Captain Henry Young was part of the 7th Virginia Regiment that latter joined with the 5th and 11th Virginia Regiment. He was stationed at Valley Forge during the winter of 177-1778. He took part in the following battles; Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. The regiment was joined to the 3rd Virginia Regiment on May 12, 1779. General William Russell and Col. Josiah Parker were two of its commanders. Capt. Henry Young was sick for a period of time during his service like many of the soldiers at that time. He recieved 40 dollars a day for pay, but by the end of the war he received 60 dollars a day. The Captains were ranked in order of seniority. He’s listed as being No. 13, No. 11, but by the end of the war he was ranked No. 1. Henry served and fought for 6 year before retiring December of 1782. Henry joined the Society of the Cincinatti in 1783 and became their Assistant Treasurer. He worked hard to build a better United States, one founded on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
We believe he married Mary Ann Brooks in the early 1780’s. They had a daughter Martha Esther (Patsey) in 1785; She married Marmaduke Kimbrough
Henry received 300 acres of land for his service during the Revolutionary War. He settled and raised his family in Sumner County, Tennessee. He built a plantation and farmed the land for many years until his death in 1810-1811.
Source: Valley Forge; The Muster Roll Project
Captain Henry Young was in Woodford’s Brigade, Layfatette’s Division…Source: Valley Forge Legacy, The Muster Roll Project
You can visit Valley Forge and stand on the exact spot where Capt. Henry Young camped with his Regiment. It’s an awe inspiring experience to visit the site.
Captain Henry Young 7th Virginia Regiment- See also 5th and 11th Virginia Regiment
The Revolutionary Muster Rolls can tell us a bit about Captain Henry Young’s life. I haven’t included all of them but the one’s that seem to have information that is helpful of places he camped, payroll or if he was sick. It can give us a good idea of the hardships he faced. Again he faced illness in December 1778 to February 1779 in Camp Middlebrook. He stayed at Camp Middlebrook until May of 1779. During the latter half of 1779 he took on the title of Quarter Master General for the state of Virginia. He retired on December 27, 1782, six long years of service to the United States of America.
Henry enlisted as a Lieutenant December 28, 1776 and quickly rose through the ranks. As early as May 1777 he was promoted to Captain of the 7th Virginia Regiment of Foot Soldiers. Right after receiving the commission of Captain he became sick for a period three month. Captain Henry Young is listed as being sick in Philadelphia in July of 1777 to October 1777. As a Captain he received the pay of $40 dollars a month salary.
Valley Forge 1777-1778
Pompton Plains and and his Regiment camped at Middlebrook that winter.
Capt. Henry Young sick for 3 months during the winter of 1778-1779
Capt Henry Young was made Quarter Master General for the state of Virginia in 1779
Washington used the area around Middlebrook as a cantonment site, known as the Middlebrook Military Encampment, during the winter of 1778–79. He brought about 8,000–10,000 troops to the camp site by November 30, 1778. Soldiers constructed cabins from logs covered with clay similar as they had done at Morristown. Washington himself rented the Wallace House (now converted to a museum) in Somerville for four months and paid Wallace $1,000. General von Steuben lived at the Staats House in South Bound Brook. General Henry Knox lived at the Jacobus Vanderveer House near Pluckemin with the Continental Artillery camped at the Pluckemin Continental Artillery Cantonment Site. Nathanael Greene lived at the Van Veghten House in Finderne. The main body of the much larger British army was at New York. The camp was closed on June 3, 1779 when Washington led his army to Highlands, New York.
December 27, 1782 Henry Young asked to retire after serving his country for 6 years
Regiment History of the 3rd and 7th Virginia Regiment
Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 20, No. 2 (Apr., 1912), pp. 181-194 (14 pages)
Pay Roll of Capt Henry Young Company 7th Virginia Regiment October 1777
He’s the first name on the list. Interesting to see the different rate of pay. Henry received $40 a month. Lieutenants made $27, Sergeant $8 and Private $6 2/3
A Muster Roll of Capt Henry Young Company of 7th Virginia Regiment of Foot In the Service of the United States of America October 1778
Present 1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 1 Sergeant, 1 Corp, 1 fife and drum, 17 privates. Absent 1 Lieutenant, 3 Sergeants, 2 Corp, 1 Fife and Drum, 21 Privates. Total 1 Captain, 2 Lieutenants, 4 Sergeants, 3 Corp., 2 Fife and Drum, 48 Privates
I do swear that the written Muster Roll is a true Note of the Company without fraud to the United States or an Individual according to my best knowledge Henry Young Capt. Sworn to before me the 12th day of November 1778. D..
