Person:John Young (176)

Capt. John Young
  1. Thomas YoungAbt 1733 - 1763
  2. Hugh YoungAbt 1735 -
  3. Capt. John Young1737 - 1824
  4. Mary Young1743 -
  • HCapt. John Young1737 - 1824
  • WMary White1743 - 1779
m. 13 Sep 1763
  1. Thomas Young1766 - 1840
  2. Jane Young1768 - 1841
  3. Isaac Young1770 - 1818
  4. Capt. Hugh Young1772 - 1818
  5. David Young1774 - 1818
  6. John White Young1776 - 1829
m. 23 Jan 1781
  1. William Sittlington Young1782 - 1858
  2. Mary YoungAbt 1784 -
  3. Andrew Young1786 - Aft 1870
  4. Agnes Young1787 -
  5. Robert Young1790 -
  6. Elisha Young1792 - Bef 1855
  7. Margaret Young1794 - 1853
  8. Jane Young1798 -
  9. Alexander St. Clair Young1800 -
Facts and Events
Name[1] Capt. John Young
Gender Male
Birth[1] 25 Mar 1737 Ballynure, County Antrim, Ireland
Marriage 13 Sep 1763 Augusta County, Virginia(his 1st wife; cousins)
to Mary White
Military? From 1775 to 1781 Yorktown, VirginiaIndian Scout in the Augusta County militia before the Revolution, and served as Captain of a company during the war. He was present with Washington's Army at the surrender of Cornwallis in 1781. Eight of his sons were Captains in the War of 1812.
Marriage 23 Jan 1781 Augusta County, Virginia(his 2nd wife; 4 children)
to Mary Sitlington
Census[2] 1810 Augusta County, Virginia
Death[1] 5 Dec 1824 Swoope, Augusta County, Virginia
Burial[1] Glebe Burying Ground, Swoope, Augusta, Virginia, United States

John Young was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Augusta County, Virginia, 1810 census:[2]
Young, John
Males
10-15 = 1
16-25 = 2
26-44 = 3
over 44 = 1
Females
10-15 = 1
16-25 = 2
over 44 = 1
Slaves = 1

