Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,484, Samuel Youngs, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Youngs Samuel
S. 45,484
CONTENTS

996 New York
Samuel Youngs of White Plains in the State of New York who was a Serjt Lieut in the Company commanded by Captain White of the Regt. commanded by Col Wisenfelt in the New York line for 10 months Serjeant and 14 months Lieutenant
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 236 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension, issued the 21 day of Feby 1833 and sent to Hon A Ware Ho Repres
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $354 99 Pemi=ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 118. 33
$473.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino Cranwell Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 157

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
New York, County of West Chester - ss. Personally appeared on this third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas held at White Plains in and for the said County of West Chester now sitting. Samuel Young a Resident of the said Town of White Plains in the said County and State aged seventy two years on the fourteenth day of May last, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States and served as herein stated. That is to say. That he first entered the said Service in a Company Commanded by Captain Joseph Baker in Colonel Joseph Drake's Regiment of Militia then Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Hammond about the middle of July one thousand seven hundred and seventy six at the time when the Plumb and Rose two British Frigates came up the North River and anchored opposite Tarry Town about thirty Miles North of the City of New York. That he with about two hundred of the said Regiment were stationed along the East Bank of the said River in the said County of Westchester at Tarry Town six weeks when the said Ships left the said River and joined the British Fleet below the City of New York. That after the British army had crossed the North River to the Jersey Shore the American Army was withdrawn from the Southern part of the County of Westchester, and the Whig Inhabitants residing in those parts of the said County were exposed to the depredations of small parties of the British Loyalists. They immediately formed themselves into Volunteer Companies, and occupied the several Roads between Tarry Town and White Plains leading to the lower part of the said County which was then in the possession of the British Troops. The American Lines were then established from Tarry Town East by the House of Joseph Young to the White Plains. That their head Quarters were kept at said

Youngs's House). That the numbers thus embodied was generally about one hundred. That the Declarant was one of that Number, and continued to serve on those Lines from the latter part of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six until the first of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, that they were commanded by a Captain Sybert Acker of the said Regiment, when they were relieved by a Regiment of Levies Raised to guard those Lines. That in the beginning of the Month of October one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven The American Troops were Driven from those Lines, and the Inhabitants residing in that part of the County were again exposed to the Plundering Parties of the British Refugees. They immediately after the Capture of Burgoyne formed themselves into ranging Companies and kept possession of those Lines and by occupying the several Roads leading to the British Troops in the Lower Part of the said County intercepted several Drovers of Cattle that was driving to the British, and also took a Number of Tories on their way to the Enemy. That he served with those Volunteers from the latter part of the Month of October one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven until the first of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight. When Colonel Morris Graham took the Command of that Station with a Regiment of Levies raised in the Counties of Dutchess and Westchester and continued in those Lines until about the middle of October then next, that during that Summer a greater part of Colonel Grahams Regiment had enlisted into different Regiments of Continental Troops, one Company consisting of about Sixty Men only remained on those Lines under the Command of a Captain Daniel Williams who kept his head Quarters at Youngs's House. That by order of Governor Clinton the Inhabitants residing on and near those Lines were again called out under their own Militia Officers. That the Declarant with about one hundred of the said Inhabitants under the command of Captain Regua and Captain Acker were stationed in

the Vicinity of Tarry Town and continued to guard that part of the said Lines until the first Week in January one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine when Colonel Aaron Burr with about six hundred Continental Troops arrived on those Lines. Colonel Burr took up his head Quarters at Youngs's House and continued in his Command of those Lines until about the first of April then next when he was relieved by Major William Hull who continued to command on that station until the fifth day of June when he was driven from that Station by a superior Number of British Troops. That on the arrival of Colonel Burr on those Lines the Declarant with about ten others were retained in his service as Guides to his Detachment. That the Declarant continued to serve as a Guide on those Lines during the Commands of Colonel Burr and Major Hull. That after the Continental Troops left those Lines, the Militia were again called out, who formed themselves into Ranging Companies. That Declarant served during that Summer and Fall of that year with the said Militia on those lines under the command of their own Militia officers of the Regiment commanded by the said Lieutenant Colonel James Hammond until about the first part of December then next. That they were paid for their said Services in Certificates from the State of New York. That sometime in the Month of December one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine they were relieved by a Detachment of Continental Troops commanded by a Colonel Thompson who immediately took his head quarters at the House of the said Joseph Youngs and continued to Command that Station until the third day of February one thousand seven hundred and eighty when an attack was made on that Post by about eleven hundred British Troops commanded by a Colonel Norton of the London Guards who succeeded in defeating Colonel Thompson after an action of about forty minutes. The said Colonel Thompson and all his men who were in the action were killed, wounded, or Captured, except about thirty who under the command of a Lieutenant Moulton kept formed and retreated on

the Drifted Snow where the British Cavalry could not charge them. That as soon as Colonel Norton obtained possession of Youngs's House he set fire to it. Burnt the said House and all the out Buildings. That the Declarant was employed as a Guide to the said Colonel Thompsons Detachment from the time of his arrival on those Lines until he was Defeated and Captured on the said third day of February. That about three days after the Defeat of the said Colonel Thompson, Colonel Bigelow arrived on those Lines with about six hundred Continental Troops. That the Declarant immediately engaged as one of the Guides to his Detachment and served under his command until he was relieved by a Colonel Miller who continued the Declarant as one of the Guides to his Detachment. That he served under the said Colonel Miller until sometime in the Month of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty when the Continental Troops left those Lines and established themselves at Pines Bridge over the Croton River, at which time the Declarant left the said service for about six or seven Months. But continued to serve with the Militia until in the Month of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty one  one when he again engaged as a Guide to the Troops stationed on those Lines, and continued to serve as a guide until sometime in the Month of April then next when he was offered a Lieutenants Commission in a Regiment of Levies about to be raised. That the Declarant then left those Lines and in the early part of June met Colonel Frederick Thompson  Weissenfels (who was appointed to Command said Regiment) at Pashkill in the County of Dutchess who presented the Declarant with his appointment as a Lieutenant in his Regiment. That he continued with Colonel Weissenfels from the fifth day of July aiding him in organizing and disciplining his Regiment until some time in the Month of August then next when the said Regiment was marched to West Point and from thence to the American Lines in the County of Westchester and in about ten days thereafter their said Regiment was ordered to March to the Northern Frontiers of this State. That Major

Logan of the said Regiment was stationed with about two hundred men at John's Town on the Mohawk River and Colonel Weisenfels with the remainder of the said Regiment was stationed at Saratoga and continued there until some time in the latter part of November or the beginning of December when the said Regiment was ordered back to Albany and was there Discharged. That the Declarant was in that service more than five months as a Second Lieutenant in Captain Andrew White's Company. Calculating the time spent in organizing the said Regiment and returning from Albany where the Regiment was discharged. That in the Month of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty two he again returned to the American Lines in the County of Westchester and entered as a Volunteer Guide to the Continental Troops then stationed about two miles North of Pines Bridge over the Croton. That a Colonel Taylor then had the command of that station, and continued with those Troops until sometime in the Month of March when next when he left those Lines and again met Colonel Weisenfels at Fishkill in the said County of Dutchess. That in about five weeks another Regiment was raised and Mustered which amounted to more than six hundred men. That the said Regiment was raised by the State of New York in compliance with a requisition from the Congress of the United States to Governor Clinton to fill up the quota of the said State in the Army of the United States. That in the latter part of the Month of May then next some part of the said Regiment were annexed to Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt's Regiment of the Continental Line of the State of New York, and some of their men were annexed to Colonel Lamb's Regiment of Artillery, some were sent to the Western Frontiers of this State, and one Company commanded by Captain Thomas Hunt was stationed on the American Lines in Westchester County. That the Declarant was then transferred from Captain White's Company to Captain Hunt's Company and stationed on the American Lines in Westchester County. That during that Campaign Captain Hunt's Company was annexed to and did the duty of Infantry to Colonel Sheldon's Regiment of Dragoons. That the Declarant continued to serve as a Lieutenant in said

