William Youngblood (1790 - 1840)

Born 11 Oct 1790 in Edgefield County, South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Edith Lucinda Ada (Reed) Youngblood — married 18 Dec 1817 in Rutherford County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died Jan 1840 at age 49 in Indian Creek, Wayne County, Tennessee

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Biography

William Youngblood served in the War of 1812
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William Youngblood was born on 11 Oct 1790, in Edgefield County, South Carolina. [1] His occupation was farmer. [3]

According to Almon Sims’s book The Pariss Sims Family and Related Families 1765-1965, “William [Youngblood] … was a soldier with Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans in the war of 1812.” [5]

According to “Wayne County, Tennessee Vol.II,” “William Youngblood served in the War of 1812 as a Private in the company commanded by Captain David E. Twiggs of the 7th Regiment of Infantry of the U.S. Army from November 15, 1814 to early March, 1817. His discharge reads: "To All Whom it May Concern: Know ye that William Youngblood, a private of Captain David E. Twiggs Company, Seventh Regiment Infantry, who was enlisted this fifteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen to serve for the period of five years, is hereby honorably discharged from the Army of the United States, having procured Frederick McIntosh, a substitute. Said William Youngblod was born in the State of South Carolina, is twenty years of age; five foot seven and a half inches high; fair complexion; gray eyes, light hair and by occupation, when enlisted, a farmer. Given at Fort Montgomery in the Mississippi Territory this 5th day of March, 1817 by D. Riarley, L. Col. 7 Infantry, Co. G."

The document further confirms, “William enlisted in the West Tennessee Militia and was discharged on March 5, 1817, at Fort Montgomery, Mississippi Territory (Alabama)." (qtd. FindaGrave) [3]

He married Edith “Edy” Lucinda Ada Reed on 18 Dec 1817, in Rutherford County, Tennessee. [6] The couple had three children: Josiah (b. 1818), Lydia Ada (b. 1821), and John William (b. 1829). [2]

According to "Wayne County, Tennessee Vol. II," after William and Edith were married, “[t]hey remained in Jackson County until the 1820 census, briefly lived in Rutherford County, and then moved to Wayne County in 1828, when daughter Lydia was 7, possibly to be near his wife's family (also buried in Horton cemetery) or to claim bounty land.” (qtd. In FindaGrave) [3]

William appears in the 1820 US Federal Census for Jackson County, Tennessee, with the following statistics:

• Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
• Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
• Free White Persons - Under 16: 1
• Free White Persons - Over 25: 1
• Total Free White Persons: 3
• Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 3 [7]

He also appears in the 1830 US Federal Census for Jackson County, Tennessee, with the following statistics:

• Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
• Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
• Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
• Total Free White Persons: 5
• Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 5 [7]

In 1836, he appears on the Wayne County, Tennessee Tax List. [2]

William Youngblood passed away on Jan 1840, at age 49, at his home on Indian Creek in Wayne County, Tennessee, and he’s buried in Horton Cemetery, Wayne County, Tennessee. [1, 2, 3]

Sources

1. Biographical details, FamilySearch.org [1]

2. Biographical details, Ancestry.com [2]

3. Biographical details, FindaGrave.com [3]

4. Military service details for War of 1812 [4]

5. Sims, Almon. The Pariss Sims Family and Related Families 1765-1965. Chapter Four: "… and Youngblood Families" [5]

6. “Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002” for William Youngblood to Edy Reid, Roane County license, 16 Dec 1817, Ancestry.com database [6]

7. 1820 United States Federal Census, Jackson County, Tennessee, for William Youngblood [7]

8. 1830 United States Federal Census, Wayne County, Tennessee, for William Youngblood [8]

Ancestral File Number

Ancestral File Number: 1HVK-Z3

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Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of SUTTON.GED on 04 April 2011.