Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23503, James Young, New York

SERVICE
New York
Young James
NUMBER _____
S 23503
CONTENTS

24453
24453
note New York 24453
James Young
of Otsago Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain White — of the Regt. commanded by Col Graham in the N.Y. Militia line for 18 mos
See letter to Pensioner July 3
1837
let. to Hon J. H. Prentiss 7. April '38.
to Hon. Jno. Ely 14. Feb. 1840
to " P. J. Wagner 5. March 1840
to Hon. J. Ely 3. April 1840
to G. P. Yates 7. July 1840
24453
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 100 Dollars 00 Cents per annum; to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Dec r 1833 and Seventh . Hon: J. Page H. Rep r
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 1833. $ 150.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th March 30.00
$ 180.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1822. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams k Vol. 4 Page 127

You will observe that this declaration is found at this corner —
E.D.P.
State of New York } Otsego County ss. }
On this 15 th day of
October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego now sitting at the court house in the village of Cooperstown within & for the county aforesaid, Lewis Young of Oneonta in said County in the State of New York aged 72 years on the 22 nd day of March last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 that he served as a private in the Militia of the State of New York two years & three months, under the following circumstances from March 1776. In March 1776 he enlisted in Capt. Hunt's Company in Col. Graham's Regiment at Pine Plains Plains in Dutchess County in the State of New York aforesaid, where he resided at the time of his enlistment for the term of nine months, after he enlisted he went to Fishkill where the Reg t was mustered, from thence he went to White Plains where he was engaged in the battle of "White Plains" on the 13 th of Nov. 1776 We remained at & near White Plains for the space of about two months, the next place of our encampment was Fishkill Creek, where he remained until he received his discharge in December 1776 —
9 M.R.

That his next enlistment was for a term of twelve nine months at Pine Plains as aforesaid in the Company commanded by Capt. Andrew White, in Col. Mierfeldt's Regiment, In March 1779 during this time he had two skirmishes with the Indians at Wa- wasink at which place he was stationed during the principal part of the time of this enlistment, he afterwards went to Stone Ridge in the County of Ulster where he was honorably discharged; That afterwards he again enlisted in the same In March in the year 1781 Company & Regiment at White Plains; this Company was at that time commanded by Lieut. Finch and lay most of the time during this campaign at Shokan Ulster County and State of New York from whence he was taken to Stone Ridge where he received his discharge in Dec. 1781—that the whole time for which he claims a pension is upwards of two years.
And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency of any State— Sworn and subscribed

the day and year aforesaid in open court —
he was born in Poughkeepsie Dutchess Co., State of New York on the 22 d March 1760 has a record of his age which his Parents furnished him which is now in his possession he lived in Dutchess Co. until he was twenty six years of age and then moved to Saratoga County and State of New York and resided there twelve years then removed to the County of Otsego in the State aforesaid where he has since resided
He refers to William Angel D.A. H. Monument Turner McCall Peter Goller & Eliakim H. Lord as to his good character
Given in open court this 13 th day of Oct 1832 We Eliakim H. Lord & Timothy Lakin residing in the town of Ononta in the County of Otsego & State of New York hereby certify that we are acquainted with James Young who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 72 years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

Horace Lathrop Clerk.
Eliakim P. Loomis Timothy Sabin
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicants were soldiers of the Revolution and served as such
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicants were soldiers of the Revolution, and served as such. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that the said Eliakim H. Ford & Timothy Sabin are residents of Oneonta in the County of Otsego aforesaid and that they are credible persons & entitled to credit.
J. O. Mow E. Frost S. Page } Judges
In the matter of
James Young a Pensioner
State of New York } Otsego County } ss.
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that the foregoing contain the original proceedings in the matter of the application of James Young for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & official seal. This 19 th day of Oct r 1832
Horace Lathrop By J. K. Cory Deputy