Captain Hunts Company until some time in the Month of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three when the times for which the men had enlisted expired. That the Declarant continued with the Continental Troops as a Volunteer Guide on those Lines from that time until the News of Peace arrived in New York which was either in the latter end of February or the first part of March. Although the News of Peace was not official it was generally believed in New York, and Sir Guy Carlton immediately communicated the intelligence he had received on the subject to General M c Dougall and Governor Clinton by an Officer under the sanction of a Flag to our quarters. That the Declarant was the Bearer of Sir Guy Carltons communication to Governor Clinton, that the Continental Troops immediately quit the American Lines in the County of Westchester and the British Refugees were restrained from making excursions after that period.
That during the Revolutionary War the Declarant was in the following actions and conflicts with the British Troops and British Refugees. That in the Month of March one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight a Plundering Party was detached from Colonel Emmericks Regiment of British Loyalists under the command of a Lieutenant Althouse of said Regiment with orders to take the Cattle from the Whig Inhabitants residing in the Vicinity of Youngs House (there being then no Continental or other Troops on those Lines). That the said Althouse proceeded in the night undiscovered a little North of said House and took all the Cattle from the farms of M c Youngs Colonel Hammond and some others amounting to more than one hundred head. That about twenty five of the Inhabitants and this Declarant among them collected, got below Althouse whose party was divided and scattered in driving the Cattle, that they made an attack on him, took all the Cattle, and continued the conflict about two hours, when Althouse after losing three of his men in killed, and five wounded and taken, surrendered with the remainder of his men. That in the Month

of March one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine when Colonel Burr had the command of the Troops on that station he made an attack on a Block House  Redoubt  which  was  occupied  by  the  British  by surprise with all the Guard and Burnt it. That the Declarant was one of the storming party. That on the third day of February one thousand seven hundred and eighty he was one of the Guides to the Continental Troops stationed on those Lines under command of Colonel Thompson whose head quarters was at the House of the said Joseph Youngs the Declarants Father. Colonel Thompson had about two hun- dred men at his quarters when about eleven hundred Bri- tish Troops under the command of Colonel Norton of the Lon- don Guards made an attack on that post and after an ac- tion of about Forty minutes succeeded in capturing Colonel Thompson and all his men that were at his quarters ex- cept about thirty who under the command of a Lieutenant Moulton who was on the left of Colonel Thompsons Line made good his retreat by keeping his men forward and re- treating on the Drifted Snow. (This being in the hard win- ter of one thousand seven hundred and eighty.) That the De- clarant was with the said Lieutenant Moulton and from his knowledge of the Country aided him in bringing off his men. The Americans lost in this action a Captain Roberts and forty men in killed and Mortally wounded. The British lost one Captain and about twenty men in killed and Mortally wounded. That in the Winter of one thousand seven hundred and eighty he he was with the Contin- ental Troops as one of their Guides when they made an attack on the British Refugees who lived in Log Huts in the southern part of the County of Westchester in what was then called Morrisania Woods, that they Burnt their Huts and took a number of them Prisoners. The American Loss was one Lieutenant killed and about eight privates kil- led and Mortally wounded, the loss of the Enemy not as- certained. That in the latter part of February one thou- sand seven hundred and eighty two he was with a party of Militia Horse consisting of about two hundred that made an attack on the British Refugees in Mor- rissiana, the party consisted wholly of volunteers, who

chose a Captain Israel Houghwell to command them one hundred and five of their number of which the Declarant was one of them made the attack about one hour after sunrise, the remainder remained with Colonel Wadsworth  Langdon who with one hundred and fifty Continental Troops about eight Miles from Morrisania as a covering party. That one Lieutenant and thirty of the Refugees were captured with about twenty of their Horses. The number of the killed of the Enemy could not be ascertained. That we were pursued in our retreat by the British Refugee Horse about twenty six Miles, we lost during our Retreat Eight men in killed and Mortally wounded, among the killed was Abraham Dyckman one of the most brave and useful men of the Guides to the Continental Troops on those Lines. That the Declarant was in many minor conflicts during the Revolutionary War. As the Whig Inhabitants who resided on or near those Lines were obliged at all times to keep together and defend themselves from the beginning of November one thousand seven hundred and seventy six until peace was proclaimed excepting such times as the Continental Troops were stationed on those Lines. That during the Revolutionary War the loss of Colonel Hammonds Regiment in killed, wounded, and Prisoners, amounted to more than one half of the Number of the Whigs or fighting men in the said Regiment. And this Declarant further saith, That he was Born at Great Neck in Queens County on Long Island on the fourteenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and sixty as he was informed by his Parents and believes to be true and as appeared by the family Record which was burnt in his Father Joseph Youngs House during the Revolutionary War. That this Declarant has not any Record of his age. That this Declarant was living when he entered the service of the Americans as he has above stated in that part of the said County of Westchester now called the Town of Mount Pleasant. That he always lived in the said County of Westchester since the Revolutionary War in different parts of the County for about four

years commencing in one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven and ending in one thousand eight hundred and thirty one he lived and kept the Light House at Throgs Neck in the said County of Westchester but has ever since and now resides at the Town of White Plains in the said County. That this Declarant during the Revolutionary War always served for himself and not as a substitute. That he never was Drafted but once and that was in the Summer of one thousand seven hundred and eighty when he was Drafted at Fredericksburgh in Dutchys County and served one Month at West Point and all the rest of the time he volunteered to serve as he has above set forth in this his Declaration. That this Declarant never received any Written Discharge from the Service during the Revolutionary War, neither has he any written or Documentary evidence in relation to his aforesaid Services or Discharges except the annexed Remnant of one of his Commissions as a Lieutenant in Captain Thomas Hunts Company which is herunto annexed Marked A. That the said last mentioned Commission was granted by George Clinton Esq then Governor of the State of New York but that the rest of said Commission is lost or destroyed and he cannot find it although he has made diligent search therefor, and did not discover the part hereto annexed as aforesaid till a few weeks since. That the following Regular Officers this Declarant now recollects were with the Troops where he served viz. Genl. Stark, Lord Sterling, Colonel Van Renellaer, Colonel M c Kinstry, Colonel Sheldon, Major Talmage, Colonel Hanson, Captain Hogland, Captain Edgar, Colonel Aaron Burr, and Major W m Hull. That he recollects the following Continental Regiments, viz. Colonel Lamb's, Colonel Ganserverts, Colonel Philip Van Cortlandts, Colonel Livingstons, and many others not deemed necessary to name. That this Declarant has been an Attorney and Counsellor at Law within the said County of Westchester since the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety three and practised there till about six years ago when in consequence of his age he was obliged to abandon it and

now needs the assistance of his Country. That this Declarant was on the twentieth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty placed upon the Pension List of the United States and his Pension Certificate is hereto annexed marked 'B'. That he resided at Throg's Neck in the said County of Westchester when he applied for and obtained said Pension Certificate. That his application and Proofs are on file in the Pension Office at Washington and a certified Copy thereof are hereto annexed marked 'C'. That this Declarant never drew but about three months pay under his aforesaid Pension Certificate hereto annexed when he was stricken off the Pension Roll as he was informed at the time because Colonel Wisenfeldt's Regiment was not deemed to belong to the Continental Line. That the annexed affidavits of John Buckhout and of James Sergeant were obtained many years ago in support of an intended application by this Declarant for a Pension, and both of them are now dead, as he has been informed that the annexed affidavits of John Bora and David Garrison John Hancher and Samuel Lawrence son and grand son of John Bora are all the proofs this Declarant can obtain in support of his present application without great Expense and inconvenience. That this Declarant is known in his present neighbourhood to Elijah Crawford Esq. and Minot H. Mitchell Esq.  Minot H. Mitchell Esq. both of the Town of White Plains in the said County of Westchester and who can testify to this Declarant's character for veracity and their belief of his age and 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.
I am Youngs
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day and year first above written
A. Bayles Atty of said Court

