Name: William Young

State: South Carolina

DoB: 1756

Service Dates: Unknown

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Pension: Disapproved because of incomplete testament.  Per testimony of his surviving son and daughter, who claimed they were entitled to the money owed their father on his pension.  Young said he enlisted and served in the state militia.  His children stated he was Captain in the militia. 

 

State of Tennessee
County of Perry

County Court of Perry County
September term 1832

On this fourth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the County Court for the County of Perry,  William Young aged seventy six 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

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That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
He first enlisted in South Carolina for eighteen months in the latter part of the revolutionary war under Capt. William all through said war until peace and the declaration of it close and he believes he acted as his company with his said Capt in Col Hampton’s Regiment and found in the state service at Pon Pon in the Campaign against the British under General Greene and after this Campaign marched to the Center river where the Command was stationed for some time and then marched into North Carolina this deponent then and William

a very old man’s mind but very good eyesight and hearing excepting some loss in the former cannot recollect all dates nor the names of officers distinctly further than herein before stated.

 

This deponent further states that he volunteered in the service and after he was discharged from said service he again volunteered and served in the Cherokee expedition under Genl Pickens and was in all the skirmishes on the frontier against the Indians. He states that he volunteered in this service for six months but served longer than six months and for this service he has no written discharge.

 

He was born in the province now state of South Carolina and has no record of his age but has always understood from his parents and all others that he was born in the year 1756 and was raised a schoolboy there and lived there until he moved to Tennessee about fourteen years ago. Since which time he has lived in Perry County where he now resides.

 

He states that all the persons who can testify as to the services of this deponent are either dead or removed widely from him and

William said Perry County further and in answer to the interrogatories propounded by the Court pursuant to the act of May 1st 1820. This deponent states that he has no documentary evidence and knows no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services.

And 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.

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

William X Young
his mark

Attest
[signature unclear]

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Additional memorandum pages

One later notation states:

“The papers presented are insufficient to place him under any of the two classes of the Act of 18??. The allegation is not supported, and the declaration is too old for new application or revised pension act.”

Another memorandum dated:

“Pension Office, Sept 22 1860”

states in substance that no evidence was found showing service in a line or corps rendering service for the period required by the Act of January 1828.

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Another brief note from:

“Bureau of Pensions, Sept. 15, 1870”

Appears to say the application “contains no allegations or evidence under the Act of 1852 or any act granting increase or service pension.” 

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