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

  • Page 51--Will of John Sitlington, of the Cowpasture, Bath County. Son-in-law, James Kelso. Only surviving son, Robert Sitlington; daughter, Jane Crawford; daughter, Jennet Slown; daughter, Elizabeth Kelso; daughter, Mary Young; daughter, Ann Baty. Dated 12th September, 1792. Recorded in Bath, January, 1798.
  • Vol. 2 - Sitlington Heirs vs. Sitlington's Widow--O. S. 79; N. S. 27--Bill, 3d December, 1805. Orators are viz: James Kelso, and Eltzabeth, his wife, John Young and Polly, his wife; Nathan Crawford and Jane, his wife; Jennet Sloan (Kean?), Andrew Beaty and Agness, his wife; Edward McLaughlin and Jane, his wife; of whom Elizabeth, Polly, Jane Crawford, Jennet and Agness are the daughters and Jane Erwin is granddaughter of John Sutlington, deceased. John was brother of whole blood of Andrew Sutlington, of Bath. Andrew died 1787 without issue, widow Elizabeth. He made a will, dated 1801, and this suit is to contest it on account of inability by age and infirmity, being 90 years old. Andrew had written to John in Ireland to come to Virginia. He married Elizabeth when aged. She was a Montgomery? Her brother (?) John was a preacher. Defendants are viz: Elizabeth Sutlingon (widow of Andrew), Jacob Warwick, Andrew Sutlingon Warwick, Andrew Sutlington (son of Robert Sutlington), John Montgomery, and Andrew Erwin. Jacob Warwick answers that oratrix, Jane McLaughlin, is niece of Andrew Sutlington, who is understood to have had a half-sister, Mrs. Sherman, living in Pennsylvania at his death. Andrew had married the mother of Jacob. Elizabeth answers that John Sutlington had a son, Robert, now living in Bath. James Erwin is brother of Jane McLaughlin. Andrew died 15th April, 1804. He was in his 85th year. John Sutlington came to this country in 1774. Andrew and Elizabeth were married in 1779. Andrew Sitlington's will dated 12th October, 1801. Proved in Bath County, June, 1804. Wife Elizabeth; legatee Gean Crawford, wife of Nathan Crawford. Legatee Andrew Sitlington Crawford, son of Nathan. Legatee Gennet Sloan and her daughter, Polly Sloan. Legatee Polly Young, wife of John Young. Legatee Agness Beaty, wife of Andrew Beaty. Legatee Elizabeth Kelso, wife of James Kelso. Legatee Elizabeth, Sitlington Kelso, daughter of Elizabeth Kelso, Legatee nephew, James Erwin. Legatee nephew, Andrew Erwin. Legatee niece Jean McGloughlin, wife of Edward, and her son, Andrew McGloughlin. Legatee Andrew Sitlington McDonald, son of Samuel. Legatee Elizabeth McDonald, daughter of John. Legatee Elizabeth McDonald, daughter of Samuel. Legatee Andrew Sitlington Warwick, son of Jacob. Legatee Andrew Sitlington, son of Robert. Letter by Andrew to John dated Greenbrier, 25th September, 1776, speaks of brother William (in Pennsylvania), and brother Thomas, of sister Elizabeth.
  • Vol. 2 - William Coleman, of Kentucky, vs. Richardson--O. S. 213; N. S. 75 -- Bill filed 4th April, 1808. 28,400 acres at mouth of little Kenawha was patented to David Richardson and others, 1st December, 1813, in consideration of military services of patentees in Braddock's war, in pursuance of Dinwiddie's proclamatton 19th February, 1754. This land has remained un-occupied to present time, but squatters have taken possession of parts of it. Andrew Fowler, living in Bath County, is the only patentee living in Virginia. Orator has bought rights of following patentees, viz: Thos. Nappe and many others, who were soldiers but never prosecuted their claims; Francis Self, Robert Murphy, Alexander Banney, William McAnulty, Andrew Fowler, Jacob Van Braam, Arthur Watts, Robert Stuart. Defendants to this bill are, viz: Patentees David Richardson, representatives of Robert Stobo, Jacob Van Braam, John Baynes, representatives of James Towers, Andrew Fowler, Thomas Nappe, Arthur Watts's representatives, John Fox, Francis Self, Robert Stuart, Robert Murphy, John Smith, Alert. Kinny, Wm. McAnulty, Mary Horn, and the following squatters, viz: Caleb Bailey, John Stockley, John Neal, Hugh Phillips (Phelps). Following persons petition to be made defendants as claiming title to some of the lands, viz: Mason Foley, Valentine Cooper, Oliver Hutchison, John Barnett, Matson Rieley, Thos. Leach, R------ Madox, James Beatty, Leonard Caplinger, William Ratliff, Stephen Radcliff, Thos. Bucher, Saml. Barvelt, John Badgley, David Caul (Creel), Henry Deputy. Look up case of Coleman vs. Buffington. Certificates by Dunmore that William Bronaugh is entitled to 3,000 acres for services in the late war agreeable to proclamation of 1763 and wishes to locate it in Augusta County, on Ohio River, adjoining Dr. John Briscoe. Dated 1774. Andrew Fowler answers that he was a soldier at battle of Great Meadows and in Braddock's War. Sworn to in Bath County. Mary Horn of Spottsylvania County answers. She is sister of Wm. Magee, a volunteer in 1754 and 1755 in Braddock's War, and died in service. She was married 5th May, 1'163, to Herod Horn in Spottsylvania County. James Neal made a settlement at mouth of Little Kanawha in 1772. In same year Benj. Hardlng made a settlement adjoining. Mark Harding, ditto. Henry Castle ditto, in 1813. James Gillespie petitions to be made a defendant. Owner of tract under Paul Armstrong who made the settlement. James Neal answers. In 1753 encouragements were held out by the Royal Government to settlers on western waters. Washington, on his return