Nancy Elizabeth (Salmon) Young (1777 - 1855)

Born 5 Oct 1777 in Petersburg, Virginia, United States

Wife of John Young Jr. — married about 1797 in Greenville District, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 15 May 1855 at age 77 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Nancy Salmon^[1] was born about 1776 in Virginia.^[2]

She married John Young in February 1797.^[1]

Her husband filed for a pension on 9 October 1832 in Greenville District, South Carolina. He died 14 April 1835 and she filed for a widow's pension, also in Greenville District, on 28 August 1848. She stated that she was 71 and she signed her name "Nancy Yong".^[1]

In 1855, she "filed for her bounty land entitlement [stating] that she married John Young in Greenville District in April 1777 or 1778; that they were married by James Douthit a Methodist minister; that her name prior to her marriage was Nancy Sammons [sic, “Salmon” in other documents in this file]; that her husband died April 13, 1835 and that she remains a widow." She signed her name as Nancy Young.^[1]

Nancy died in 1855,^[3] "sometime prior to September 1855."^[1]

Children

• Henry Ellis August 1, 1798^[4]
• Elizabeth Berksdale October 21, 1800^[4]
• Mary Esther Videau October 28, 1802 (died Dec. 1802)^[4]
• Eliza August 5, 1804^[4]
• Lewis Clarke October 17, 1806^[4]
• Francis August 22, 1808^[4]
• James March 23, 1810^[4]
• Francis Marion November 13, 1811^[4]
• Andrew Jackson July 26, 1814^[4]
• Lucretia May 31, 1816^[4]
• Mary May 25, 1818^[4]
• Maria September 23, 1821^[4]

Research Notes

In her husband's pension application, "Nathan Berry, a clergyman, and George Salmon gave the standard supporting affidavit."^[1] In the 1850 census, she is living in the household of O.P. Berry.^[2] Nathan Berry also gave supporting affidavit for the pension application of George Salmon, in which he states that he was born in Amelia County, Virginia on 4 February 1754 and "removed to Spartanburg District in South Carolina in the year 1774". He and Elizabeth Young (born 22 December 1758) were married in Spartanburg County on 10 March 10 1785. The application does not mention Nancy (Salmon) Young. It does mention John Young, but not his relationship to Elizabeth, if any. George Salmon died 18 August 1837 and Elizabeth (Young) Salmon filed for a widow's pension on 7 September 1844 in Morgan County, Missouri. The application includes their children and their birth dates from a family record. George testified on 2 December 1834, in Greenville District, South Carolina, that he "was living in South Carolina when called into service and has lived here ever since the revolutionary war".^[5]

However, in 1849, Elizabeth gave the following supporting affadvit for her sister-in-law:

"On February 20, 1849 in Greenville District South Carolina, Mrs. Elizabeth Salmon gave testimony that she married the brother of Nancy Young; that she was well acquainted with John Young, a revolutionary soldier and his wife Nancy Young whose maiden name was Salmon; that the veteran and Nancy married in the house of John Salmon in Greenville district South Carolina sometime between 1796 and 1798 she thinks in 1796; that their oldest child, Henry E., was born August 1, 1798; that the affiant remembers the date of the marriage of the veteran and Nancy based on the fact that the affiant’s 2nd child was born on March 7, 1798 and that the veteran and Nancy were married prior to that date. She signed her affidavit with her mark."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} John Young pension application #W1976 (pdf), transcribed by Will Graves, posted by Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, accessed 13 November 2023.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1850," Greenville County, South Carolina, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QN-YTX : 23 December 2020), Nancy Young in household of O P Berry, Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Robert Crook Wynne Bible (in possession of his descendant, Harriet Boozer) records her death. Image attached to this profile. Note: This is the apparent source of "15 May 1855" for her death date, but the ink is too faded for my eyes to make it out.
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11} Listed in pension application #W1976 (pdf), apparently supplied by "Thomas L. Ligon, born November 31, 1844, son of Col. Ligon and grandson of the veteran."
5. ↑ George Salmon pension application #W9640 (pdf), transcribed by Will Graves, posted by Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, accessed 13 November 2023.

• Info compiled from family history and various genealogy lists.
• Family records, census records
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ4-5SMN-1 (link goes to pages in "History of Gwinnett County, Georgia" about a John Sammon born in 1782 - not sure what it has to do with this profile)