Saml  Shaw  Young Abner Shaw Application for Pension
January 3 d . 1832
ref. to the Committee on Rev. Pension
Feb 18 th 1832
Bill ————— No 397
Ward 32 Rev. Pen

1- Original claim
State of New York Westchester County ss 3
On this sixth day of December 1830, personally appeared in open court, being a court of records for the said county of Westchester, Samuel Youngs aged seventy years, and a resident in the aforesaid county of Westchester, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818, and the first of May 1820. That he the said Samuel Youngs entered the service on or about the first day of March in the year 1782 at the Town of Fishkill in the County of Dutchess as a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Thomas Hunt in the Regiment commanded by Col. Frederick Meseveldt in the line of the State of New York on the continental establishment for the period of ten months. That he continued to serve in said Regiment until the month of January in the year 1783 when he received his honorable discharge from said service after the news of peace had arrived at Bedford in Westchester County and that he now needs the assistance of his country for his support, and that his name has not been placed on the pension list of the United States nor any State or Territory therein. That the reason why he has not heretofore applied for a pension is, because heretofore he had been engaged in his profession as an attorney and counsellor at Law which gave him his living, but now that he is so far advanced in life he is no longer able to pursue his profession and he doth not now pursue the same, and therefore he requires the assistance of his country for his support.

And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, and that no changes have been made in my property as regards its value or amount since the 18 th day of March 1818, that is to say I was then worth nothing worth maintaining and I am worth nothing now, and that my family consists of myself and a niece which I have had heretofore to support
(signed) Saml Young.
Sworn to and declared in open court on the day of December 1830
(signed) N Bayle clerk.
Nathaniel Bayle clerk of the court of common pleas in and for the county of West Chester do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the said Samuel Young did serve in the Revolutionary War for the term of ten months under my engagement on the continental establishment I do also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court, and I do further

Certify that it is the opinion of the said board that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty-three dollars and fifty cents. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and affixed the seal of the said board on the sixth day of December 1830 (Signed) C. H. Bayler. Clk.
Schedule of property both in Law & in equity of Samuel Youngs. viz
One cow, one yearling and thirty fowls. aggregate value in all $33.50
(Signed) Saml Youngs.
City & County of New York Jr. James Sargeant of the said city being duly sworn on his oath saith that he enlisted in the Continental army some time in the latter end of March in the year 1782 in Capt. Thomas Hunt's Company which was afterwards attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Frederick Wessels in the line of the State of New York, that a few days after he so enlisted Samuel Youngs Esq. joined the said Company, that he the said Samuel was then a Lieutenant in the said Regiment, and that he continued to serve in said Company as a Lieutenant thereof from that time until some time in the latter part of January in the year 1783 at which time this deponent obtained an honorable discharge and at the same time the said Samuel Youngs received his honorable discharge from said service and that according to the best of this deponent's recollection and belief the said Samuel Youngs served in said Regiment for more than nine months and further says not sworn this 11. (Signed) James Sargeant

4 City and State of New York Ys. Be it known that on this eleventh day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty, before me William E. Duns- comb a Public Notary in & for the State of New York residing in the said City personally came and appeared James Sargeant above named, & bartman in said City, who being by me duly sworn did depose and say that the foregoing affidavit subscribed by him is just and true and I further certify that I am acquainted with the above named James Sargeant and that he is to the best of my knowledge and belief a person entitled to full credit and belief. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my No- tarial Seal the day and year first above mentioned
(SIGNED) Wm E Dunscomb Notary Public
I certify that from general reputation I believe James Sargeant to be entitled to full credit and belief.
(Signed) Sarah Ward
West Chester County Ys. John Buckhout of the Town of Greenburgh in the said County being duly sworn on his oath saith that some time on the first of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two he enlisted in the Continental army and was afterwards attached to the regiment under the command of Col. Fred- erick Kessler in the line of the State of New York and at the time he enlisted Samuel Young Esq was a Lieutenant in said Regiment and that he also knows that the said Samuel Young was a Lieutenant in said Regiment a considerable time before the deponent enlisted. That according

5 to the best of this deponants recollection and belief the said Samuel Youngs served as a Lieutenant in said Regiment for upwards of nine months.
(Signed) John Buckhout
Sworn this 8 th day of September 1830. before me
(Signed) Fred t W. Williams. Justice of the Peace
I certify that John Buckhout is a witness entitled to full credit and belief.
(Signed) Aaron Ward.
State of New York } Westchester County } I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the said County do hereby certify Frederick W. Williams Esq r whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit was on the day of the date of said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and duly authorized to take affidavits &c.
In testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this Ninth day of December 1830.
(Signed) N. Bayles.

45 484 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 45 484
Samuel Youngs Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
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Samuel Youngs - (now Joseph -)
Lieut.
York line
New York
Allowed under act 7 June 1832
Paper transferred to the War Dept. at the request of B. L. Beall Esq. 30 th July 1830.
Ref. File no 14911
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45.484
Not to be allowed.

Mr Chester NY 10m 13
The Hon Samuel D Ingham Esq
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
Washington

Mutilated commission, found mutilated in claim Apr. 11 th 1918 V. L. M.

The People of the STATE of NEW-YORK,
By the GRACE of GOD, FREE and INDEPENDENT;
TO Samuel Youngs Gentlemen GREETING.
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence, as well in your Patriotism, Conduct and Loyalty, as in your Valour and Readiness to do us good and faithful Service; HAVE appointed and constituted, and by these Presents, DO appoint and constitute you the said Samuel Youngs Lieutenant of Col: Thomas Hunt's Company in the Regiment of Levies raised for the Defence of the Provinces of this State, when under the Command of Frederick W. M c Leay his Lieutenant Colonel. YOU are therefore, to take Charge as soon as you are commissioned.

papers copied for the Hon. G. W. and 23. Dec. 1831
see letter 7. Nov. 1832 to Wm. Mitchell.
20. 27. 6 4
New York.
Samuel Youngs
of Westchester in the State of N. York who was a Lieut in the Comp y commanded by Captain Hunt of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Miesenfeldt in the N. York line, for the term of from 1 March 1782 to January 1783
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th day of Dec r 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of Decem ber 1830, and Del d to Hon. A. Ward. Present.
Arrears to 4 th of March 1830 $ 50.32 Semi-annual call ending
Profit from Roll Ap d 9. 1831 not cent d interest
$ 50.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Rec. Book D. Vol. 5. fol. 156

31 21 7.74 20 2.58 50.32

The Position of politician
Samuel Youngs an officer of the resolution
per: to com.
Dec. 20. 1830
Hon. A. Ward

