William Alma Young

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 1847–1868 Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849), Age 44

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Young, William (1805–75), Private, Company I, Fourth Platoon, Washington City. William Young may have first heard about the massacre plans directly from John D. Lee while visiting Harmony on the night of Saturday, September 5, 1857. Two days later at his home in Washington, Young was ordered to go with the militia by Harrison Pearce. He traveled to Mountain Meadows with other men from Washington and Santa Clara on Monday, September 7, and arrived on Tuesday. On one occasion he accompanied Lee on a visit to Paiutes in their camp at the Meadows. On Friday, September 11, William Young remained at the militia camp with Samuel Pollock and James Pearce. From a vantage point near the camp, he witnessed some of the final massacre.

William Alma Young 1804 - 1870

Fødsel: Aug 28 1804 Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, USA

Ægteskab: Ægteskab med: Leah Holland Young (born Smith) Nov 11 1826 Gibson County, Tennessee, USA Folketælling: 1850 Utah county, Utah, Utah Territory, USA Død: Sep 3 1870 Washington, Washington County, Utah, USA Gravlagt: 1870 Washington, Washington County, Utah, USA Familiemedlemmer Ekskone: Anna Young (born Reynolds) 1819 - 1904 Kone: Druzilla Young (born Boren) 1812 - 1880 Kone: Leah Holland Young (born Smith) 1810 - 1897 Børn: Willis Smith Young 1829 - 1910 Polly Ann Penrod (born Young) 1836 - 1909 Ethalinda Margaret Young 1834 - 1917 William Alma Young 1849 - 1914

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William Alma Young

Birth: Aug. 28, 1804 Smith County Tennessee, USA Death: Sep. 3, 1875 Washington Washington County Utah, USA

Son of Jacob Young and Mary Boren

Married Leah Holland Smith, 11 Nov 1826, Gibson County, Tennessee

Married Annie Reynolds, abt 1848

Married Druscilla Boren, abt 1853

Daughter - Mary Malinda Adaline Young

The families of William Alma Young and his son, Willis Smith Young, were pioneers, with Willis Boren and others, of Southern Utah, settling at Harmony and Toquerville. Willis Smith Young died 16 May 1910 in Escalante, Garfield County, Utah, and his wife, Ann, died six months later on November 19th.

William Alma Young died in the town of Washington, Utah, in 1875. His wife, Leah, moved to live with her handicapped daughter, Rachel, on her brother Thomas W. Smith's farm at Pahreah, Kane County, Utah. William's other wife, Druscilla, moved with her remaining children to San Bernardino, California, to be near her brother, Judge Alley Dennis Boren. On 2 Dec 1875 she married Benjamin VanLueven, a member of the Reorganized Church of Latter-day Saints.

Druscilla Boren had previously married to Nathan Keller, whose sister, Malinda, had been the first wife of Coleman Boren. Druscilla was the daughter of John Boren and Sally Alley. When William Alma Young's parents divorced, Druscilla brother, Willis Boren, married William A. Young's mother, Mary Boren, who was a cousin of Willis and Druscilla. These complex intermarriages bonded the two families into one virtual family unit of extreme closeness.

Prior to moving to Utah William Alma Young was in his early 20's in Gibson County Tennessee, when he began to think about marriage. Social diversions in Gibson County consisted of Church meetings, quilting bees for women and the men indulged in tree cutting and log rolling. Horse racing was a favorite community sport. In fact, transportation was almost wholly on horseback. Many young men going from meeting sought out some young woman and asked permission to ride home with her. Much of the sparking and courting was done from saddle to saddle. This is doubtless how William Young and Leah Smith met, and were married on 11 Nov 1826 (FHL book 976.823 V2w). William Alma was 21 years old and Leah only 16 when they married. She was descended from the Smith, Love, and Agee families who were prominent settlers in early Tennessee. Her parents were James Agee & Margaret Love Smith.

