DECLARATION OFFERED TO THE JUSTICS OF THE COUNTY COURT OF FRANKLIN VIRGINIA BY JAMES YOUNG 13TH DAY OF MARCH 1833 Virginia Franklin County On this 7th day of March 1833 personally appeared in open court before the justices of the County Court of Franklin aforesaid, now sitting (the same being a court of records) James Young a resident in the county aforementioned and State of Virginia aged 77 years, who being first summon according law, doth on his outh make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress dated June 7th 1832. That he was born in Orange County Virginia on the 16th of June 1755. At the age of 14 years he arrived to Franklin County Virginia and being deeply interested in the welfare of his county and desires of acceding his assistance to prevent the depredation of the Indians, he entered the service of the United States in the Year 1777 under Captain Brice Martin at Town Creek in this county as a substitute and marched 30 miles beyond New River Virginia on the securing party against the Indians in which service he was engaged 3 months, and was then discharged, he then returned home and resided there 18 months. He was then drafted in Captain James Cowden’s Company and marched to the Prince Edward Courthouse, Virginia where he joined the Continental Troops under the command of Major Parrcell and there marched down in the neighbourhood of Jamestown, Williamsburg and Little York in which service he continued til the battle between General Lafayette and Col. Tarlton was fought between Williamsburg and Jamestown. He was then marched up to Maupin Hills 15 miles below Richmond and there discharged in the whole a tour of 3 months service. He then returned home and was again drafted into Captain James Terrance Company and marched to Glasgow in Rockingham County, Virginia as a guard to the British prisoners in number 163 taken at the Eatan Springs, September 1781 South Carolina in which service he was six weeks and then discharged. He is not apprised of any person living who can testify at this time as to the whole service contained in this Declaration, that the person who serviced with him are dead or gone, so that he has no knowledge on their place of residence that he has lost the discharges mentioned above but thinks that the evidence of Abednego Hodges will show that he was served as stated. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declare this his name is not on the pension roll as the agency of any state. In testimony whereof he hereunto subscribes his name to this his amended declaration the day and year above and first written. James (his mark) Young ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour