acquainted with John Young Esq named in the foregoing affidavit and believes him to be a man of truth & veracity that he has been a professor of Religion ever since he was first acquainted with him & is a member of the Church in good & regular standing and is related to the Wadsworths to have been a worthy soldier and dis- cerns has no doubt of the fact
Wm Barker
Subscribed & sworn to before me by William Barker with whom I am personally acquainted and believe to be a man of truth & veracity, this 8 th day of June 1833. William Eager
Confr of Deeds
Onondaga County ss: W. Eager of the town of Marbles in said County being duly sworn saith that the Declaration of John Young annexed hereto was drawn by this Deponent & is in his own hand writing with the exception of the date of the month & the signature. That it is now precisely as it was drawn signed & sworn to on the eighteenth day of September last as he only believes, that the Certificates of the Court, of Messrs Blanchard & William Eager (this Deponent) and of the Clerk are precisely as they were when signed & sworn to, without any alteration whatever to the best of Deponents knowledge & belief. Deponent further says that he has known John Young Esq. (the affiant) for more than twenty years & when he first knew him was said to be a professor of Religion, has lived in the same village with him for 14 years & using, and believes him not only to be a man of strict truth & veracity but a pious & good man
Subscribed & sworn to before me by W. Eager with whom I am well acquainted & believe to be a man of truth & veracity, the 10 th day of June 1833. John Dunsford D. P.
William Eager

Revolutionary Army but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades. For six months I served as a private soldier and for two months I served as a first sergeant - and for such service I claim a pension. Disputant further says that he can not state the length of his several terms of service other than as he has done in his declaration hereto annexed and as taken before his Honor Daniel Mosely Vice Chancellor on the 18 th day of September last, for the reason herein before assigned, and that he knows of no person living by whom he can ascertain the length of his several terms, that he has seen Thomas Barran spoken of in his declaration, since his papers were returned from the War Department and finds that he can not from want of recollection testify to any thing definitive as to the length of service - Disputant states further that he was born on the fourth day of October in the Year 1752 at the town of Windsor in the State of Connecticut as appears by a record of his age kept upon a blank leaf in his Bible which he believes to be correct which is the only record thereof that he knows of, that he has stated the names of the officers under whom he served as far forth as is in his power except as to the Christian name of Col. Under which he rec- ollects was James - That he never received any written dis- charge from the service, whatever - That he is personally well acquainted and has been for many years with William Eager Thomas Blanchard Ethan Allen Cobb William Dunker Charles Lewis Isaac Osgood & Josiah Mallard who are amongst the principal citizens of the village in which he resides and who are all competent to testify as to his truth & veracity and as to their belief as to his service as a revolutionary soldier but at the time of the making his said declaration there was no resident clergyman within his immediate vicinity with whom he had been much acquainted nor is there any now
In- on subscribed to before me by the above named John Young known to me to be a man of truth & veracity this 18 th day of June 1833. John Dunsford J.P.
Joseph G. Young

New York 20390
John Young of Onondago in the State of N.Y. who was a Serj. 1 pr in the Comp y commanded by Captain Collins of the Reg t commanded by Col. White in the State Troops line for
2 months Serj. — 10 — "
6 mo. pr: — 20 — " Conn. & N.Y. Records completed Jan 5 '07.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30. Dollars " Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Sept r 1833 — and lent to Mr Eager — Orville, Onondago Co.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1833 75 — "
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Mar 34. 15 — "
$ 90 — "
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. J. Francis Clerk, Book C. Vol. 4. Page 83.
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John Young on a day 6 th N York
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  Penal exp -  $ 20.     Sugum 2 / 7   10           311  
4 Oct
William Cager Orville, Onondaga N.Y.

BRIEF in the case of John Young of Onondago Co 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? 79 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.     July In 1777 3 or 4 weeks As a Private Gen. { Col d White Col d Gerhardt Col d Gorton Col d Mitchell   Sept 1777 about 4 weeks State Col d Gorton   Time & duration of service not 2 Inf Col d Gorton  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Belton NY  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & his warrant  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Papers not attach d as reg d 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nicholas Cloutts Examining Clerk.

I 14,912 L. W. B.
January 20, 1897.
Madam:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of John Young, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 18, 1832, at which time he was 79 years of age and residing at Manlius, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for six months' actual service as a private and two months' service as a sergeant in the New York troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Collins and Col. White. He enlisted at Ballston, N. Y.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mrs William L. Marcy, 160 North Street, Buffalo, N. Y.

Jan. 20. 1897 - History to, Mrs. William I. Marcy 160. North street. Buffalo. N.Y. 2.723.
Revised
14912 INVALID.
File No. 14912
John Young S. gen. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1, Page 421
[Arrangement of 1870.]

160 NORTH STREET. - BUFFALO.
Pension Department - Washington D. C.
I would like to inquire if I can find out whether there is on the pension list - of the pensioners of the War of the Revolution the name of John Young. So far as we know he enlisted as a drummer, was later given a furlough

grand in the central part of New York State (lot 62) and spent his old age in Onondaga County.
So far as we are able to discover at the time of his enlistment - he lived at Balaton, Saratoga County, N. Y.
Records are very incomplete and if we could find some record at your department - would be

very glad.
If there be any charge for this, would willingly remit.
Respectfully
Mrs W m . L. Marcy
160 North St.
Buffalo N.Y.
January Third.

born
Young John
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Military Warrant
John Young born S. File 14912

Samuel Canfield Esquire Lieut Colonel Commandant of a Regiment of Connecticut State Troops
To John Young Greeting
Reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity Courage and good Conduct I do constitute and appoint you to Sergeant in said Regiment You are therefore strictly and diligently to exercise your said Office by performing all the Dues thereof And I do hereby require all non commissioned Officers and Soldiers under your command to be obedient unto your Orders as their Sergeant And you are to observe all such Orders and directions as from time to time you may receive from me or others your Superior Officers according to the rules and Discipline of War For which this shall be your sufficient Warrant Given under my Hand at Gareson near Stamford the 30 April 1782
Sam Canfield Lieut Col Comdt

11 June N.Y.
free.
Miss. J. H. Art.
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Counselor of Pension
Washington City
D.C.
War Department Pension Office 3

Orville 10. June 1833.
Dear Sir,
I now return the papers in the case of John Young with such amendments to the Declaration as were suggested by the accompanying Brief and the circumstances of his case would permit - Should they be found satisfactory (as I hope & trust they will) You will please enclose the cert. to me, if however they should not be deemed sufficient You will please return them for further amendment -
Very Respectfully
Your Hble Servt
W. Eager
Honble J. L. Edwards

In the Matter of the application of John Young for a Patent under the act of 7 June 1832
Original & Amendments
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State of New York Onondaga County 3d: I Reuben L Hef Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Onondaga do hereby Certify that Elijah C Rust & John Dunford Esquires, are Justices of the peace in & for the said County and that William Eager Esquire is a Commissioner of Deeds in & for said County, and authorized to take Affidavits to be used in Courts of Record, and that they were in Commission as such on the days of the date of the foregoing Affidavits, respectively. — I further Certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justices & Commissioner & believe the signatures purporting to be theirs to the said Affidavits (or the firsts thereof) are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this tenth day of June A.D. 1833.
R. L. Hef clerk