William Alma & Leah Smith Young, went to work, building their own cabin and participating in community activities. There were no roads in the newly acquired Indian land, and it was a legal requirement that a man, irregardless of social or financial status, must work on roads that were being constructed within a six mile radius of his home. From this we learn that among the close neighbors of the Young's were the David Crockett family of frontier legend.

The Young and Crockett families knew each other well, and lived parallel lives until the Young's joined the Mormons (FHL book 976.823 P2w, Gibson Co Tenn Court Minutes): "Ordered that Andrew Craig, David Crockett Sr, David Crockett Jr, Daniel Conlee, Squire Young, William Ferguson, John Gray and Patterson Crockett be appointed a Jury of View to run and mark a road from Trenton to the Weakly County line in a direction to Dresden.

History of the Young Family

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Parents:

 Jacob Young (1774 - 1842)

 Mary Boren Boren (1784 - 1848)

Spouses:

 Leah Holland Smith Young (1810 - 1897)

 Anna Reynolds Riggs (1819 - 1904)*

 Druzilla Boren VanLeuven (1812 - 1880)*

Children:

 Willis Smith Young (1829 - 1910)*

 Ethalinda Margaret Young (1834 - 1917)*

 Polly Ann Young Penrod (1836 - 1909)*

 William Alma Young (1849 - 1914)*

 Mary Malinda Adeline Keller Pitcher (1854 - 1905)*

Sibling:

 William Alma Young (1804 - 1875)

 Alfred Douglas Young (1808 - 1889)*

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Burial: Washington City Cemetery Washington Washington County Utah, USA

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Davy Crockett, egl. David Crockett, 1786-1836, amerikansk politiker. Crockett blev i sin samtid berømt som pioneren fra vildnisset i Tennessee, bl.a. pga. en række vandrehistorier og skrifter om ham. Han havde sæde i Repræsentanternes Hus 1828-32 og 1834-36; i 1836 drog han til Texas, hvor han deltog i Slaget om Alamo og blev dræbt. Crockett har siden opnået en nærmest mytisk status ikke mindst takket være udgivelsen i hans navn af de såkaldte Crockett Almanacs (1835-56) samt via adskillige drengebøger, tegneserier, film og tv-serier om hans liv.

Son of Jacob Young and Mary Boren

Married Leah Holland Smith, 11 Nov 1826, Gibson County, Tennessee

Married Annie Reynolds, abt 1848

Married Druscilla Boren, abt 1853

Daughter - Mary Malinda Adaline Young

The families of William Alma Young and his son, Willis Smith Young, were pioneers, with Willis Boren and others, of Southern Utah, settling at Harmony and Toquerville. Willis Smith Young died 16 May 1910 in Escalante, Garfield County, Utah, and his wife, Ann, died six months later on November 19th.

William Alma Young died in the town of Washington, Utah, in 1875. His wife, Leah, moved to live with her handicapped daughter, Rachel, on her brother Thomas W. Smith's farm at Pahreah, Kane County, Utah. William's other wife, Druscilla, moved with her remaining children to San Bernardino, California, to be near her brother, Judge Alley Dennis Boren. On 2 Dec 1875 she married Benjamin VanLueven, a member of the Reorganized Church of Latter-day Saints.

Druscilla Boren had previously married to Nathan Keller, whose sister, Malinda, had been the first wife of Coleman Boren. Druscilla was the daughter of John Boren and Sally Alley. When William Alma Young's parents divorced, Druscilla brother, Willis Boren, married William A. Young's mother, Mary Boren, who was a cousin of Willis and Druscilla. These complex intermarriages bonded the two families into one virtual family unit of extreme closeness.