Original claim.
State of New York
Westchester County ss.
On the sixth day of December 1830 personally appeared in open Court (being a Court of Record for the said County of Westchester), Samuel Youngs aged Seventy years, and a resident in the aforesaid County of Westchester who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the first of May 1820. That he the said Samuel Youngs entered the service on or about the first day of March  April in the year 1782 at the Town of Fishkill Dutchess in the said County of Westchester as a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Thomas Hunt in the regiment commanded by Col. Frederick Wessels in the line of the State of New York on the continental establishment for the period of ten months. That he continued to serve in said regiment until the month of January in the year 1783 when he received his honorable discharge from said service after the news of peace had arrived at Bedford in Westchester County and that he now needs the assistance of his country for his support, and that his name has not been placed on the pension list of the United States nor any State or territory therein. That the reason why he has not here to fore applied for a pension is, because heretofore he had been engaged in his profession as an attorney and counsellor at Law which gave him his living but now that he is so far advanced in life he is no longer able to pursue his profession and he

doth not now pass me the same, and therefore he requires the opinion of his Country for his sup- port.
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto an- nexed and by me subscribed, and that no changes have been made in my property as regards its value or amount since the 18 th day of March 1818 that is to say I was then worth nothing worth mentioning and I am worth nothing now, and that my family consists of my self and a niece which I have had here to me to support Sworn to and declared in open Court on the day of December 1830
Sam Young,
J. V. Bayle Clk

I Nathaniel Bayle Clerk of the Court of Common pleas. in and for the County of West Chester do hereby certify that it appears to the entire satisfaction of the Court that the said Samuel Young did serve in the revolutionary war for the term of ten months under an engagement on the Continental establishment - I do also certify that the fore- going act and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property speci- fied in the aforesaid schedule is thirty Three dollars & fifty cents In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on the day sixth day of December 1830
N Bayle Ck
Schedule of property both in law & in equity of Samuel Young officer of the  in the revolutionary  war . viz. One cow. one yearling and thirty fowls. aggregate $35.50 Samuel Young
I certify that I was in the West Chester Com. pleas. when the declaration was made out and that the month of April was then a better act & the month of March was not before

he lost his seat. I also certify that I am well acquainted with Mr. Young that he is a gentleman of character and entitled to full credit and respect & further I know that he has not disposed of any of his property since March 1818 with a view of being placed upon the pension roll. Dated Dec. 20 th 1830
Aaron Ward Member elect of the 22 d Congress

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Power of Attorney to Col. Joseph Watson

STATE OF NEW-YORK, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NICHOLAS DEAN, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County, Do hereby Certify, THAT  George D. Cooper of the said City Esq. before whom the annexed dep- ositions were made was on the day when the same were so made a Public Notary in & for the State of New York duly appointed & sworn & authorized by law to administer Oaths & take Affidavits &c.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this 2 o day of
October
18 29
N. Dean

1748.
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Know all Men by these Presents That I Samuel Youngs of West Chester in the County of West Chester and State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint Col. Joseph Watson my true and Lawful Attorney for me and in my name to receive from the United States the amount of Pay now due to me under the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain officers surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution" approved 15 th of May 1820 as a Lieutenant in the fourth Regiment of the New York line of the Army of the Revolution.
Witness my hand and Seal this second day of October in the year 1829 Sealed and Delivered In Presence of
Col. J. Watson
Sam l Youngs
Sam l Youngs
State of New York ss: On this second day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine before me George D. Goddard Notary Public in for the State of New York by letters Patent under the Great Seal of the said State duly Commissioned and sworn to dwell in the City of New York personally appeared Samuel Youngs of the County of West Chester in the said State of New York known to me to be such person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Power of Attorney and acknowledged the same to be his act and deed and also declared that the same was not given by reason of any transfer or any attachment levy or seizure by any legal process whatever of the pay then due and found to be unclaimed but that the said pay is intended to inure wholly to his personal benefit - Witness my hand and seal this second day of October 1829
Geo: D. Goddard
Not. Pub.

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State of New York City and County of New York ss.
Personally appeared before me George D. Cooper Notary Public for the State of New York residing in the City of New York Samuel Youngs who being duly did depose and say that some time in the Month of March 1782 he was appointed a Lieutenant in the Regiment commanded by Col d Frederick Wisenfelds of the New York line on continental establishment.
That during the whole of the Revolutionary War from the beginning of the year 1777 until the end of the said War he was actively employed in the Service of the United States. That in the years of 1777 - 1778 - 1779 - 1780 and some time in the beginning of the year of 1781 he was employed as a guide to the Continental Troops when stationed on the American lines in the County of Westchester in the State of New York. That during the year 1782 he was attached to a company commanded by a Capt d Thomas Hunt in said Col d Wisenfelds Regiment and was a Lieutenant in said company which company was annexed to Col d Sheldon's Regiment of Dragoons and continued to do duty as infantry to the said Regiment of Dragoons until some time in the fall of the year 1782 when Col d Sheldon with his said Regiment left the said American lines. That the said Capt d Hunt's company still continued on the said American lines in the said County of Westchester until some time in the Winter of 1783. That he the said Samuel Youngs continued to serve as a Lieutenant in said company until they were discharged that he is confident that he continued on the said lines until the arrival of the information of Peace. That the Widow of the said Capt d Thomas Hunt after his death took out letters of Administration and sold his right to the Lands he was entitled to from the State of New York for his services in the Revolutionary War. That Col d Wisenfelds also informed this deponent that he had drawn his lands from the said State and had sold them. That he the said Samuel Youngs with a number of others of the of the said Regiment sold their rights to Lands that they were justly entitled to to a company of Speculators.
Sam l Youngs
Sworn to this 2 nd day of Oct r 1829
Before me
G. D. Cooper Not. Pub.

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For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution approved on the 15 th day of May 1828."
I Samuel Youngs of West Chester in the County of West Chester in the State of New York do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution and served as such to the close of said War at which time I was a Lieutenant in the fourth Regiment of the New York line.
Witness my hand this second — day of October — in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine
Sam l Youngs
State of New York - } City and County of New York }
Before me in the City and County of New York Personally appeared Samuel Marvin now one of the officers of the Custom house in the said City who did make oath that Samuel Youngs by whom the foregoing Declaration was subscribed is well known to him and that the said Samuel Youngs was an officer in the Army of the Revolution in the manner therein stated. That the Deponent well remembers to have seen the said Samuel Youngs frequently during the Summer and fall of the year 1782 having the command of parties of American troops in the County of West Chester at which time he was called Lieutenant. That he has always supposed that the said Samuel Youngs was at that time a Lieutenant in the American Army and that he has never at any time since and that fact doubted by any Person Witness my hand this second day of October 1829
Sworn to this 2 nd day of October 1829 Before me
Sam l Marvin
Capt. S. Cook N.Y. Pub.

