Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 776-100, Joseph Young, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Young, Joseph.
B.L. N o 776-100
CONTENTS

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Joseph Young and wife:
New Hampshire line —
Joseph Young - son, & other heirs at law —
For power of substitution file see N o 770
Warrant issued March 12 th 1879
M c Donald & Atty.

Ms 21015
Joseph Young die New Hampshire
July 27th 1878

Joseph Gurney Barnes Attorney
21.075.
State of New Hampshire
Shafford, ss. } I Daniel Waldron Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County within the first district Do hereby certify that John Fish and Charles Rogers Esquires whose signatures are affixed to the papers hereto annexed are Justices of the Peace acting under the authority of said State.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this sixteenth day of June Anno Domini 1818 Dan Waldron

Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Young of Lebanon in the County of York and commonwealth of Massachusetts Hitherto have constituted & made & in my stead & place put and by these presents do constitute & make and in my stead and place put Sir Kirk of Milton in the County of Stafford and state of Buckinghamshire Clothier to be my true sufficient and lawful attor- ney for me and in my name and stead to my use to ask for and receive in my name from the Government of the United States of America a warrant for one Hundred acres granted to Joseph Young late of Lebanon in the county of York and commonwealth of Massachusetts deceased By the United States as a bounty for his services as a soldier in the Buckinghamshire Line of the American army during the war of the revolution which said is due owing and belonging to me as an heir at Law to the said Joseph Young & Giving and hereby grant- ing unto my said attorney full power & authority in and about the premises & to take and use all due means & process in Law for the full and com- plete execution of the business aforesaid and in my name to make Seal and deliver due receipt and and discharge and for the premises to appear and the person of him the constituent represent before any Governor Judges Justices officers & ministers of the Law whatsoever in any Court or courts of Judicature and

him on my behalf to answer defend and reply unto all actions causes matters and things whatever relating to the premises with full power to make and substitute for the purposes aforesaid one or more attorneys under my said Attorney & the same again at pleasure to revoke and generally to say and do and transact and finish all matters things whatsoever relating to the premises as fully and amply to all intents and purposes as he the constituent if present ought might or could do hereby ratifying and allowing and holding firm and valid all and whatsoever my said attorney or his substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done in and about the premises by virtue of these presents In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 10 th day of June A.D. 1818
signed sealed and delivered in presence of us
Joseph Young
Ichabod Wentworth Esq. John Fitch
State of New Hampshire Strafford ss. 1818 June 10 th then Joseph Young personally appear- -ed and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney by him subscribed to be his voluntary act and done before me
John Fitch Justice Peace

I George R. Downing of Alton in the county of Strafford and state of New Hampshire testify and say that I enlisted in the autumn of 1776 as a private soldier in the service of the united states to serve during the war of the revolution and served in the company commanded by Capt Jeremiah Fogg in Col Read Regiment until June 1783 That I was well acquainted with Joseph Young late of Lebanon in the county of York and commonwealth of Massachusetts deceased who enlisted in the service of the united states in the New Hampshire Line to serve during the war and I further say that he the said young faithfully served until June 1783 when he was honorably discharged at Newburg on the North River near west point in the State of New York. Geo R Downing
State of New Hampshire } May 2 d 1888 Then George R Downing Strafford } Made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth is just and true to the best of his knowledge. Charles Rogers Justice Peace
And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with him the said George R Downing and know him to be a man of truth and integrity. Charles Rogers Justice Peace

Ms 21015
Joseph Young dec. New Hampshire
July 27th 1878

George Fall of Lebanon in the county of Gork- and commonwealth of Massachusetts — Testify and say that some time in November 1776 I enlisted as a private soldier in second New Hampshire Regiment to serve during the war of the revolution and served in said Regiment until June 1783 that I was well acquainted with Joseph Young late of said Lebanon deceased and I further testify and say that he said Young enlisted in the said Second Regiment to serve during the war of the revolution and did serve until June 1783 when he was honorably discharged at Newburg on the North river near west point in the state of New York.
George Fall State of New Hampshire ss. May 7 th 1818 Then George Fall who subscribed the above personally appeared and acknowledged that the above deposition was just and true before me John Fish Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with George Fall the above deponent and I know him to be a man of truth and veracity John Fish Justice of Peace

Joseph Young, Certified

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
York ss. By the Court of Probate for the county of York. It is hereby certified, that it has been satisfactorily proved, that Joseph Young of Lebanon in said county, yeoman, is the reputed son and one of the legitimate heirs at law of Joseph Young, late of said Lebanon, deceased, who is reputed to have served as a private soldier in the service of the United States of America, in the revolutionary war, and was afterwards drowned.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and have caused the seal of the said Court of Probate to be hereunto affixed, the twenty third day of June, A. D. 1818.
Daniel Sewall, Reg d
Jonas Clarke, Judge.

Spouse to Joseph Young Son born the other heir of Joseph Joseph Young Jr N. H. Cline W. J. 1876

I know all men by these presents that I John Fish of Milton in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire Esquire Attorney of Joseph Young By power of attorney dated the 10 th day of June 1818 do by virtue of the power of Substitution with which I am there in expressly invested make constitute and appoint Nicholas B Varnum of the City of Washington my lawful Substitute and attorney for the purpo- -ses therein mentioned and do hereby authorize him to do and perform all acts and things necessary in and about the premises so as that the said Substitute shall and may Lawfully receive the said warrant therein named and make and execute due acquittance and discharge for the same as fully and amply as I my self might do were I personally present - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty th day of February 1819
Signed and acknowledged before me
John Fish
John Fish Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Strafford, ss. To all whom it may concern
I Andrew Peirce, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, certify that John Fish Esquire before whom the within acknowledgment was taken, was at the time the same was taken a Justice of the Peace within the said County acting under the authority of said State.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 22. day of February in the year of our Lord 1819
A. Peirce, Clerk.
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