from Venango in December, 1753, or January, 1754, met many families crossing the Alleghenies. The Legislature, which was prorogued 14th February, 1754, appropriated £10,000 for encouragement and protection of western settlers. On 19th February, 1754, Dinwiddie issued a proclamation promising a land bounty to volunteer in the service and assist to expel French and Indians and help erect a fort at Forks of Monongalia. A regiment under Col. Joshua Fry was immediately raised and marched from Alexandria, about middle or latter end of March, 1754. Fry died at Patterson's Creek, and command devolved on Col. Washirigton, who had been defeated at Great Meadows on 17th April, 1754, having been dispatched from Williamsburg to Fort Cumberland in February, 1754, and having taken command of one Company from New York and one from South Carolina, as well as some Virginia Companies which had been previously raised and stationed upon frontier, from whence Washington rushed into the western country, meets and defeats a certain Jumonville, one of the enemy only escaping. Washington finds that the French were turning out of Fort Duquesne (now Pittsburg) too strong for him to withstand, retreats to Great Meadows, is attacked and compelled to surrender to DeVilliere, but marches out of his little fortification with honors of war and returns to Wills Creek, viz: Fort Cumberland. At this surrender Lieutenants Stobo and Van Braam were surrendered to that officer as hostages. Within a year the First Virginia Regiment was disbanded, though raised again, or another in its stead, and that one or two other regiments were also raised in Virginia, prior to reduction of Fort Duquesne, for that was not evacuated by French until November, 1758. During that war one regiment was raised by Col. Washington, one by Col. Bird, and one by Col. Stephen, yet it appears the whole of the 200,000 acres were granted only to 90 men. The grant was made 15th December, 1769, by order of Council, which expressly confines the claimants to the lands on Great Sandy and the Great Kenawha, and lands on Ohio waters between Sandy and Kenawha. Neal went on the campaign with Dunmore in 1774 and resided on the frontier until summer of 1777, when he raised a company of regulars, joined 13th Virginia Regiment, and marched to the Grand Army of the U. S. He was one of Commissioners to settle unpatented lands in Monongalia, &c. He has been in possession of part of the land for upwards of 40 yeats. Valentine Cooper answers that he had resided on the frontier of Virginia for 55 years. He had three brothers in the regular army in old French wars', and were in the army when Fort Duquesne was evacuated by the French in 1"158. He was on the campaign with Dunmore and was present of the treaty at Big Shawnee town, when he returned and settled on Dunkard Creek in Monongalia County, where he continued until 1777 or 1778, when he moved to Union Town in Pennsylvania. Stayed there one year and moved back to Virginia frontier. He moved into Wood County 1781 or 1788. David Creel, son of George Creel, answers. William Redcliff (and his son, Stephen) answers. Affidavit 5th March, 1774, before John Blair, Mayor of City of Williamsburg, by Thomas Bullett, late surveyor of the District of Ohio, that he did pass the certificates of surveys hereunto annexed, viz: Francies Johnston, George and Parish Craighead, Robert Bains, Joseph Jaquet, Thomas Felton, John David Woelppe. Lovell Ferry, aged 86 years, deposes 24th October, 1811, in Spottsylvana County; he knew William Magee who in 1154 or 1755 voluntarily entered himself a cadet in Braddock's army, and died a few days after the army was discharged. John Young, aged 77, deposes in Staunton, 25th June, 1814, first knew Andrew Fowler in 1756 or 1757. Andrew was a soldier in Braddock's War. In year preceding evacuation of Duquesne by French, Andrew was in Cap. Andrew Lewis's Company. John Trimble, aged 72, deposes as above. Andrew was a soldier with Gen. Andrew Lewis, Washington, and Cap. Peter Hogg at battle of Big Meadows, in 1754. He died in Bath County about 4-5 years ago. Land office warrant No. 299, 17th January, 1780, for 2,000 acres, to John May, assignee of William Hughs, who served as adjutant in Col. Washington's Regiment of regulars in late war between France and England. Patent to James Neal, in Monongalia. Order of Council 22d March, 1780. It is proved by James Mercer, Esq., that two of his brothers, viz: George Mercer and John Fenton Mercer, were in services of this State, 1754; former as captain, latter as ensign, in Joshua Fry's Regiment, and served until Regiment was discharged. In 1755, on the expedition vs. Fort Duquesne, George Mercer commanded an independent Company, and John Fenton Mercer was appointed a lieutenant of horse, commanded by Cap. Robert Steuart. In the Old Virginia Regiment under Col. George Washington, that they both commanded Companies and served until John was killed, and George was promoted to rank of Lieut. Col. in Second Virginia Regiment, commanded by William Bird. George is heir-at-law to said John. Certificate of John Savage's military services. Joseph Gatewood's services as soldier in Col. Washington's Regiment, in French and Indian War. Ditto of George Muse as a field officer. Ditto of Nathaniel Gist, as captain in Col. Stephen's Regiment. Ditto of James Samuel. Ditto of Charles Scott, as subaltern in First Virginia Regiment.