Prior to moving to Utah William Alma Young was in his early 20's in Gibson County Tennessee, when he began to think about marriage. Social diversions in Gibson County consisted of Church meetings, quilting bees for women and the men indulged in tree cutting and log rolling. Horse racing was a favorite community sport. In fact, transportation was almost wholly on horseback. Many young men going from meeting sought out some young woman and asked permission to ride home with her. Much of the sparking and courting was done from saddle to saddle. This is doubtless how William Young and Leah Smith met, and were married on 11 Nov 1826 (FHL book 976.823 V2w). William Alma was 21 years old and Leah only 16 when they married. She was descended from the Smith, Love, and Agee families who were prominent settlers in early Tennessee. Her parents were James Agee & Margaret Love Smith.

William Alma & Leah Smith Young, went to work, building their own cabin and participating in community activities. There were no roads in the newly acquired Indian land, and it was a legal requirement that a man, irregardless of social or financial status, must work on roads that were being constructed within a six mile radius of his home. From this we learn that among the close neighbors of the Young's were the David Crockett family of frontier legend.

The Young and Crockett families knew each other well, and lived parallel lives until the Young's joined the Mormons (FHL book 976.823 P2w, Gibson Co Tenn Court Minutes): "Ordered that Andrew Craig, David Crockett Sr, David Crockett Jr, Daniel Conlee, Squire Young, William Ferguson, John Gray and Patterson Crockett be appointed a Jury of View to run and mark a road from Trenton to the Weakly County line in a direction to Dresden.

History of the Young Family

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William Young was assigned by Brigham Young to live in Kanesville, working as a wheelwright, constructing and repairing wagon wheels. He and his brother built two cabins there.

1847: Alfred Young left for Utah in 1847, but William stayed behind to make further preparations and to help other people that needed it. Ethalinda Young said that at Council Bluffs, "My father who was a wheelwright, was called to stay so he could fix the wheels of pioneer wagons which were broken by the time they reached there" (FHL book 979.2H25PW, vol 4, page 3499). Several relatives including members of the Smith family were living 18 miles north in Shirtses Branch (FHL Film 0001923; Young Family Records; FHL film 183393, item 3, page 23, number 547). William's plural wife, Annie Reynolds and her daughter Polly Ann were listed among the people living there.

1st counsellor in first bishopric in Provo Utah.

The cemetery record of Washington City, Washington County, Utah (FHL film #1320965, Old South Section) records: "William Alma Young, born 28 Aug 1804, died 3 Sep 1875; parents Jacob Young & Mary Bouron; spouse Annie Reynolds #1, Leah Holland Smith #2." Annie Reynolds was listed as spouse #1 because she was sealed to William Young first on 19 Jan 1852. Leah Smith was actually his first wife, but she was sealed to William on 21 Oct 1852, thus becoming spouse #2 on the temple record (FHL films 183393 and 1267065, EH records book A, living). This cemetery record is significant because it listed the middle names of William & Leah Smith Young.

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Sources RESEARCH FINDINGS LDS CHURCH RECORDS OF WASHINGTON, UTAH 6586 TENN 5625 GIBSON CO. TENNESSEE MARRIAGE RECORDS PAGE 3 William and Leah B1F3 Dodge Gen Page 116 also sheet in archieves in reference to Harriet Young Leah Ann Young, Born 6 April 1855, Harmony, Utah Leah S. Young, Bap 1840, F Utah W 17 6586 F Utah S 11 a part 11 23055 Endowment Records William Darins Young B 4 Aug 1839 Gibson, Tenn. Proxey Alma Young Brother Friday 24 Oct 1879. Temple Index cards at archieves and St George Temple Records Rachel Derinda Young Bap 1841 Endowed 13 June 1879. Proxey Willis Smith Young Bro. Harriet YoungBap 9 Feb 1940 Endowed 11 Mar 1940. James Agree Smith, Uncle. Willis Smith Young married to Mary Adelaid in