State of New York Otsego County ss.
Personally appeared before me James Young of the town of Oneonta who being sworn deposeth & saith that the declaration which he made in order to obtain a pension and hereto annexed was made by him as then stated, and that the time of his last enlistment was the fore part of March 1781 - for nine months, that he enlisted at White Plains as stated in his declaration and that he continued to serve as then set forth until the latter part of December 1781 - when he received a written discharge, which is now lost. And that all the residence which it was possible for him to obtain was embodied in his application to the department and hereto attached.
Sworn & subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace of the County of Otsego this 14th day of June 1833
Seth Doubleday Justice
James Young
State of New York
Otsego County ss.
I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of the said County, do certify that Seth Doubleday Esquire, before whom the preceding Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing, & verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his genuine signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this 24th day of July 1833.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk

State of New York
Delaware County ss William Constable of Tompkins, in the County of Delaware aged seventy six years, being duly sworn saith that he is well acquainted with James Young of Oneonta in the County of Otsego and State aforesaid an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he first became acquainted with him in the militia service, in Ulster County during the Revolutionary War. That this deponent was in the said service in a Regiment commanded by Col o Paulding. That said Young was serving as a private in Col o Weissenfeldt's Regiment in (as this deponent thinks) Capt t White's Company, and served in said Regiment during that Campaign, during which this deponent saw said Young several times in said service. That afterwards, this deponent served a campaign of nine months in Col o Weissenfeldt's Regiment, and knows that said Young also served in the same Regiment during that Campaign for the said term of nine months, & received his discharge therefrom at Stone Ridge in the County of Ulster at the same time with this deponent. And this deponent further states, that he has been informed & believes, that said Young had served a campaign previous to those above mentioned in a company of militia commanded by Capt t Husted in Col o Graham's Regiment. Subscribed and sworn to } William Constable this fifth day of July } 1833 before me }
Simon Lusk Justice of the peace
Delaware County ss. I Simon Lusk, the justice of the peace before whom the above affidavit was sworn do Certify that I am well acquainted with William Constable who made the same, that he is a man of fair and unimpeachable character for truth and veracity, and that his declarations are entitled to full credit — Dated 5 July 1833 Simon Lusk Justice of the peace

State of New York
County of Delaware ss. } 11
I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the said County. Do certify that Simon Lusk Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn and the person who has signed the within certificate — was at the date of the same a justice of the Peace in and for the said County, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit & certificate to be his proper handwriting and signa- ture — Witness my hand & seal of office this 11 th day of July 1833
C B Sheldon Clerk

23309 James Young New York
See my Note - page 23 - $52.21 e. aw: j. l
cond.
8 Page m 6
W. D. Potter Cooperstown Allegany N. York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of James Young Albany City N York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted 1776 - 9 Spent Capt Hovsted Col Graham 72 years P. Traditionary   en 1779 - 9 - do Capt White Col. Wierenfelt Plains Dutches Evidence and 1 Witness for the 2 first   - 1781 Time not stated Stated Capt White Col Wierenfelt County N York Witness not as credible papers not authenticated Certificate of 2 Citizens  
from May to Dec 1781.
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
These papers were duly authenticated when first sent to the Dept E.D.P.
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of New York County of Otsego Town of Oneonta
5. Revolutionary Claims.
Henry Young, at present residing of the town of Britton, county of Cayuga & state aforesaid, being duly sworn says, that James Young, of the town of Oneonta, county of Otsego State aforesaid is an elder brother of this deponent: That this deponent is personally knowing to the said James Young having been a private soldier in the New York State Troops, at two different periods during the Revolutionary War, and that in such private soldier he served a campaign or tour of duty of nine months in a Regiment of said Troops commanded by a Colonel Paulding & in a company in said Regiment commanded by a Captain Paulding: Also, that during said war, the said James Young served as a private in the same Troops, in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Morris Graham & a Company commanded by Captain Silas Hemenway. This deponent was himself a soldier during both the periods above spoken of, in the same Regiment and companies as the said James Young, and speaks of the services of the said James Young, from his own actual personal knowledge of the fact. And this deponent further says that at the time of making this affidavit, he is on a visit to his brother, the said James Young; and further says not.
Henry Young
Subscribed and sworn June 5th 1837 before me Clark M c Baker Justice of the Peace and Commissioner of Deeds