West Chester County ss John Burkhardt of the Town of Greenburgh in the said County being duly Sworn on his Oath Saith that some time in the first of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and Eighty two he entered in the Continental Army and was afterwards attached to the Regiment commanded under the command of Col d Frederick Wisenfels in the line of the State of New York and at the time he enlisted Samuel Youngs Esquire was a Lieu- tenant in said Regiment and that he also knows that the said Samuel Youngs was a Lieut t in said Regiment a considerable time before he the deponent enlisted. That the deponent continued to serve as a soldier in the said Regiment until some time in the Winter of 1783. That according to the best of this deponents recollection and belief the said Samuel Youngs served as a Lieut t in said Regiment for upwards of nine Months.
Sworn this 8 th day of John Buckhout December 1836
Before me W. W. Williams, Justice of the Peace
I do certify that John Buckhout is a witness entitled to full credit and belief. State of New York Narrow Wards I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of Westchester County said County do hereby certify Frederick W Williams Esq r whose name is subscribed to the above af- -fidavit, was on the day of the date of said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn residing in said County and duly author- -ized to take affidavits &c
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this Ninth day of Decem- ber 1830 N Bayle
N Bayle

Samuel Youngs. } Pension applica- tion —————
adm d 14 mo. Lieut n 10 mo. Sergeant 24 mo.
Ward
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Pearson Papers
Sam Young

The Brevet claims a pension for the following Services during the Revolutionary War
From June 12 th 1776 until August 27 th 1776 at a time when the Phoenix and Rose two British Frigates came up the Hudson River and anchored opposite Tarry Town in the County of Westchester in Col d Joseph Brock's Regiment then commanded by Lt Col d James Hammond in Capt d Jesse Bakers company in said Reg t as a Sergeant in said company
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From Nov r 18 th 1776 to May 5 th 1777 as a Sergeant in Capt d Sylvester Bakers company in said Regiment on the American lines which was then established from Tarry Town East by the way of Youngs & Mount to the White Plains. Capt d Bakers company was then Stationed at the House of Peter VanTassel on the Poughkeepsie River road leading to the British out Post in Morrisania.
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From October 18 th 1777 to May the 5 th 1778 as a Sergeant in said company Stationed on the several Roads leading to the British out Posts in the lower part of said County Shifting our quarters almost every Night keeping our Provisions and other Stores at the said Youngs house
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From Oct r 2 nd 1778 until Jan y 6 th 1779 as a Sergeant in said company Stationed on the said lines
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From January 6 th 1779 to June 7 th 1779 as a guide to the Continental Troops Stationed on those lines under the command of Col d A Burr till sometime in March when he was relieved by Maj r William Murre until the 7 th of June 1779
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From the 7 th of June 1779 to December 26 as a Sergeant in Capt d Bakers company in said Hammonds Regiment on those lines altho not in any fixed quarters as the Continental Troops had been wholly withdrawn from those lines
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From the 26 th of December 1779 until the 3 rd of Feb y 1780 as a guide to Col d Thompsons detachment of five hundred Continental Troops on those lines where their quarters was at the house of Joseph Youngs the Father of the Brevet and who was defeated and captured by the British Troops on the said 3 rd day of February while on that Station when a Col d Bigelow took the command on those lines with about 600 Continental Troops but was in one month relieved by a Col d Millen who continued to command on those lines until the 28 th of June
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then next. That the declarant served as a guide on those lines during the commands of the said Col d Thompson Col d Beigelow and Col d Miller from the said 26 th of Dec r 1779 until the 28 th of June 1780
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From Jan y 10 th 1781 until April 26 th 1781 as a guide on those lines mostly attached to Capt s Portchards and Capt s Fogs companies of continental troops
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From July 3 rd 1781 until the latter part of November 1781 as a guide in Col d  Forster Warren's Regiment of Levies from the time of the beginning to organize and form the said Reg t until he returned to his place of residence was more than 5 months as the Regiment was discharged at Albany and declarant thereafter remained at Fishkill in the County of Dutchess
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From Jan y 10 th 1782 to March 20 th 1782 as a guide to a detachment of continental on the said lines under the command of a Col d Woodbridge Stationed about two Miles North of Pines Bridge over Coeymans River
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From the 10 th of March 1782 until the 5 th of Jan y 1783 as a guide in Col d Warren's Reg t
This Reg t was raised for nine months but Col d Warren ordered his officers to meet him on tenth of March 1782 that the declarant within a few days of that time at Fishkill and continued with him aiding in organizing the said Reg t until it was complete when the declarant was detached from said Reg t to the American lines in the County of Westchester and served as a guide in Capt s Thomas Hunt's company in said Reg t during the residue of the time for which the men had enlisted From the 8 th of Jan y 1783 to the 18 th of March 1783 as a Volunteer guide to the continental troops on the said lines
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amounting in the whole to four years seven Months and Three Weeks

FREE
The Honorable
Samuel D. Ingham Esq r
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington

28 Oct 1829, The Honorable Samuel D. Ingham
1020/6
Sir,
I received yours of the 18 th Instant wherein you State that Col d Wissunfels was not in Service in the year 1782. This Statement is certainly certainly incorrect. After Col d Wissunfels was left out by the new Arrangement of the Army he was in the year 1781 appointed Lieut d Col d Commandant of a Regiment in which I was a Lieut d in Capt d Whites Company. which Reg t was first Stationed on the American lines in the County of Westchester and State of New York but was ordered to the Northward in the beginning of September and a part of the Reg t were Stationed on the Mahawk River under Major Lofgren the Residue was Stationed at Saratoga under Col d Wissunfels. That some time in the fall of the year 1781 or the beginning of the year 1782 the noncommissioned officers and privates of said Reg t were discharged That in the Month of March 1782 the officers of the said Reg t were again ordered out and to repair to Fishkill in the County of Dutches where about 800 men were in a few weeks raised for the ensuing campaign. Which
The men were raised by the State of New York in compliance with a requisition from the Congress of the United States to the State of New York said to complete her quota of Troops in the line of the Army of United States. Soon after the said Reg t was completed a part of the men were annexed to Col d Lankers Reg t of Artillery and another part were annexed to Col d Van Cortlandts Regiment. I was at the same time transferred from Capt d Whites Company  to to Capt d Thots Kints Company in said Reg t and the Company to which I was then transferred was immediately ordered to the American lines in Westchester County where we was soon after joined by Col d Sheldons Regiment of Dragoons to which we were annexed and did duty as Infantry to the said Detachment until sometime in

The fall of the year when Col d Sheldon left the lines and went into winter quarters. That about 200 continental Troops were immediately afterwards sent on those lines to which our company was annexed and continued to do duty there  them until some time in the Winter of 1703  when 1703. The news of Peace having arrived in New York altho not officially we were discharged
Of all the officers of those two Regiments I find myself the only surviving one nor can I discover more than three or four of the Soldiers now alive. I really conceive that if just and liberal construction is given to the law. That my claim will be deemed a valid one we were expressly raised to complete the quota of this State in the Army of the United States served with continental Troops and always in the most exposed situations - why then ought we not to have the same emoluments as to our pay it was nothing our Certificates sold for 2 or 3 Shillings on the pound. You doubtless have all the Statutes of the State of New York passed during the Revolutionary War and if from a perusal of those Statutes you may think more favorably of my claim please to communicate your opinion of the Subject to my Friend Col d Watson who will write me without giving you further trouble but if your final opinion should be against my claim. I will endeavor to bear it patiently consoling myself under a full belief that from my advanced age and increasing ill health I shall in a short time be out of the reach of events in this world
I beg you will Pardon the trouble I have given you on this Subject and could you know what I have suffered in our Revolutionary conflict you would not Pardon the trouble I give you but Sincerely pity the Sufferings of an old old Man. who was rendered Poor by that Revolution that has made many Millions happy. It is certainly some consolation to reflect that I did every thing in my Power to fight in that glorious struggle for liberty at but when in old age we are deprived of the common comforts of life. denied by our country what we may with great propriety consider pretty our due all consolation is gone

Col: Watson can inform you of the losses and sufferings of our unfortunate Family in the revolutionary War that my Poverty does not arise from intemperance or imprudence. he has seen all the papers I layed before him gives in hopes of obtaining some remuneration but in this I fail not for the want of real Merits but from the Statute of Limitation I am quite unwell and have writ- ten this in great pain you will therefore please to pardon the numerous errors &c.
Thurs next October the 24 th 1829
The Hon.
Samuel D. Ingham
I am with due respect your Obedient Serv t
Sam l Young
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
30 Oct 1829.
Samuel Joseph Youngs — of Westchester in the County of Westchester — in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the ————— regiment of the New York line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of —————
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary J.A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to ————— in the ————— line, amounting to ————— dollars.
It further appears that Joseph Youngs not is now on the pension list of the any ————— agency, and has been since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  per month
The Revolutionary records in this Office furnish no information whatever in relation to the services of Lieutenant Joseph Youngs of the New York line — John Hagan And
correct/