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!BIRTH: 28 Aug 1805; Smith County, Tennessee, USA; Endowment House book A1, page 67-self; FHL film 0183393; TIB. !MARRIAGE 1: Leah Smith; 11 Nov 1826; Gibson Co Tennessee, USA; FHL book 976.823/V2w; MARRIAGES OF GIBSON COUNTY TENNESSEE 1824-1860, page 2. !MARRIAGE 2: Anna Reynolds; abt 1848; Winter Quarters, Nebraska; divorced 1851 MARRIAGE 3: Drusilla Boren; abt 1848; Winter Quarters, Nebraska; sealed 21 Oct 1852; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co Utah, USA; NOTE: wife of Nathan Kellor, deceased; married by E.T. Benson in office; Endowment House book A1, page 67-self; TIB. !DEATH: 2 Sep 1875; Washington, Washington County, Utah; Cemetery record, Washington City, Washington Co Utah; FHL film 1320965; NOTE: old south section; William Alma Young (no headstone); born 28 Aug 1804; died 3 Sep 1875; parents Jacob Young & Mary Bouron (Boren); spouse Annie Reynolds #1; Leah Holland Smith #2. MILITARY RECORD: William Young and his brother Squire Young served in David Crockett's old company, Gibson Co Tennessee Militia; Gibson County Tax List 1828; FHL 976.823/R4w; page 46. RESIDENCE 1826: It is possible to form some idea of the places of residence of early Gibson Co Tennessee settlers from the court minutes because it was a legal requirement in the 1820's that a man, irregardless of social or financial status, must work on roads that were being constructed within a six mile radius of his home; Gibson Co Tennessee Court Records, 1824-1828; vol A page 30; FHL book 976.823/P2w; "Ordered that Andrew Craig, David Crockett Sr, David Crockett Jr, Daniel Conlee, Squire Young, William Ferguson, John Gray and Patterson Crockett be appointed a Jury of View to run and mark a road from Trenton to the Weakly Co line in a direction to Dresden."; page 34, Monday 4 Sep 1826; Court held at Trenton in Gibson Co Tennessee--"Ordered that the return made by the Jury of View for the road from this place to Dyer Co Line by way of Page's Mill be confirmed and an overseer be appointed. Ordered that SamuelS Crafton be appointed overseer of the road from this place to Carroll Co as far as Leoperd's Creek and he allowed the following hands: E. Brite, Benjamin Moore, William Butler, Soacly Farthing, William McDaniel, John Drury, Esquire Young, William Young, Wilson Brown, Preston Conlee, Peter Marrs Conly, Mathew Leopard, John Hassell, JF Randolph, William Allen, James Graham, Meed Pearce." On the same page in the court record, it was "Ordered that BG Addcock be appointed overseer of the road from this place to Carroll Co line commencing at Leopard's Creek and ending at Rutherfords Fork of Obion and be allowed the following hands: James Smith, Richard Smith, Thomas Bennett, John Gray ..." James Smith was the father of Leah Smith who married William Young two months later on 11 Nov 1826. TIB PRIESTHOOD: Seventy; Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46 ENDOWMENT: 29 Jan 1846; Nauvoo Temple, Hancock Illinois, USA; Family group sheet-self; TIB; Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46 SEALED: FHL film 183395, EH book H, page 107; William Young; born 28 Aug 1806, Smith Co Tennessee, father Jacob Young, mother Mary Boren; married 11 May 1826 Leah Smith; endowed 29 Jan 1846; sealed to wife 21 Oct 1852. COURT RECORDS 1830: Gibson Co Court Records; FHL book 976.823/P2h page 60; 7 Sep 1830, "Ordered that James A. Smith (father-in-law to William Young), David Canada, Hiram Porter, and old David Crockett, be fined the sum of five dollars each as absent jurors." COURT RECORDS 1832: Gibson Co Court Records; FHL book 976.823/P2h page 81; 4 Jun 1832, "Transfer of a plat and certificate from Squire Young (brother to William Young) to Bartholomew Baker for 75 acres was acknowledged." Proven by John B. Hogg and John Gray. COURT RECORDS 1836: Gibson Co Court Records; FHL book 976.823/P2h page 99: 6 Jun 1836, "James A. Smith (father-in-law to William Young) appointed guardian of William Smith, an orphan." TAX RECORDS 1828: Gibson Co Tennessee Tax List; 1827; FHL book 976.823/R4w pp 33-35;Captain Henry H. Roberts' Militia Company; (among others) William Young, 50 acres, 0 town lots, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 stud