State of New York Rensselaer Co. ss: 3
I George C. Clyde Clerk of the County of Renss. do hereby certify that Clerk W. Bahr Esquire before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn to as on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Renss. duly elected and qualified according to Law. And also a Commissioner of Courts in and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn according to Law. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and Commissioner and truly believe his name subscribed to said Affidavit to be his genuine hand writing and signature. Witness My hand and seal of office this sixth day of June A.D. 1837. George C. Clyde Clerk

Excluded
23503 INVALID.
File No. 23,503
James Young His Rev. Mrs.
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 496
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York Otsego County ss
James Youngs of the town of Oneonta in the county of Otsego an applicant for a pension, being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he has seen the letter written to E.D. Patten of Cooperstown stating that there was no proof in the War Department to show that Captain Andrew White belonged to Col. Misenfelt's Reg't during the years which he states in his application that he was a soldier in his company, in explanation he deposes & says that at the time he first made his declaration he informed his attorney that the years of his enlistment had escaped his memory, that he could not state the precise time when he did enlist; when he was informed that he might state it according to his best recollection , by his attorney, when he made the statements set forth in the said declaration; that from loss of memory he cannot now swear positively as to the precise year of his enlistment, but that he did truly & faithfully serve as a soldier in the Revolution twenty seven months at the places & under the officers stated in his aforesaid declaration —
Sworn & subscribed this 27th day of Nov: 1833 before me —
James Young
Elkanah R. Hosner } Justice of the Peace

State of New York } Otsego County ss. }
Emery D. Potter of the village of Cooperstown, Attorney at Law in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, being duly sworn deponeth & saith he is the Attorney for James Youngs of the town of Oneonta in the County of Otsego as mentioned by the said James Youngs in his affidavit, & that when the said James Youngs first applied to this deponent to assist him in making his application for a Pension he informed this deponent that from loss of memory he could not state positively the year of his Enlistment, but that he served as soldier in the Army of the Revolution for three terms or enlistments of nine months each & that this deponent then informed the said James that he must swear according to his best recollection, & belief - The said James has uniformly stated to this deponent that the dates had escaped his memory, but that he served the length of time & under the officers as stated in his declaration & further this deponent saith not —
E. D. Potter
Otsego County ss.
Personally appeared before me this 27th day of November 1833 - Emery D. Potter to me known to be a man of truth & respectability & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed —
Eliakim Olford Justice of the Peace

State of New York } Otsego County SS }
We Peter Collier & James McDonald Residents in the County of Otsego being duly sworn do depose & say that we have been personally ac- quainted with James Youngs of the town of Oneonta in the said County of Otsego (who is an applicant for a Pension,) for about forty  thirty six years last past, that during that time he has always supported the character of an honest man, and one whose statements can be relied on with the utmost confidence, that he has always been reputed to have been a soldier of the Revolu- tion, and that we truly believe his statements as to the length of time he served as a soldier of the Revolution are substantially correct, that the old gentle- man is gradually failing in memory, inasmuch that we believe it impossible for him to specify the actual dates of his enlistments, but that he served during the time & under the officers stated in his declaration —
Peter Collier James McDonald
Otsego County SS, personally appeared before me this 27th day of November 1833 Peter Collier & James McDonald to me well known as men of truth & respectability & made oath to the foregoing declaration by them subscribed —
Eliahim Phelps Justice of the Peace
N.B. The word thirty six interlined in the above before signing
Eliahim Phelps Justice of the Peace

