Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,588, John Young, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Va.
Young, John
$16,588
Carded
CONTENTS

Indiana 3307
John Young
of Clark - in the State of Indiana who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hanton of the Regt commanded by Col Wall - in the Virginia line for 10 months from 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 33 - Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Dec r 32 and sent to Hon: D. Law House of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 49.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar: 33 16.67
$ 66.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk Book D - Vol. 9 Page 201

State of Indiana
Clark County ss p
On this 27 th day of October 1832 personally appeared before the Hon ble John H. Roff, President, & John Carr Samuel Prather Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Clark County, now sitting John Young a resident of said County & State aged 75 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832. - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated - That he was drafted, as a militia man in the fall of 1780, in the County of Rockingham in the State of Virginia, to perform a tour of duty of three months that he entered the service under the command of Captain George Houston & Col o  James  John Houston Lieutenant of the Militia commanded the forces a part of the time during this expedition. The company to which he was attached - were marched to Richmond, where he arrived a few days after the public buildings at that place were burned; they marched to Williamsburg, and Fredericksburg, & to Halmonth where at the expiration of the three months he was discharged & immediately after at that place entered the service again as a substitute for a man by the name of John Gwin, a militia man who had a month longer to serve. he does not recollect the names of the officers of the company to which he was attached as a substitute for said Gwin he served out the month, & at the expiration of the time was discharged at a place called West Ham about 6 miles from Richmond - He was again drafted for three months in Rockingham County, Virginia in 1781, and entered the service under Capt c William Harrison Lieut. Josiah Harrison under the command of Col o Benjamin Harrison of the militia - he was in the battle of Hot Water & also in the battle of Farmington where he was wounded, by a bullet in his right leg. - at the expiration of the three months he was discharged at Botetourt bridge about 15 miles below Richmond. - He was again drafted for a three months tour in the same County entered the service as a militia man under Captain Eager Lieut. (not recollect) and was marched to Yorktown, was there during the siege of that place, and at the surrender of the British troops under Cornwallis, after which the company to which he was

attached were marched to Winchester barracks where he remained stationed guarding British prisoners until the expiration of the three months - when he was discharged - He further states that he has no documentary evidence to know of no person by whom he can now prove his services - He was born, as he is informed & believes, in the year 1757. in Scotland, he has no record of his age was brought to America by his parents in the year 1767. & settled in Rockingham County, Virginia where he resided until after the war. Several years after the war he moved to Charlestown, in the Virginia on the Ohio river, where he lived six years, & removed to Kentucky, lived there four years, & removed to this County, where he now resides - in the year 1811 He knew when in the service Genl. Muhlenburg - Wayne - Lafayette Washington - & Morgan He does not recollect the names or numbers of any Continental or militia regiments
He states that he is known to Shadrach T. Green John B. Parker & John M. Lemons & Edward Boyceall of his neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution
He 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
John his Young Mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this 29 th day of October 1832 - Test Henry Woodward Clerk
We John M. Lemons & Edward Boyceall residing in the County of Clark & State of Indiana hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Young who has sub- scribed & sworn to the above declaration. that we believe him to be 75 years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion - John M. Lemons
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Edward Boyceall Test Henry Woodward Clerk

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, and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that John N. Simon and Edward Boicourt who have signed the preceding certificate are resi- dents in the said county of Clark, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Henry Harrod Clerk of the Circuit Court of Clark County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Young for a pension. —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 29 th day of October 1832
Attest Henry Harrod Clerk

John Young

Row of Money. Hair of John Young, deceased, Revolutionary Pensioner. 33 33 Per a
J. H. C. Pipten

Know all Men by these Presents, That I, James Young Heir of John Young, deceased, who was Revolutionary Pensioner on the Rolls of the Indiana Agency, and who died on the 23 rd day of February A.D. 1844, also heir of Ann Margaret Young, Widow of the said John Young deceased, the said Ann Margaret Young having died in Scott County, Indiana, some time in the Month of July A.D. 1844
who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution do hereby constitute and appoint GEORGE H. MONSARRAT, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to prosecute against the Government of the United States, before any Department thereof, any and all claim or claims to have to arrears of pay or Pension money, under any Act or Acts, Resolution or Resolutions, of the Con- gress of the United States, and especially the Acts 4th July 1836, 7th July 1838, 3rd March 1843, 17th June 1844, 2nd February 1848, and 29th July 1848—as well as the more ancient Acts of 18th March 1818, 15th May 1828, and 7th June 1832.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised in my name to demand at any Depart- ment of the said Government, a reconsideration of any decision hitherto or hereafter to be given, touching my interests, and to obtain from any Department or the archives thereof, any and all information or evidence of whatever character relating to or in anywise bearing upon the claim or claims we hereby seek the investigation of.
Said Attorney is moreover authorised to do any and all things necessary to carry out the foregoing purposes, and to receive the Certificates of Pension or other character of drafts or evidences of the amounts due me and to appoint one or more Sub-Attorneys, and to confer upon him or them all the powers therein conferred upon G. H. Monsarrat, I hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney may do by virtue of these presents.
WITNESS my hand and seal this 29 th day of March 1853
Subscribed before signed James Young Witness. M. G. File G. P. Ferguson
State of _____ County, sec _____
BE IT KNOWN, that on the _____ day of _____ 1853, before the subscriber, a _____ in and for the County and State aforesaid,
personally appeared subscribers to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledging the signing, sealing and deliver- ing the same to be _____ own voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name,
J. P.