horses; James Smith, 0 acres, 0 town lots, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 stud horses; Richard Smith (brother to James Smith) 0 acres, 0 town lots, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 stud horses; William Smith (brother to James Smith), 0 acres, 0 town lots, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 stud horses. TAX RECORDS 1828: Gibson Co Tennessee Tax List; FHL book 976.823/R4w pp 45-46; Captain David Crockett's old Company; (among others) Squire Young, 1 white poll, 0 black poll,75 acres of land; William Young, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 50 acres of land; John McIntosh (brother-in-law to William Young), 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 acres of land. TAX RECORDS 1830: Gibson Co Tennessee Tax List; FHL 976.823/R4w pp 18-19; Captain Patterson's company; (among others) William Smith, 0 acres of land, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 stallions; Richard Smith, 0 acres of land, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 stallions; William Young, 50 acres of land, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 stallions. TAX RECORDS 1831: Gibson Co Tennessee Tax List; FHL 976.823/R4w pp 56-57; Captain Addcock's company; (among others) William Young, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 acres, 0 stud horses; William Boren (step father of William Young), 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 acres, 0 stud horses; WilliamSmith, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 acres, 0 stud horses; Richard Smith, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 acres, 0 stud horses. TAX RECORDS 1832: Gibson Co Tennessee Tax List; FHL 976.823/R4w page 83; Captain Glasscock's company; (among others) William Young, 0 acres, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 town lots, 0 studs or jacks, 0 carriages; Squire Young, 0 acres, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 town lots, 0 studs or jacks, 0 carriages; Willis Boarin, 0 acres, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 town lots, 0 studs or jacks, 0 carriages. RESIDENCE 1842: Hancock Co Illinois Tax List; FHL film 007706, item 3, page 210; William Young, cattle $200, horses $240, wagons $50, clocks $4, watches $10, money loaned $200, other $40, net of personal property $550; A.D. Young, cattle $125, horses $50, wagons $40, clocks $4, watches $10, money loaned $200, other $20, net $245. RESIDENCE 1851: FHL film 025540; State of Deseret (Utah) Census; Utah County; page 129; family number 154; William Young, age 46, real estate $50, personal property $0; born Tennessee; Leah, age 42, born Tennessee; Willis S. age 22, born Tennessee; Melinda, age 17, born Tennessee; Rachel, age 13, born Tennessee; Harriet, age 7, born Illinois; Alma, age 3, born Indian Territory. DIARIES OF JOHN DOYLE LEE; NOTE: "Sund., Jay. 8th, 1860 [Washington City]. Meeting in the fore noon. Wm. Young & Family, Jno. Wm. Young & Family, a Part of J[acob] Hamblin's family, Sarah Crowsby, Mitch Steavens, Miss Smithson, & a No. more all dined at my House." NOTES: FHL Ancestral File gives the following members of Anna Reynold's family. Her parentswere Edward Reynolds born 1788 and Jane Ready born 1790. Their children were: Polly Reynolds, born 28 Jan 1810, married Adam Stephens, died 21 May1855; Patsy Reynolds born in Oct 1812, married Pleasant Hill; Susan Reynoldsborn 2 Sep 1813, married Leah Smith's brother Thomas Washington Smith, apparently while living in the Shirtses Branch, Pottawattamie Co. Iowa, died 10 Sep 1897 in Henrieville, Garfield Co. Utah; James Reynolds born 9 Dec 1816, married Nancy Jenkins; June Reynolds, born 9 Dec 1816, married Nancy Jenkins; Annie Reynolds, born 8 Feb 1819, married 1. William Young, and 2. Nathaniel Riggs, died 8 Aug 1904 in Mathewsville (now Glenbar), Graham Co. Arizona; John Reynolds, born 13 Apr 1821, married Patsy Smith; Elizabeth Reynolds, b. 9 Jun 1823; William Reynolds, b. 19 Sep 1825,married Kiza Kanady. Leah Smith was also reported by Alfred Douglas Young to be living in Pahreah near this time, although she is not listed in the Census. Her brother Thomas W Smith lived in the same town, and Willis Boren, now 84 was also living there.

