Nathaniel Mitchell Young (1770 - 1828)

Born 31 Mar 1770 in New Jersey

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Died 18 Feb 1828 at age 57 in Bucyrus, Crawford, Ohio, USA

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Biography

see History of Knox County, pg 559-560.

NATHANIEL MITCHELL YOUNG, son of John YOUNG and Hannah MITCHELL was born 26 August 1753 in New Jersey and married a Miss Lewis by whom he had four children. They emigrated from New Jersey to Knox County, Ohio in 1803. He penetrated some ten miles into the wilderness, beyond any settler, so as not to be in too close proximity to annoy each other, and there raised a little log cabin and settled down. This follower of the trade of Vulcan soon gets in readiness to blow and strike, and sets about supplying the sons of the forest with the first axes they had ever seen, and by making them tomahawks, scalping knives, etc., he acquired the nickname of Axemaker, which for more than fifty years was attached to Nathaniel Mitchell Young. Mr. Young was one of the first Judges in the first township election held in Knox County, Ohio. He also served as Grand Juror for a number of terms in the first courts of the county.

Sources

• Norton, Anthony Banning. A History of Knox County, Ohio, from 1779-1862 Inclusive. (Richard Nevins: Columbus, 1862); Chapter 1, p 9 Archive.org (Full View)
• Nathaniel Mitchell Young -Find A Grave: Memorial #72190780