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YOUNG, John
(1671-)
HOUSTON, Annie
(Abt 1670-)
SITTLINGTON, Alexander
IRVING, Charlotte
YOUNG, Hugh
(1699-After 1765)
SITTLINGTON, Agnes
(Abt 1700-After 1776)
YOUNG, Thomas
(1733-1763)

 

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YOUNG, Thomas

  • Born: 1733, , , Ulster, IRE 1
  • Died: Jul 17, 1763, Kerr's Creek, Augusta, VA at age 30 2
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bullet  General Notes:

He died as a young man at the Battle of Kerr's (Back) Creek by scalping which according to the Internet took place on July 17, 1763. His scalp was supposedly buried in his father's grave. The following Chalkley record applies to him.

MARCH, 1758 (C).

Lewis vs. Martin.--5th January, 1758. Thomas Young, with consent of father, Hugh Young, binds himself for three years to Benjamin Lewis, shoemaker, to learn cord waining.

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Sources


1 Sloan, Edward D, Letter including Descendant Chart went 4/9/2011 (Box 25999, Greenville, SC 29616-0999).

2 Waddell, Joseph Addison, Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, 1726-1871 (http://theindianwars.blogspot.com/2008/02/kerrs-creek-massacre.html).

3 Jebavy, Sharon Young, Young Connections (http://www.geocities.com/charryoung/index.html).

4 Lyman Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia with many extracts forwarded by Sharon Jebavey (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966).

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