January 13, 1938
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Miss Lydia Campbell 417 East Riverside Drive Jeffersonville, Indiana
JOHN YOUNG S. 16588 am BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Young who served in the Revolutionary War as private in the Virginia militia and was pensioned in Clark County, Indiana.
The record of John Young follows as found in pension claim, S. 16588, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
John Young was born in 1757 in Scotland and was brought to America by his parents in 1767 and settled in Rockingham County, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given.
While residing in Rockingham County, Virginia, John Young enlisted in the fall of 1780 and served three months as private in Captain George Houston's company, Colonel Nall's Virginia regiment. Upon the expiration of that tour, he enlisted at Falmouth, Virginia, and served one month as a substitute for a man who had that much longer to serve, names of officers not stated. He enlisted in 1781, served as private in Captain William Herron's company, Colonel Benjamin Harrison's Virginia regiment, was in the battles of Hotwater, Jamestown in which he was wounded by a bullet in his right leg and was discharged after having served three months. He again enlisted, served as private in Captain Coger's company in the Virginia troops, marched to Yorktown, was in the siege at that place and present at the surrender of Cornwallis after which he went to Winchester Barracks and guarded British prisoners there and was discharged at the expiration of the three months' term for which he enlisted.
The soldier continued to reside in Rockingham County, Virginia, for several years after the Revolution, then moved to Charleston on the Ohio River in Virginia, where he lived six years, thence to Kentucky, remained there four years and in 1811 moved to Clark County, Indiana.

John Young was allowed pension on his application executed October 27, 1832, while residing in Clark County, Indiana. He died February 23, 1844.
The soldier, John Young, was survived by his widow, Ann Margaret Young, who died in July, 1844, in Scott County, Indiana.
The only child of John Young and his wife, Ann Margaret, whose name was designated in the claim was their son, James Young, who was named as heir in 1853, his age and place of residence not stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

of John 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.     fall 1780 3 mos Gen. Houston Wall Va   1 " "   1781 3 " Wm. Herron Bey. Harrison "   1781 3 " Coger "  
Battles engaged in, Hot water  where wounded in the right leg  Jamestown, at Siege of York
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rockingham Co Va -
Date of application for pension, Oct. 27, 1832 -
Residence at date of application, Clark Co Ind
Age at date of application, 1757 in Scotland, Died Feb. 23, 1844
Remarks: Brought to America by his parents (names not stated) in 1767. His widow Ann Margaret Young died in Scott Co Ind in July 1844, and their heir was James Young
Very respectfully,

16.588 INVALID.
File No. 16.588
John Young Pre Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 421
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1907 Feb. 13. Heist. to E. M. Willock aw 1938 Jan. 13 - North Lydia Campbell aw

417 EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA
JANUARY 5, 1938
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
As Registrar of Ann Rogers Clark Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, I am interested in obtain- ing the Revolutionary War record of --
✓ JOHN YOUNG  6972
-- who served as private in Virginia Militia, pensioned in Clark County, Indiana, 1831.
Thanking you for any information you may be able to give me, I am,
Yours very truly,
Lydia Campbell-
Registrar, ANN ROGERS CLARK CHAPTER JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA

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KANSAS CITY, MO. Jan. 31st, 1907.
Mr. M. V. Warner, Pension Commissioner, Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
At the suggestion of Mrs. Hunter Meriwether of this city I write to you for the Military Service of John Young in the Revolutionary War.
From our family record I have William Young, John Young and Robert Young enlisted at the ages of 16, 15 and 14 years respectively, and served nearly eight years to the close of the war. They came to America in 1760 or 65 with their father, Samuel Young, and first settled in Augusta County, Va., but I am not sure they were living there at the time the boys enlisted.
They were in the battles of Eutaw, Cowpens, Kings Mountain and others. Under John Sevier and Gen. Shelby, Captains, Campbell and DePeyster. I believe their regiment was called John Sevier's Mountaineers.
At the Battle of Kings Mountain, Gilliland called out "Robert Young, that is Gen. Ferguson, shoot him." This I find recorded on Page 258 of The Rear Guard of the Revolution. I feel sure John Young served in the same Company as his brother Robert also William Young.
Now what I want is John Young's Military record in the Revolutionary War. John Young was my great-grandfather and his service is all I need to complete my application blanks for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Thanking you in advance for any information you may give me in regard to the service of John Young, I remain.
Yours very respectfully,
Emma M. Willock
Address
Miss Emma M. Willock, 518 N. Y. Life Bldg., Kansas City, Mo.

from 1780 private
$33. \frac{33}{100}

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
John Young. further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes. II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes. 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? yes. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes. VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes. IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes. 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? yes

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? two citizens.
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? yes.
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? —
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? —
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? —
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? ans 2
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 the 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.
† 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 authenticated 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 end 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.