A Roll of Capt Henry Young Company 7th Virginia Regiment August 1778
Pay Roll Captain Henry Young's Company 5th Virginia Regiment June 1779
Pay Roll Capt Henry Young Company 5th Virginia Regiment for August 1779
1 Henry Young .. Captain 1 month $40
Muster Roll of the field staff and other Officers of the 5th and 11th Virginia Regiment of Foot Command for the Month of October 1779
Henry Young —Captain —When Commissioned Dec. 28, 1776
Officers of the Virginia Line- arranged on 1st of January 1783 but not entitled to pay afterwards for reasons assigned
Captain Henry Young – Pay Due in 1782 $80…..Pay Received in 1782 $80— Note states- arranged but retired
Picture of Brigadier General George Weedon of Virginia
George Weedon was an American soldier during the Revolutionary War from Fredericksburg, Colony of Virginia. He served as a brigadier general in the Continental Army and later in the Virginia militia.
Picture of Marquis de Lafayette and Brief History
Lafayette was born into a wealthy land-owning family in Chavaniac in the province of Auvergne in south central France. He followed the family’s martial tradition and was commissioned an officer at a very young age. He became convinced that the American revolutionary cause was noble, and he traveled to the New World seeking glory in it. He was made a major general at age 19, but he was initially not given American troops to command. He was wounded during the Battle of Brandywine but still managed to organize an orderly retreat, and he served with distinction in the Battle of Rhode Island. In the middle of the war, he sailed for home to lobby for an increase in French support. He returned to America in 1780 and was given senior positions in the Continental Army. In 1781, troops under his command in Virginia blocked forces led by Cornwallis until other American and French forces could position themselves for the decisive Siege of Yorktown.
The above letter from Lafayette to Brigadier General George Weedon is very interesting in regards to what was needed and done during the Revolutionary War. The “Mr. Young” that is mentioned is referenced as the Captain Henry Young from the state of Virginia which was our ggg…grandfather. Source of the above Weedon Letter: Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution- Selected Letters and Papers 1776-1790 volume IV
Letter written to Thomas Jefferson from William Davies March 1781
Colonel William Davies was an officer in the Continental Army who served in the Virginia Line for the duration of the American Revolutionary War. Source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Vol. V pg 298-299
Source: Annual Report of the American Historical Association
Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jul., 1899), pp. 24-29 (6 pages).
Captain Henry Young is at the bottom of the page. Last name.
Source: Article- Virginia Officers and Men in the Continental Line. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan., 1895), pp. 241-258 (18 pages)
Henry Young listed on the right column third from the bottom. Two pages back it has the heading of Captains and he’s listed in that group.
Henry Young listed as Infantry Captain in the Continental Line
Source: Selected Revolutionary War Records Vol I
Captain Henry Young Enlisted December 28, 1776 in the 7th Virginia Regiment
Nov. 1783 List of Officers with Disciplinary Action. Capt Henry Young Quarter Master General listed as a witness.
Source: Selected Revolutionary War Records Vol I
Tuesday March 27th 1781. His Excellency: Dudley Digges, David Jameson, William Fleming, Andrew Lewis, George Webb, Jaquelin Amber Captain Henry Young is appointed Quarter Master General to this state in the (?) of Colonel Porterfield deceased.
Executive Department, Richmond Virginia July 25, 1851- I certify that the foregoing is truly copied from the Journal of the Executive Council of 1781 on file in the Department. William H Richardson
Madam: In response to your personal inquiry on the twenty seventh instant, you are advised that the records of this Bureau show that Bounty Land Warrant No 3,466 for three hundred acres of land on account of the services of one Henry Young as Captain of the Virginia troops, was issued June 23, 1795m Robert Means assignee of Henry Young.
There are no papers on file, the same having been destroyed in the burning of the War Office in 1800, therefore there is no further information in this Bureau concerning said Henry Young.