The Honorable
Samuel D. Ingham Esq r Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
Washington
Ms. A. 9. 2. 15. 64

160-12-24 The Hon. Samuel D. Ingham.
945 Sir,
Having been informed that I was entitled to the benefits of the Act of the 15 th of May 1828. I have therefore endeavoured to procure such Vouchers as will I hope fully establish my claim. I have taken the liberty of enclosing a letter to Col d Joseph Watson, informing him that I have appointed him my Attorney at Washington. and annexed the Power to my Declaration
I really hope there is no impropriety in addressing my claim and other papers relating to it in the manner I have and also in enclosing my letter and Power to Col d Watson among them . In so doing I have taken an improper Liberty please to impute it my total ignorance of the manner of addressing them to you with real respect I am
The Honorable
Yours Obedient Serv t
Samuel D. Ingham Esq r
Sam l Young.
Secretary of The Treasury &c.
Thurs night October 9 th 1829

Payable on the 4th March and 4th September, of every year, by the President of the U. S. Branch Bank at New York.
Recorded by J. M. Allison
Clerk, in Book D. Vol. 5 Page 136.

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I Certify, That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Samuel Youngs late a Lieutenant in Captain Thomas Hunt's company of Colonel Wiesenfeldt's regiment in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the twentieth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 20 th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
J. H. Eaton Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned,
J. L. Edwards

No. 29 Dec 1829.
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I, Elnathan Sears, of Sullivan County in the State of New York, do upon oath testify and declare, that I was well acquainted with Samuel Youngs of Westchester County in the State of New York in 1776, 77 & 78 during which time he was in the Army of the revolution; after this period we were separated, I being sent on the Northwestern frontier, and he remaining on the lines, But that after we had heard of the treaty of peace, my company made a retrograde march to the place where we were formerly stationed, to wit: At the roadcross in the County of Westchester near near the City of New York, and after my arrival there, I again met my old companion and friend Samuel Youngs, who I perfectly recollect having seen dressed in his regimentals with his sword by his side:
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tho' I was then ignorant of the rank which he held in the army, I have no doubt, and do verily believe that he was a positive lieutenant in the said army; and my most positive belief is that he was discharged the day after, I was discharged. I do further positively know however, that he was discharged at the same place and nearly at the same time with myself. More this deponent saith not.
Ebenezer Sears
District of Columbia ss. Affirm before me Walter C. [?] a Justice of the Peace in and for the District of Columbia. On this day personally appeared [?] to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing [?] c. [?] in the [?] Just in time. Given under my hand this 28 Dec 1828 Joseph [?]

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State of New York Westchester County ss. Personally appeared before me Ezra Mead one of the justices of the peace in and for the said County of Westchester John Burkhout of the Town of Greenburgh in the said County who being by me duly Sworn saith that same time in the Spring of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two he enlisted in the Army of the United States and was duly mustered on the third day of May 1782 in the Regiment commanded by Col d Frederick Weisenfels. That he continued to serve in the said Regiment (as a Private Soldier) then Stationed at Fishkill in the County of Dutches in the said State of New York about one month when he the deponent with about one hundred and fifty men of the said Regiment were detached from the said Regiment and assigned to Col d Philip Van Cortlandt who were then Stationed a few Miles below Pumptown in the State of New Jersey at a Place called Chestnut Ridge where he continued to serve in the said Col d Cortlandt Regiment until some time in the Winter of the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty three when the Revolutionary War ended and he the deponent was honorably discharged. That when he enlisted in the said Regiment Samuel Youngs Esquire who now resides at Throgs neck in said County of Westchester was a Lieutenant in the said Regiment and that he has always understood and verily believes that the said Samuel Youngs continued to serve as a Lieutenant in the said Regiment until the end of the Revolutionary War. That he has always been in habits of intimacy with the said Samuel Youngs from a Period long before his said enlistment until the present time
Sworn this 12 th day of June 1829
John Burkhout
Before me
Ezra Mead } one of the justices of the peace in and for said County
I Ezra Mead one of the justices of the peace of the said County of Westchester before whom the above affidavit was taken do certify that I have been long acquainted with the said John Burkhout and consider him worthy of belief and his oath fully entitled to Credit
Ezra Mead one of the justices of the peace in and for the said County

Westchester County ss I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of said County do Certify that Ezra Mead ————— whose signature appears to the annexed Affidavit was on the day of the date of said Affidavit one of the Justices of the Peace of said County, dwelling in said County, & duly authorized by Law to take affidavits &c. And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the Justice and verily believe the signature of Ezra Mead subscribed to the said Affidavit is the proper hand writing of the said Justice
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County on the 12 th day of June A D 1829
Nathaniel Bayles

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11.11.1844
Charleston Nov 17 th 1844 Paid 18 3/4
Col d Joseph Watson or Thomas J. Hodson Esq r Selectors office for claims on the United States
Washington City
to be filled with Col d Young's papers. —
Rec d 19 Nov 1844

1113 Dear Sir
Thompson Hollow Feb 10 th 1829
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I Received your obliging letter of 24 th of October last wherein you inform me of the unfortunate result of my application to the Secretary of the Treasury &c. If you have not seen the affidavits I transmitted on that subject I beg you will endeavour to see and carefully peruse them. I was informed by the Hon d Secretary of Treasury, that the reason of the rejection of my claim was that Col d Weissenfels to whose Regiment I belonged was not in Service at that time. It is true that Col d Weissenfels was on the new arrangement of the Continental Army left out, but that in the year 1783 he was appointed to command a Regiment raised in the State of New York, to fill up the quota of the State of NYork in the Army of the United States. That the first part of that Campaign was  that Regiment Stationed on the American lines in the County of West Chester but in the latter part of August we were ordered to Northern frontiers and was Stationed at Saratoga until sometime in the Month of December when the Soldiers were discharged. That in the Month of March 1782 Col d Weissenfels and the officers of his Regiment were again ordered into Service a New Reg t was immediately raised. The first Campaign I was attached to Col d White's Company but in the year 1782 I was transferred to Col d Thomas Hunt's Company in said Regiment. That some of the the Soldiers of our Regiment immediately were after being mustered transferred to Col d Van Cortlandt's Reg t and some to Col d Lamb's Reg t . The Regiments were immediately sent to Northern and Southern frontiers of this State. The Company to which I was attached was Stationed on the American lines in the County of West and was annexed to Col d Sheldon's Reg t of Dragoons and did duty as Infantry to said Reg t during their continuance on those lines that after Sheldon's Reg t went into Winter quarters then two Companies of Continental were sent to that Station to which our Company was annexed and did duty with them until sometime in the Winter of 1783 when on the information of Peace we were discharged. These facts are particularly stated in the affidavits I transmitted to the Hon d Secretary of the Treasury to which I refer you and I sincerely hope you will give them a patient perusal. The Statutes of the State of NYork passed in 1784 and 1782 I presume are at Washington