James Young
An applicant for a Pension —
James Young } a f f t o on roll of col } Waukegan 8 Nov 1842 p 23 C. D. Potter
J. Cooperstown
1 term 9 mo 8 m 1 " 9 mo Supported by parol testimony — 3 rd time not supported & dis allowed
Adm d
18 mo. pri
60 $
550

State of New York } Otsego County ss. }
Lawrence McName of the village of Cooperstown in the county of Otsego being duly sworn upon the said that he has been person- ally acquainted with James Youngs of the town of Oneonta in the said County of Otsego (who is an ap- prentice for a Prison) for about thirty years last past, that during that time he has always held a respectable station in society, & has maintained the reputation of an upright & honest man, that any statement made by him is at all times entitled full credit for truth; and further that this deponent believes that the said James Youngs did serve in the Army of the Revolution during the times & under the officers stated in his declaration; that this deponent believes that the said James Youngs, from loss of memory is unable to swear positively as to the precise time of his Enlistment, and further this deponent saith not —
Lawrence McName,
Otsego County ss. I certify that on this 27th day of November 1835 personally appeared before me Lawrence McName to me known to be a man of truth & respectability & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed — Elihu Root } Justice of } the Peace

State of New York } Otsego County } ss
I Henry Couss aged Seventy one years a Resident of the Town of Oneonta and County of Otsego being duly sworn does depose and say that he was personally acquainted with James Youngs of the Town of Oneonta in said County of Otsego (who is an applicant for a Pension) before and during the Revolutionary War - and most of the time since to the present time - lived but three miles from him at the time in the County of Dutchess and State of New York, attended the same school with him, knew of his being gone from home several summers during the Revolutionary War, and it was said he was serving as a soldier in the Army - saw him at home winters during the time - was personally acquainted with Capt Andrew White and heard it currently reported at the time and does believe that he served in said Capt Whites Company the time by him stated in his declaration
Henry Couss
Otsego County ss personally appeared before me this 28 th day of November 1833 Henry Couss to me well known as a man of truth and respectability & made oath to the foregoing declaration by him subscribed
Eliahim R Lord Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Otsego County — ss: I Horace Lathrop Clerk of said County. do certify, that Eliakim P. Ford Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavits purport to have been severally sworn, was, at the date of the same, one of the Justices of the Peace in, and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said several Affidavits, to be his genuine signatures, Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 3 rd day of December 1833,
Horace Lathrop Clerk.

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To The U.S. Pension Office
+ Department of War
Washington City
Ononta NY
June 18 th
D.C.

Oneonta Otsego Co. N.Y. June 12. 1837.
To the Hon. the Secretary of War
The Commissioner of Pensions, War Department.
The Undersigned, a Revolutionary Pensioner, for $60 per annum, begs leave to call to the notice of the Department, the enclosed Affidavit, establishing the fact of services rendered by him in the Revolutionary War, distinct from, and in addition to, those for which he claimed in his application for the pension now allowed. The reason why, in his former application , he did not state and claim for the services mentioned and established in the enclosed Affidavit, at the time of his original application, for the  was that he then supposed his brother, Henry Young, to be dead, and knew of no one else by whom he could prove his having rendered those services. He now wishes to prefer a claim for them; and begs the Department to compare the enclosed affidavit with his previous application and the documents sustaining it: and decide upon the question whether the whole proof taken together , does not entitle him to a full pension.
The Undersigned also states that he

had a son of the name of John Young, who at the age of 18 enlisted in a company of Light Dragoons, (at Cooperstown in Otsego County,) commanded by Capt. Bill Williams, for five years. He was afterwards ordered South, and while in service , died, in the summer or autumn of 1811, at or near New Orleans. The undersigned wishes to know if the Department, if his said son, or his heirs, were, under these circumstances, entitled to any Lands.
All which is respectfully sub- mitted.
James Young