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!BIRTH-DEATH: Obituary; Deseret News, Vo !PROBATE: Washington Co Probate Court, Territory of Utah, Book C, p 261; Alma Young administrator; NOTE: "In the matter of the Estate of WilliamYoung, deceased. Decree setting apart to Widow. Alma Young the Administrator of the Estate of William Young, deceased having this day, made application to the Judge of this Court, by Petition, for an order setting apart, to Leah Young the Widow of said deceased, all the property mentioned in the appraisal of said Estate, the said Property not exceeding the sum of One Thousand Dollars and being described as follows, to wit: Lots One (1) Four (4) Five (5) and six (6) Block Twenty five(25): Lot four (4) Block Twenty seven (27), and Lot Five (5) Block Twenty six (26), all in Washington Town re-survey and containing in all Three (3) Acres and ninety six (96) perches of Land, with all the appurtenances thereto belonging. Also, Land claim in the Washington Field containing Eight (8) Acres more or less. Also Three (3) Cows, and the Household Furniture. And the law and the evidence being by the Court understood and fully considered; Whereupon it is by the Court ordered, adjudged and decreed, that all of the aforementioned property being situated inthe County of Washington and Territory of Utah be and the same is hereby set apart for use of and support of said Leah Young, widow of said deceased, and for the support of her children, after payingCourt expenses of Administration. Done in open Court, this 24th day of October A.D. 1879. John M. Macfarlane Probate Judge. Territory of Utah County of Washington. I A.R. Whitehead Clerk of the Probate Court in and for the County ofWashington, Utah Territory, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Decree as Recorded in Book C, Probate Records of said County, page 261. Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 27th day of October A.D. 1879. A.R. Whitehead Probate Clerk. Filed for record Oct 27, 1879, 11 A.M. Recorded same day at 3 P.M. A.R.Whitehead, County Recorder." !MILITARY RECORD: William Young and his brother Squire Young served in David Crockett's old company, Gibson Co Tennessee Militia; Gibson County Tax List 1828; FHL 976.823/R4w; page 46. !RESIDENCE 1826: It is possible to form some idea of the places of residence of early Gibson Co Tennessee settlers from the court minutes because it was a legal requirement in the 1820's that a man, irregardless of social or financial status, must work on roads that were being constructed within a six mile radius of his home; Gibson Co Tennessee Court Records, 1824-1828; vol A page 30; FHL book 976.823/P2w; "Ordered that Andrew Craig, David Crockett Sr, David Crockett Jr, Daniel Conlee, Squire Young, William Ferguson, John Gray and Patterson Crockett be appointed a Jury of View to run and mark aroad from Trenton to theWeakly Co line in a direction to Dresden."; page 34, Monday 4 Sep 1826; Court held at Trenton in Gibson Co Tennessee --"Ordered that the return made by the Jury of View for the road from this place to Dyer Co Line by way of Page's Mill be confirmed and an overseer be appointed. Ordered that Samuel S Crafton be appointed overseer of the road from this place to Carroll Co asfar as Leoperd's Creek and he allowed the following hands: E. Brite, Benjamin Moore, William Butler, So acly Farthing, William McDaniel, John Drury, Esquire Young, William Young, Wilson Brown, Preston Conlee, Peter Marrs Conly, Mathew Leopard, John Hassell, JF Randolph, William Allen, James Graham, Meed Pearce." On the same page in the court record, it was "Ordered that BG Addcock be appointed overseer of the road from this place to Carroll Co line commencing at Leopard's Creek and ending at Rutherfords Fork of Obion and be allowed the following hands: James Smith, Richard Smith, Thomas Bennett, John Gray ..." James Smith was the father of Leah Smith who married William Young two months later on 11 Nov 1826. !BAPTISM: 10 Jul 1840; family group sheet-self; TIB !RESIDENCE 1842-46: Camp Creek, Hancock Co Illinois. Hancock County Illinois Tax Assessment 1842, FHL film 0007706, item 2, pp 163-236. NOTE; Filed August 20th 1842. I Harman L Wilson do hereby certify that I have engaged in assessing and copying this book two hundred days. (signed) Harman L. Wilson, Assessor of Hancock County Illinois. (Page 210, William Young property values) cattle $200; horses $240; waggons $50; clocks $4; watches $10; money loaned $200; stock in trade L; other property $40; personal property $530; Location 6N 8W. (Page 210, A.D. Young property values) cattle $125; horses $50; waggons $40; clocks $4; watches $10; money loned $200; stock in trade L; other property $30; personal property $245; Location 6N 8W. (Page 233, Coleman [spelled Coalman] Boren