but it that should not be the case I can. Sir. Do you certify copies of those Laws and that our Regiment was raised expressly to fill up the quota of this State in the line of the Army of the United States if such copies will be useful to my claim. I really think that a liberal construction ought to be given to the late Statute of Congress on that Subject. That our duty was much more laborious than the Regular Troops of the line of the Army cannot be denied as we were always Stationed on the frontiers in the most exposed Situ- ations. And on a strict enquiry I find that I am the only Surviving officer of that Regiment nor do I know of more of the Soldiers than four now living. From the age of Sixteen until the end of that Glorious conflict I was with the Exception of about eight month continually in Service either as a guide to the Continental Troops Stationed on the American lines in the County of Westchester in the State of New York or as a Lieutenant in Warrfield Regt. My Father's House was occupied as head quarters for the American Troops from the year 1776 until it was Burnt by the British on the third day of February 1780 when Col d Thomp- son had his head quarters there was attacked and totally defeated he had then at the hour about 190 men the whole which were killed or taken except about thirty two men who were beat off by a Lieut t Morton on the drifted Snow when the horse could not charge then I was one who also escaped. but all my Father's buildings were burned by the British with all the cloathing and furniture of our truly unfortunate Family. all the documents of that Trans- -action are now at Washington. Col d Watson has found the whole of them. I shall thank you if after you have ex- amined the they care to inform me whether I can obtain a Pension on the affidavits transmitted to the Hon ble Sec y and whether any further testimony is wanting for that purpose. As soon as Col d Watson arrives at Washington I earnestly re- quest you to consult him on the Subject of my claim and also on the Subject of a pen- sion and if he thinks it will be of consequence to inform the Honor- able Secretary of my Revolutionary services Services and the sufferings of my Father's Family in that War it may possibly induce him

to give a more liberal construction to the Statute under which I make my claim. If I can obtain any thing under that Act it will not only render my life comfortable for the few Years I have to live but enable me to continue my aid to some of the poor Poor descendants of our unfortunate Family but if nothing can be obtained I shall not much longer be able to obtain for myself the common comforts of life. If you you and Col d Watson can effect any thing for me I am willing to make a very liberal allowance to you for every exertion you may make in this business. with my best wishes for the happiness of both of you
I am your Obedient Serv t
Sam l Young

James Sargents offidavit

City and County of New York ss. James Sargeant of the said City being duly sworn on his oath saith that he enlisted in the Continental Army - some time in the latter end of March in the year 1782 in Capt Thomas Hunts Company which was afterwards attached to the Regiment - commanded by Col Frederick Wuerfel in the line of the State of New York that a few days after he so enlisted Samuel Youngs Esq joined the said Company. that he the said Samuel was then a Lieut in the said Regiment and that he continued to serve in said Company as a Lieut thereof from that time until some time in the latter part of January in the year 1783 at which time this deponent obtained an honorable discharge and at the same time the said Samuel Youngs received his honorable discharge from said Service and that according to the best of this deponents recollection and belief the said said Samuel Youngs served in said Regiment for more than nine months and further says not.
Sworn this 11 th
James Sargeant
City and State of New York ss; Be it known that on this Eleventh day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty before me William E Dunscomb a Public Notary in the State of New York residing in the said City personally came and appeared James Sargeant above named a gentleman in said City who being by me duly sworn did de- pose and say that the foregoing affidavit subscribed by him is just and true and I further certify that I am acquainted with the above named James Sargeant and that he is to the best of my knowledge and belief a person entitled to full credit and belief. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Notarial Seal the day and year first above written.
Wm E Dunscomb Notary Public.
I certify that from general reputation I believe James Sargeant to be entitled to full credit and belief.
Aaron Ward

State of New-York, CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, } ss.
I, NICHOLAS DEAN, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Charles J. Smith Esq. before whom the annexed deposition was made was on the day when the same was so made a Public Notary in and for the State of New-York duly appointed & sworn & authorized by law to administer Oaths & take affidavits &c. —
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this sixteenth day of June 1829
N. Dean

State of New York
City and County of New York ss James Sargeant of the City and County of New York being duly sworn saith that some time in the Spring of the year one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty two he enlisted in the Army of the United States in a Company commanded by a Capt. Thomas Hunt in Col d Frederick Wurenfels Regiment that Samuel Youngs was a Lieutenant in said Company and continued to do duty as such until the said Company was discharged at the conclusion of the Revolutionary War
That during the Summer of the year 1782 the said Company was stationed on what was called the Ame- rican lines in the County of Westchester and was assigned to and did the duty of Infantry to Col d Sheldon Regiment of Dragoons That some time in the Month of December in the year 1782 Col d Sheldon left the said lines with the said Regiment of Dragoons but the said Company command- ed by the said Capt d Hunt still continued on the said lines until some time in the Winter of the year 1783. the said Company was lawfully  that lawfully discharged and that it was the Deponent believes some time in the Month of February in that year That in the latter part of that Service the Deponent did the duty of orderly Sargeant in said Company and that he has been on the Pension list and Regularly drawn his Pension about six years last part
Sworn to & Subscribed This 15 th day of June 1829 before me
Chas Jeffy Smith Not: Pub:
James Sargeant

State of New York } Westchester County } ss. John Fancher of the Town of Poundridge in the said County being duly sworn doth depose and say - That he now resides in the Town of Poundridge in the said County of Westchester and is aged. seventy five years That he has been acquaint- -ted with Samuel Youngs Esquire now of the Town of White Plains in the said County of Westchester for the last sixty years. - That in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one he this Depo- -nent. belonged to Cap n Thos Hunt's Company of State Troops in Col Frederick Weisenfels Regiment, and served therein for the space of four months. That. during said four months, (the said) Samuel Youngs, served as. the Second Lieutenant of Cap n Andrew Wurts Company of State Troops, which was attached to and

served in the same Regiment with the aforesaid Company to which this Deponent be- -longed as aforesaid. Sworn & subscribed } this 4 th of October } John Franche 1832 before me }
Caleb Tompkins first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester

State of New York Westchester County } vs. Samuel Laurence of the Town of South Salem in the said County of West- -chester being duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say. That he now resides in the Town of South Salem aforesaid and was aged seventy two years on the 23 rd day of January last. That he is well acquaint- -ed with Samuel Young Esquire now of the Town of White Plains in the said County and was well ac- -quainted with him during the Revolutionary war and ever since. That about the first day of March in the year of our Lord one thou- sand seven hundred and eighty (two)  (deponent) this belonged to and served as a private in a Company of Levis com- -manded by Cap n Thomas Aunt in Col c Frederick Weisenfels Regiment. and in which Company the said Samuel Young was the second Lieutenant, and the said Samuel Young faith- fully served as the second Lieutenant in said Company for the space of nine months

til the said Company was discharged. And this depo- nent further saith that at other times during the Revolutionary war he this deponent frequently saw the said Samuel Young in the American service as a Guide to the Continental and other Troops. but for what particular periods of time the said Young served as such Guide this deponent is unable to state -
Sworn & subscribed this 4 th day of October 1832 before me
Samuel Lawrence
Caleb Tompkins first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester -
I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester State of New York do certify that Caleb Tompkins before whom the foregoing affidavits of John Hancher & Samuel Lawrence were taken is a First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Westchester and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge & believe the signatures subscribed to the said affidavits are genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office this 4 th day of October 1832
N Bayles Clerk of County

State of New York } Westchester County } We Elijah Crawford & Minto Mitchell both residing in the Town of White Plains in the said County of Westchester hereby Certify That we are well acquainted with Samuel Youngs of the Town of White Plains aforesaid who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration - That we believe him to be seventy two years of age That he is reputed in the neighbour- hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and That we concur in that opinion And we further say That he is a soldier of the Revolution
Sworn & subscribed } in open Court this } 3 rd day of December } 1832 } _____
Elijah Crawford Minto Mitchell
A Paylor Atty of said 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 Elijah Crawford and Minott Mitchell are residents of the Town of White Plains, and are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of Westchester, State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Youngs for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this third day of December 1832.
N Bayles Clerk
of said Court.