Information on John Young

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5. Hugh Young b. County Antrim, m. his cousin Agnes Sitlington in County Antrim and migrated to America in 1741. Settling next to his brother Robert in Augusta Co., VA. Hugh and Agnes lived and died in Augusta and are presumed buried in the Glebe Cemetery next to Hebron Presbyterian Church at Staunton where their son John and both of his wives are buried. Hugh and Agnes Sitlington Young had three children:

5.1. John b. County Antrim, Northern Ireland March 25, 1737, d. Augusta Co., VA December 5, 1824 became Capt. John Young, aid to Gen. George Washington and ancestor to Senator John McCain. John was married 1) Mary White, daughter of Isaac White, his cousin, and they had six children: Jane who m. a Cunningham, Isaac who never married and had no issue, Hugh, David who m. Mary Ann Hart and became ancestor of Senator John McCain, Thomas who m. Mary Caldwell and had one daughter who m. a Sterrett and John W.; and Capt John m. 2) Mary Sitlington and had ten children: William Sitlington Young, Mary who m. a Kich, Andrew who never married, Agnes, Robert, Elisha I who d. in infancy, Margaret called Peggy who m. William A. Young and had a son John E. Young, Elisha II who m. Strudwick and daughter was Agnes Black Young, Jenny and Alexander St. Clair Young.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.

    Capt. John Young

    "In Memory of
    CAPT. JOHN YOUNG
    Born March 25, 1737 and
    Died Dec. 25, 1824
    Aged 87 yrs 8 mo 10 da"

  2. 2.0 2.1 Augusta, Virginia, United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 396.
  3.   Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. (Rosslyn, Virginia: The Commonwealth Printing Company, 1912-1913 in Three Volumes)
    Book 6, p. 497, 15 Mar 1755.

    Granted plantation of 234 acres in Beverley Manor on Back Creek; corner Hugh Young; John Trimble's corner; corner Wm. McFeeters; James Young's corner. Purchased by Robert Young of Beverley 27 Feb 1749. Delivered to James Young Mar 1758.
    18 Mar 1755: Granted plantation of 105 acres in Beverley Manor, part of where Robert, Sr., dwells; Wm. McClintock's line; corner James Young's part; Samuel Young's line. Part of 550 acres. Robert Young, Sr. to Robert Young, Jr. For affection and 25 paid by John Young, brother of Robert, Jr. Livery by a key in door of mansion house. Delivered to James Young.

  4.   Rockbridge (Virginia) Citizen
    Feb 1872.

    Staunton, Feb. 6, 1872.

    Eds. Citizen:---In a recent narrative given by your correspondent of the tragedy that occurred many years ago in your county, on Kerr's Creek, by an incursion of the Indians -- and the events immediately following -- he mentions the name of John Young in connection with the fight that took place near Back Creek between the whites and the Indians. He says: "John Young, who resided in the Hebron congregation, in Augusta County, where he raised a large family, was another. He is said to have wounded an Indian, and running up to dispatch him with his sword, the Indian threw up the barrel of his gun to ward off the blow. -- Young, striking with great force, cut the sword deep in the gun barrel, which broke the blade. Exasperated at the loss of his sword, he literally hewed the Indian to pieces with the remaining part." The narrative as given by your correspondent, is strictly true, as I have learned it, except as to the cause of the exasperated feeling manifested by Young on the occasion. The cause was: Thomas Young, the elder and only brother of John, was there also. It was one of those sort of fights, to use a common saying, in which every man was fighting pretty much "on his own hook." Thomas was engaged with two warriors in front, when a third stepped up in his rear and inflicted a blow with his tomahawk on the head of Thomas, killing him instantly -- all of which occurred in the presence of John. The Indian at whose hands Thomas fell, was the same that was first wounded and then dispatched by John, as told by your correspondent. I make the correction and addition for the purpose of releasing John Young from what might seem to be an act of cruelty in cutting the Indian to pieces because of the loss of his sword. It was the loss of an only brother, and the additional purpose of paying a small tribute to the memory of John Young, who was so gallantly avenging the loss of the Kerr's Creek people, and driving back a foe so savage.

    By the way, Mr. Editor, is it not a little hard that now, in the land subdued by such men, at such expense, that at least one of the direct descendants of John Young should have fewer privileges than a negro.

    A DESCENDANT OF JOHN YOUNG.

    Out readers will recognize our worthy citizen, D. S. Young, Esq. -- a grand-son of John Young, the hero above mentioned -- as the author of the above communication.