property values) cattle $70; horses $130; waggons $50; clocks $5; watches $10; money loaned $10; stock in trade L; other property $35; personal property $285; Location 5N 6W. (Page 233, James B. Boren property values) cattle $30; horses $100; waggons $30; clocks $5; watches $10; money loaned $10; stock in trade L; other property $25; personal property $185; Location 5N 6W. (Page 171, James Smith property values) cattle $40; horses $200; waggons$40; clocks $5; watches $5; money loaned $20; stock in trade L; other property $80; personal p roperty $265; Location 4N 5W. William and his brother Alfred Young built homes and made improvements on their property in Camp Creek. But in the fall of 1845, anti-Mormon mobs came to the settlement and burned dwelling houses, barns, hay and grain stacks, forcing the people from their homes, or killing those who were unwilling to leave. On 29 Jun 1845, the members at Camp Creek were requested by church leaders to move in to Nauvoo. On 10 Jul 1845, while harvesting wheat at Camp Creek, about 10 milesfrom Nauvoo, eight men were surrounded by a mob, severely whipped and robbed of two or three guns. Years later, William Young referred to this incident in a talk he gave at a church meeting at Fort Harmony in Washington Co Utah. It is not known if he was one of the men or not. !ENDOWMENT: 29 Jan 1846; FHL book 977.343/Na/K29c; NAUVOO TEMPLE ENDOWMENT REGISTER; page 224; William Young, seventy, born 28 Aug 1806, Smith Co Tennessee (1805 in the sealing record). !SEALED: FHL film 183395, Endowment House book H, page 107; William Young; born 28 Aug 1806, Smith Co Tennessee, father Jacob Young, mother Mary Boren; married 11 May 1826 to Leah Smith; endowed 29 Jan 1846; sealed to wife 21 Oct 1852. !COURT RECORDS 1830: Gibson Co Court Records; FHL book 976.823/P2h page60; 7 Sep 1830, "Ordered that James A. Smith (father-in-law to WilliamYoung), David Canada, Hiram Porter, and old David Crockett, be fined the sum of five dollars each as absent jurors." !COURT RECORDS 1832: Gibson Co Court Records; FHL book 976.823/P2h page 81; 4 Jun 1832, "Transfer of a plat and certificate from Squire Young (brother to William Young) to Bartholomew Baker for 75 acres was acknowledged." Proven by John B. Hogg and John Gray. !COURT RECORDS 1836: Gibson Co Court Records; FHL book 976.823/P2h page99: 6 Jun 1836, "James A. Smith (father-in-law to William Young) appointed guardian of William Smith, an orphan." !TAX RECORDS 1828: Gibson Co Tennessee Tax List; 1827; FHL book 976.823/R4w pp 33-35 ; Captain Henry H. Roberts' Militia Company; (among others) William Young, 50 acres, 0 town lots, 1 white poll,0 black poll, 0 stud horses; James Smith, 0 acres, 0 town lots, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 stud horses; Richard Smith (brother to James Smith) 0 acres, 0 town lots, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 stud horses; William Smith (brother to James Smith), 0 acres, 0 town lots, 1 white poll, 0 blackpoll, 0 stud horses. !TAX RECORDS 1828: Gibson Co Tennessee Tax List; FHL book 976.823/R4w pp45-46; Captain David Crockett's old Company; (among others) Squire Young, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 75 acres of land; William Young, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 50 acres of land; John McIntosh (brother-in-law toWilliam Young), 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 acres of land. !TAX RECORDS 1830: Gibson Co Tennessee Tax List; FHL 976.823/R4w pp 18-19; Captain Patterson's company; (among others) William Smith, 0 acres of land, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 stallions; Richard Smith, 0 acres of land, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 stallions; William Young, 50 acres of land, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 stallions.!TAX RECORDS 1831: Gibson Co Tennessee Tax List; FHL 976.823/R4w pp 56-57; Captain Addcock's company; (among others) William Young, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 acres, 0 stud horses; William Boren (step father of WilliamYoung), 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 acres, 0 stud horses; William Smith, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 acres, 0 stud horses; Richard Smith, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 acres,0 studhorses. !TAX RECORDS 1832: Gibson Co Tennessee Tax List; FHL 976.823/R4w page 83; Captain Glasscock's company; (among others) William Young, 0 acres, 1white poll, 0 black poll, 0 town lots, 0 studs or jacks, 0 carriages; Squire Young, 0 acres, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 town lots, 0 studs or jacks, 0 carriages; Willis Boarin, 0 acres, 1 white poll, 0 black poll, 0 town lots, 0 studs or jacks, 0 carriages. !RESIDENCE 1842: Hancock Co Illinois Tax List; FHL film 007706, i

