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YOUNG, Peter, Rl1973, son of Peter, b. 3/2/1756 Hunterdon CO., N. J., d. 2/14/1842 Harmony Township, Warren Co., N. J. where he had moved after War. Wife, Rachel, d. 5/9/1835, surviving children: John, Henry, Catharine (age 67 in 1857) and Mary Taylor (aged 64 in 1857). 11/25/1856, his son, John Young, Warren Co., N. J., aged 66, applied, stating his father enl. early in Rev., served as teamster and wagonmaster under Capt. William Seaman's Brig. of Teams.

YOUNG, Richard, S35166, appl. dtd 5/19/1818, aged 71, enl. Cushing, Lincoln Co., Maine 3/4/1776 as Pvt. and Corpl., Capt. Silas Talbot, Col. Daniel Hitchcock's R. I. Regt., was in battle of Princeton, disch. 2/1777. In 1820, had wife, Jane, aged 75. Soldier d. 7/27/1834.

YOUNG, William, W2509, Georgia, Richmond Co., appl. dtd 4/19/1855 of Rebecca Young, wid., aged 69, res. of Augusta, states her husband was Pvt. in Inf., vol. in Md. and was present at surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, where disch. 10/1781. Husband received a pension and d. Columbia Co., Ga. 10/29/1835. She appl. again 6/29/1853, aged 68. Georgia, Columbia Co., appl. of William Young, 70-80 yrs. old, states he substituted in 1781, Capt. Lavarsh, 4th Md. Regt. of Inf., Maj. Roxbury, 6 mos. jwhen entered he lived Montgomery Co., Md. Was at siege of Yorktown. He entered as a substitute for Bruce Magruder. Lived Columbia Co., Ga. for past 30 yrs.

YOUNGBLOOD, Jacob