P. J. Wagner M. C.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington D. C.
Report to Hon. P. J. Wagner H. R.

Schenectada Feb y 18. 1840.
To J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir:
Mr James Young now a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832, as appears by the letter accompanying this, conceives that he has never received the amount of pension to which he is justly entitled.
On being informed what the difficulties are in this case, & what the discrepancy to which he alludes, I shall, if they are still deemed of importance, endeavour with his aid to clear up & explain. A reexamination of this claim is respectfully solicited.
Very respectfully Your ob t Serv t
Giles F. Yates.
Mr J. L. Edwards will oblige me by giving this matter his early attention & by sending me the answer
Monday morning. Feb y 24. '40.
D. J. Wagon.

Oneonta July 10 th 1848
Dear Sir
I wish your aid in procuring a full pension for me in lieu of the three fourths now obtained. The testimony that was originally forwarded to the Pension office was full and entitled me to a full pension. and the reason why it was abated I know not - since that time I have furnished other evidence on the same point but there was a discrepancy in consequence of dates or times of service between the first and last - as the last witnesses did not distinctly recollect the dates and therefore it was rejected - In order to enable you to proceed understandingly I presume you would require a particular statement of the testimony on file in the Pension office which I can not conveniently give and shall be obliged to refer you to that office for examination as I have not preserved any of my letters from that department - I am desirous to have the balance honestly due me. and do hereby authorise Giles H. Yates of Schenectady and State of New York my true and lawful attorney to make investigation and procure my name to be placed on the Pension list Roll for a full Pension - I do not think any further evidence is necessary in the case - If you do succeed in effecting it I shall expect you to be paid out of the proceeds a reasonable compensation for your expenses and trouble.
Yours Respectfully
Giles H. Yates Esq. James Young

On route NY Feb 11.
Paid 10
Giles H. Gates Esq. Schenectady N.Y.

Oneonta N.Y. Dec 15
Dec 21
94
accepted
for service
for service
Pension Office
War Department
Washington City D.C.

State of New York } County of Otsego } ss.
(Pension Application: Additional evidence)
John Smith, age seventy-nine years, a resident of Sangersfield in the county of Otsego, but at present in Oneonta, county of Otsego and state of New York, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is well acquainted with James Young, a resident of the said town of Oneonta; that he and the said James Young were born and reared in the same neighborhood and were intimately acquainted. This deponent was a soldier in a volunteer corps in the year 1876, and was and is personally knowing to the fact that the aforesaid James Young, in that year, enlisted in the troops of the New York State Line, so called, in a Regiment commanded by Col. Morris Grahams, and in a company of that regiment commanded by Captain Silas Huested, for a term or period of nine months. This deponent and the said James Young were frequently together in their respective services, during that year, and fought together in the battle at White Plains; and this deponent is personally knowing to the fact that the said James Young did serve out the full and entire period of his enlistment, at the time, and in the Line, Regiment and Company above mentioned.
Subscribed and sworn December 13 th 1887 before me
John his Smith Mark
Clark W. Baker Justice of the Peace and Commissioner of Deeds

Orienta December 13. 1837
Enclosed is an additional affidavit, on the application of James Young for an increased pension. It is hope that this, with the previous affidavits of Henry Young, heretofore forwarded, may prove satisfactory: if not, Mr. Young would like to be informed wherein he has failed to satisfy the Department that he did not serve his country in the war of the Revolution "more than eighteen months."
Samuel B. Beach

J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.

Schenectada Jany 30. 1840
To J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
Mr James Young
of Oneonta N.Y. writes to me, that he receives a three-fourths pension only, under the act of 7 th June 1832, whereas he conceives himself entitled to a full pension. He says that the testimony originally forwarded to your office, was full - that since his original application he furnished additional evidence, which was rejected, owing to a discrepancy as to dates between the evidence last & first sent. The memory of the last witness, did not serve him sufficiently well, to enable him to swear positively as to dates or times of service - a circumstance surely that should not militate against a just claim. Mr Young having duly authorized me to institute an inquiry into his claim, I respectfully solicit an investigation or reexamination, and if found entitled, that the amount of his stipend may be increased to full pay -
Yours respectfully
Giles K. Hobbs

J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.
James Young
oldly Gr. H.R.
Edwards

Schenectady March 25 th 1840
J. S. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir.
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your favors of the 5 th & 14 th of Febr ult o in the matter of James Young's application pending before you. Mr Young's supplemental declaration is enclosed, which will I trust sufficiently explain the mistake relative to his service under Capt. Huested -
I am very respectfully
Your ob t Serv t Giles H. Root.

I James Young of the town of Oneonta County of Otsego and State of New York do depose and say That on mature deliberation and after taxing my memory, I feel satisfied that I was mistaken as to the year in which I alleged, in my declaration, that I had served during the revolutionary war in the company of Captain Silas Huested in the Regiment of Col Morris Graham and I accordingly testify that it was in the month of March or in the Spring of the year 1778, that I enlisted in a company of nine months men or levies commanded by said Captain Silas Huested in said Regiment, and that I served, while under such enlistment for the full term of nine months at Fishkill and Stony Point, as a private and a part of the time as a corporal - and further depose and say that in my original application I did not specify my services under Col Jonathan Landing because I could not find any vouchers to corroborate my statements but I did serve under said Col Landing as follows - I was in actual service three months under said Captain Silas Hues- ted at or about Fishkill at a different time from the one above stated but can not recollect the date - My services under Colonel Brownfield I will not again recapitulate, as my former specifications appear to have been satisfactory
James young
Sworn and subscribed before me this 4 th day of March 1840
Adon G. Brown commissioner of Oaths

State of New York } County of Otsego ss } I. Jesse Rose Clerk of the County of Otsego. Do hereby certify that Adam Brown before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same a Commissioner of deeds in & for said County of Otsego duly commissioned and sworn & authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner & verily believe that his name subscribed to the within is his genuine signature.
Witness my hand & seal of office this 5 th day of March 1840 Jesse Rose Clerk By Thomas Pease Deputy

Feb 10. 1840
Mr J. Young
H. J. L. P. P. P.
Hon. J. Ely H.R.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Washington H. of R. Feb. 10 th 1840
Dear Sir
M c Yates of Schenectady N. Y. with whom I have some acquaintance, and occasional correspondence has endorsed to my care, the within application to your Honor, the merits of which I know nothing of. You will if you please make your answer through me.
Very respectfully &c.
J. C. D.
Hon J. C. D. Edwards
Comm te of Pensions &c.

Report to Hon. John Gly, H.R.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Schenectady June 15 th 1840
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Sir.
I acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 3 rd of April last in the matter of the application of James Young under the act of 7 th June 1832. In this you state that if Ja s Young served at all in 1778, it was not under an " enlistment ." I would respectfully submit, whether the improper use of technical or arbitrary phrases, and which in the present case may have, been put in the mouth of, and misled, the applicant, should militate against his claim. Those old soldiers who served in the militia pursuant to a draft or on a call or requisition of superior officers, are in the habit of saying that they enlisted , which is I presume not strictly correct, according to military parlance. Mr. Young if I remember right stated his time at White Plains to have been rendered in 1776. But on the receipt of your letter of the 5 th Feby ult o stating that he must have been mistaken as to the year in which he served under Capt. Husted . And inasmuch as you seemed to have better evidence of such a fact, than his imperfect memory after a lapse of 64 years could furnish, he made a deposition stating that he might be mistaken on that particular point, and hence looking at his last affidavit alone, he might seem to say that his time in 1778 was performed at White Plains . I trust a new examination of this claim will be instituted and the small amount claimed by the applicant awarded to him. I am satisfied that he deserves it.
Yours respectfully G. H. Ladd