State of New York Westchester County ss. Dennis Garrison of the Town of Westchester in the said County aged 77 years being duly sworn saith that he became acquainted with Samuel Young (the Deponent mentioned in the annexed application for a Pension) sometime in the fall of the year 1776 that the said Samuel Young then belonged to a company of Militia of Col d Hammonds Regiment commanded by a Capt d Sylvester Coker then stationed at the Houses of Peter Ventarsell and Cornelius Ventarsell on the New Mill River Road about fifteen Miles from the out Posts of the British Troops. That the Deponent soon afterwards enlisted in the said company and served during the ensuing Winter and Spring that the said Samuel Young served all that time as a soldier in said company. That in the fall of the year 1777. Col d Hammond again called out a part of his Regiment and several Militia officers of his said Regiment and stationed them in different places on those lines. That Deponent was then a soldier in the same company with the said Samuel Young who served during that fall and the ensuing Winter and Spring on those lines as a Sergeant that sometimes the said company was commanded by a Capt d Gabriel Reque sometimes by a Capt d Gresham Sherwood and sometimes by the aforesaid Capt d Coker. That in the latter part of February 1778 their said company attacked a L t Col n of the British Refugees who had taken in about 100 head of cattle from the near inhabitants rendering Youngs known that after an action and pursuit of more than two hours they succeeded in capturing said Col n and all his men but his guide after killing three and wounding five of his said Party. That the said Samuel Young was with them during the whole of the action action that he afterwards frequently saw the said Samuel with Continental Troops as their guide that he remembers the said Samuel was with them when they stormed Belancys quarters in the Spring of the year 1780.
Dennis Garrison Mark
Sworn and subscribed this 5 th day Dec r 1832
in open Court before me
J. Bayles Atty of said Court

State of New York Westchester County ss Isaac DeLameter of the Town of Westchester in the said County being duly sworn deposeth that ever since the commencement of the Revolutionary War he has been well acquainted with Samuel Young the declarant menti- oned in the annexed application of the said Samuel Young for a Pension. That he well recollects seeing him and serving with him in the Ameri- can Service in the Militia Stationed on the Saw Mill River Road in the Winter of the year 1777 and also that he served with him a greater part of the fall and Winter of the year 1778 on the American lines in the said County of Westchester that they were sometimes quartered in the same house. That he often afterwards saw the said Samuel Young in the American Service and particularly in the latter part of the year 1778 and in the Spring and a part of the Summer of 1779 when Col d Hammonds Regiment was called out and he declarant believes all those who were not killed or captured served for one year and drew pay for that time That in the Month of July 1779 this declarant was taken Prisoner by the British Refugees from which time he does not recollect seeing the said Samuel until after the War ended
Sworn and subscribed this fifth day of Dec r 1832 in open Court before me
Isaac DeLameter
M c Bayle Clerk of said Court
I certify that the above is a true witness. A Ward Jdg.

State of New York Westchester County ss Jacob Cypher of the Town of Mount Pleasant in the said County aged Seventy one years being duly sworn Saith that he has been well acquainted with Samuel Youngs the Deponent named in the annexed Application for a Pension that he was since the commencement of the Revolutionary War that in the Summer of the year 1776 the said Samuel Youngs was a Sergeant in Capt. John Baker's Company in Col. Joseph Vande Karker Regiment then commanded by Col. James Hammond. That in the morning of the next day that the Phoenix and Rose two British Ships came up the North River and anchored opposite to Tarry Town on the east side of North River said River the said Samuel Youngs came to his Father's house and warned the Deponent to appear under arms at Tarry Town. That the Deponent did appear at Tarry Town and served in said Baker's Company for the space of six weeks during which time the said Samuel Youngs also served as a Sergeant in said Company. That in the latter part of the Month of November 1776 the American Troops were withdrawn from that part of the said County and said Col. Hammond's Regiment was again called out to guard that part of the said County from the plundering parties of the British Refugees that the Deponent served as private soldier under a Capt. Sylvester Baker of said Regiment until sometime in the Spring of the year 1777 that the said Samuel Youngs served with them during that time, when they were relieved by a Reg t of Levies. That in the ensuing November and they were again called into the said Service of guarding these lines which then passed from Tarry Town by the way of Youngs's house to the White Plains. that he frequently saw the said Samuel Youngs while in said Service that they continued in it until about the first of May 1778 when they were relieved by a Regiment of Levies under the command of a Col. Morris Graham. That he also remembers to have seen the said Samuel Youngs in the said Service in the Militia and also as one of the guides to the Continental Troops during the years of 1778 and 1779 and until after his Father's house was burnt in the winter of the year 1780.
Sworn and subscribed this 10th day of December 1832
Before me
Caleb Thompson first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Westchester County
Jacob Cypher
Depon Subj y to the above a credible witness all and M c

State of New York Westchester County ss. John Odell of the Town of Greenburgh in the said County being duly sworn saith that he now resides in the said Town of Greenburgh in the said County and is aged about Seventy six years That soon after the commencement of the Revolutionary War he became acquainted with Samuel Youngs who now resides at in the Town of White Plains in the said County. That during the Revolutionary War he well recollects that the said Samuel Youngs was with the Department in several scouting parties or Expeditions against the British Refugees who were stationed in Morrisania. That he recollects that he was one of the Party under Col. Thompson who was defeated  and was in  the action at his Father's house where Col. Thompson was defeated  That he was then one of the guides to that Detachment with the British  That he was then one of the guides to that Detachment with the British  That during the  That  Winter of 1780 after the defeat of Col. Thompson at his Father's  Winter of 1780 after the defeat of Col. Thompson at his Father's house he frequently quartered in the same house with the said Samuel Youngs during the commands of Col. Bigelow and Col. Miller on those lines. That he also recollects the said Samuel Youngs was one of the Party commanded by Col. Israel Holmgren who made an attack on the British Refugees in Morrisania in the Spring of the year 1782 and captured about one Twenty four men and about thirty of the British Refugees in their quarters that our party were pursued more than twenty miles by the Refugees however Abraham Dyckman one of the guides on those lines was killed during our retreat
Sworn to & subscribed the 8 th of December 1832 before me
John Odell
Caleb Tompkins first Judge of Westchester County Court of Common Pleas
I certify the above paper to be a credible witness A Ward Not
That the examination and interrogations in the above affidavit was made at the request of said John Odell at the time he was sworn he being then at his own house and in a weak state too late in the evening to admit of time to make a fair copy his own declaration had just then been made out
Samuel Youngs

I Nathaniel Bayles Clerk of the County of West- Chester State of New York do hereby certify that Caleb Tompkins before whom the foregoing affidavits of Jacob Cypsha and John Odell were sworn to was at the time they were so taken First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Westchester aforesaid and that I am well acquaint- -ed with the handwriting of said Judge and believe the signature subscribed as his is gen- -uine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto af- -fixed my Seal of Office and subscribed my name this 12 th day of January 1833
N Bayles Clk of Westchester County

C I HEREBY certify, that the accompanying pages numbered from One to Five inclusive are truly copied from the originals in the Department of War.
J. L. Edwards
BE IT REMEMBERED, That James L. Edwards , who has signed the foregoing certificate, is charged with the general superintendence of the Pension Business in the Department of War, and with the safe-keeping of the Rolls, Books, Papers, and Documents, on file in said Department, in relation to said business; and that to his attestations full faith and credit are and ought to be given. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the Department to be affixed, on this 23 rd day of December — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- one
Spencer Secretary of War.