UPDATED: 20 Aug 2017.
NOTE #1
Birth and death years are based on, respectively, the 1850 Federal Census, the 1860 Federal Census, and a Young genealogy report commissioned in 1905.
NOTE #2
All three persons memorialized on this one marker died during the Civil War (1861-1865). This marker was possibly erected a generation or two after the war in memory of these three, who might be buried close to the family's home rather than at the place of this marker. It is not believed that three people are buried in the same plot.
BIO
Smith Young is the son of John Young (1761-1827) and Rachel Young (1769-1824), cousins whose marriage to one another was not uncommon in the 18th century by those in their demographic categories. Smith and brothers John Y. Young (1793-1968; virtual memorial 81779046) and Henry Young (1801-1862; virtual memorial 33849149) were born, raised, and married in North Carolina. The three Young brothers moved their young families westward in the 1830s as the young United States expanded its borders and influence in the ancestral lands of the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and other native peoples displaced by authority of the Indian Removal Act.
The Youngs were well-educated, owned and operated plantations, and had a strong affiliation with Methodism.
If you have information about the Young and related families, please contact Samuel Staples Lewis.
Smith Young married Ann Eliza Harrison on May 11, 1824, in Caswell County, NC. Mrs. Young died from cholera in March 1850. If Smith Young helped found the town on Harrisonburg, it's reasonable to think the name was influenced by his late wife's maiden name.
Smith and Ann Eliza Young had four children who lived to adulthood. Family researcher are looking for what happened to son, Smith Young, after 1850. Some family writings make reference "Smith Young," but it's not clear which Smith Young is being referenced.
NOTE #1
Birth and death years are based on, respectively, the 1850 Federal Census, the 1860 Federal Census, and a Young genealogy report commissioned in 1905.
NOTE #2
All three persons memorialized on this one marker died during the Civil War (1861-1865). This marker was possibly erected a generation or two after the war in memory of these three, who might be buried close to the family's home rather than at the place of this marker. It is not believed that three people are buried in the same plot.
BIO
Smith Young is the son of John Young (1761-1827) and Rachel Young (1769-1824), cousins whose marriage to one another was not uncommon in the 18th century by those in their demographic categories. Smith and brothers John Y. Young (1793-1968; virtual memorial 81779046) and Henry Young (1801-1862; virtual memorial 33849149) were born, raised, and married in North Carolina. The three Young brothers moved their young families westward in the 1830s as the young United States expanded its borders and influence in the ancestral lands of the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and other native peoples displaced by authority of the Indian Removal Act.
The Youngs were well-educated, owned and operated plantations, and had a strong affiliation with Methodism.
If you have information about the Young and related families, please contact Samuel Staples Lewis.
Smith Young married Ann Eliza Harrison on May 11, 1824, in Caswell County, NC. Mrs. Young died from cholera in March 1850. If Smith Young helped found the town on Harrisonburg, it's reasonable to think the name was influenced by his late wife's maiden name.
Smith and Ann Eliza Young had four children who lived to adulthood. Family researcher are looking for what happened to son, Smith Young, after 1850. Some family writings make reference "Smith Young," but it's not clear which Smith Young is being referenced.
UPDATED: 20 Aug 2017.
NOTE #1
Birth and death years are based on, respectively, the 1850 Federal Census, the 1860 Federal Census, and a Young genealogy report commissioned in 1905.
NOTE #2
All three persons memorialized on this one marker died during the Civil War (1861-1865). This marker was possibly erected a generation or two after the war in memory of these three, who might be buried close to the family's home rather than at the place of this marker. It is not believed that three people are buried in the same plot.
BIO
Smith Young is the son of John Young (1761-1827) and Rachel Young (1769-1824), cousins whose marriage to one another was not uncommon in the 18th century by those in their demographic categories. Smith and brothers John Y. Young (1793-1968; virtual memorial 81779046) and Henry Young (1801-1862; virtual memorial 33849149) were born, raised, and married in North Carolina. The three Young brothers moved their young families westward in the 1830s as the young United States expanded its borders and influence in the ancestral lands of the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and other native peoples displaced by authority of the Indian Removal Act.
The Youngs were well-educated, owned and operated plantations, and had a strong affiliation with Methodism.
If you have information about the Young and related families, please contact Samuel Staples Lewis.
Smith Young married Ann Eliza Harrison on May 11, 1824, in Caswell County, NC. Mrs. Young died from cholera in March 1850. If Smith Young helped found the town on Harrisonburg, it's reasonable to think the name was influenced by his late wife's maiden name.
Smith and Ann Eliza Young had four children who lived to adulthood. Family researcher are looking for what happened to son, Smith Young, after 1850. Some family writings make reference "Smith Young," but it's not clear which Smith Young is being referenced.
NOTE #1
Birth and death years are based on, respectively, the 1850 Federal Census, the 1860 Federal Census, and a Young genealogy report commissioned in 1905.
NOTE #2
All three persons memorialized on this one marker died during the Civil War (1861-1865). This marker was possibly erected a generation or two after the war in memory of these three, who might be buried close to the family's home rather than at the place of this marker. It is not believed that three people are buried in the same plot.
BIO
Smith Young is the son of John Young (1761-1827) and Rachel Young (1769-1824), cousins whose marriage to one another was not uncommon in the 18th century by those in their demographic categories. Smith and brothers John Y. Young (1793-1968; virtual memorial 81779046) and Henry Young (1801-1862; virtual memorial 33849149) were born, raised, and married in North Carolina. The three Young brothers moved their young families westward in the 1830s as the young United States expanded its borders and influence in the ancestral lands of the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and other native peoples displaced by authority of the Indian Removal Act.
The Youngs were well-educated, owned and operated plantations, and had a strong affiliation with Methodism.
If you have information about the Young and related families, please contact Samuel Staples Lewis.
Smith Young married Ann Eliza Harrison on May 11, 1824, in Caswell County, NC. Mrs. Young died from cholera in March 1850. If Smith Young helped found the town on Harrisonburg, it's reasonable to think the name was influenced by his late wife's maiden name.
Smith and Ann Eliza Young had four children who lived to adulthood. Family researcher are looking for what happened to son, Smith Young, after 1850. Some family writings make reference "Smith Young," but it's not clear which Smith Young is being referenced.
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