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Jacob Reed Young (1790 - 1879)

Jacob Reed Young
Born in Tacketts Fort, Kanawha, Virginia, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1810 in Charleston, Kanawha, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Died at age 88 in Putnam County, West Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Registered Lineage

"The following names have been authenticated as founders of the Huguenot colony at Manakin or Huguenots settling in early colonial Virginia. Single asterisks indicate those listed on the Registered Lineage List whose descendants are eligible for membership. The # indicates Virginia Huguenots not at Manakintowne. Note that the use of handwritten documents and different standards for spelling have caused some variations."

Jacob Young

Birth

Jacob Young, born August 26, 1790 in Fort Tackett, Kanawha County, to John Young and Keziak Tackett, the first settlers of the Upper Kanawha Valley, near the mouth of the Coal River, in Western Virginia.[1]

The story of his birth is a dramatic one. A historical marker bears his name as the first white child born in the area.

Marriage

Jacob Young married Nancy Stevenson in 1810, Kanawha County, Virginia.[1][2]

Family

Fort Tackett

[3]

Fort Tackett.[4]

Link to another article about the settlement http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/151

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 database, (http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_descendants/?action=list&MyPrimary_Seqn=819588&MyLineageCount=1&Control_Min_Seqn=819588)
  2. "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1M4-GP5 : accessed 5 April 2016), Jacob Young and Nancy Stevenson, 1810; citing Kanawha, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 521,719.
  3. "St Albins Hisrorical Society," History of St Albans. Fort Tackett
  4. Kozelnik, Scott M. "Tackett’s Fort." e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. 05 November 2010. Web. 04 March 2016.

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Young-57879 and Young-3376 appear to represent the same person because: The new system didn't seem to pick up this duplicate
posted by Sandy (Craig) Patak

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