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Special THANKS to all the complilers of The Young Families of Early Giles County, Tennessee, 1986 ed.

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1: William Young, Sr. b. c.1730s d. March 1787
       + "unkown"
              2A: Nathaniel Young b. c.1750s
              2B: Mary Young b. c.1750s
              2C: William Young (Jr. ?) b. c.1750s
              2D: Richard Young b. 1755
              2E: Thomas Young b. 1756

2A: Nathaniel Young b. c.1750s d. c.1783 (dying in the line of duty in the American Revolution)
       + Patty (Crawford??) c.1773
              3A: William Young
              3B: John Young b. 1774
              3C: Nathaniel Young b. 1777
              3D: Joseph Young b. c. 1780 - 81
              3E: Thomas Young b. July 1781
              3F: girl Young
              3G: girl Young

3B: John Young b. 1774 d. 17 October 1838
       + Nancy Smith c.1793

(Moved from James Creek-Tyger Creek S.C. to Giles County, Tn in 1809; completed Bradshaw Creek homeplace c.1815)
              4A: Buckner K. Young b. 1800
              4B: Rebecca Young b. 1803
              4C: Spencer Young b. 22 Nov. 1804
              4D: Dianna Young b. c.1809
              4E: Elizabeth Young b. c.1811
              4F: Martha Young b. 1812
              4G: Archibald Smith Young b. 1814
              4H: Nancy Young b. 1816

4G: Archibald Smith Young b. 1814 d. 14 March 1862 - murdered by Colmore B. Sutton over line dispute.
       + Louisa Catherine Abernathy 29 June 1836

- daughter of John Abernathy, son of a Revolutionary Patriot, and Catherine Tarpley of Giles Co., TN.-
       b. 12 Jan. 1816 d. 15 Feb. 1858 in child birth
              5A: Ann Eliza Young b. 11 Apr. 1837
              5B: John Crutcher Young b. 5 June 1839
              5C: Nathaniel Abernathy Young b. 14 April 1841
              5D: Napoleon Bonapart Young b. 19 Aug. 1843
              5E: Sarah Francis Young b. 6 Sept. 1845
              5F: Mary Jane Young b. 6 Sept. 1845
              5G: Louisa Catherine Young b. 27 July 1848
              5H: Adella Campbell Young b. 19 Feb. 1851
              5I: Corine Almanza Young b. 6 Feb. 1853
              5J: Charles Abernathy Young b. 14 April 1855
              5K: Martha Minerva Young b. 15 Feb. 1858
       ++ Nancy Mendoza S. Oliver McKnight 20 June 1858 - widow of Felix G. McKnight, daughter of Maj. Ananaias Oliver and Nancy Featherstone -
b. 1826 d. 18 Feb. 1892
              5L: Nancy Mendoza Young b. 6 November 1859
              5M: Archibald Oliver Young b. 21 Aug. 1862
Louisa's burial place is Beech Hill. It is assumed that Arch is buried there, as well.
5C: Nathaniel "Than" Abernathy Young b. 14 April 1841 d. 1 Oct. 1919 (served the C.S.A. from 1861 - 1865 and lost his arm in battle.)
       + Medora Jane Harwell 23 Sept. 1866
       b. 17 March 1847 d. 26 January 1927 - daughter of Gardner M. Harwell and Mary Smith (Medora's maternal grandfather, Robert Smith, was a younger brother to Than's grandmother, Nancy Smith).
              6A: William Gardner Young b. 15 July 1867
              6B: Vesta Vurr Young b. 24 Sept. 1872
              6C: Guy Urban Young b. 18 Aug. 1877
              6D: Lela Myrtle Young b. 3 April 1884
              6E: Ethalinda Cordelia Young b. 14 Oct. 1886
Than and Medora are buried at Maplewood Cemetery

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