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Grave Marker (none) On Saturday, July 27, 2018, my wife and I visited the Washington City cemetery in search of the grave of William Alma Young. We used the resources we had available: LDS Family Search, Find-A-Grave web site, Billion Graves web site, and Names-In-Stone (web). My wife also walked thru the older section of the cemetery to look for a grave marker. We concluded that afternoon that there was no head stone for William Alma Young. After returning home, I looked up the Washington City Cemetery 1-(435)-656-6356. I spoke with Tara Pence. She has given me verbal permission to document our conversations, with regards to William Alma Young. She said that approxamately 40 years ago, they had a terrible flood in the Washington Cemetery, and a lot of things moved, and shifted around, as a result of that flooding. She asked for some time to try to research my inquiry about Mr. Young. After doing some research, she called me back on August 9th, 2018. She said that she had located an old church record, that simply documents that William Alma Young is buried in the Washington City Cemetery, in the old Pioneer section, in the South-East corner of the cemetery. However, there is NO HEAD STONE, and there is no specific burial plot identification number - she said they just did not keep very accurate records back then. She did confirm that he was buried in that cemetery, in the old Pioneer section.

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http://www.1857ironcountymilitia.com/index.php?title=William_A._Young (link) William A. Young From The 1857 Iron County Militia Project Jump to: navigation, search William A. Young's background and his involvement in and statements about the Mountain Meadows Massacre William young 1c.jpg William Alma Young 1804-1875 Contents 1 Biographical Sketch 1.1 Early LIfe in Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois 1.2 Move to Illinois 1.3 Migration to Utah 1.4 Pioneering in Utah Valley 1.5 Move to Fort Harmony in Southern Utah 1.6 Joining the Southerners in the Cotton Mission in Washington County 1.7 In the Iron Military District: Private William Young, Company I, in John D. Lee's 4th Battalion 1.8 Later Life 1.9 Young Testifies in John D. Lee's First Trial 1.10 The Passing of Old Mister Young 2 References 3 External Links Biographical Sketch Early LIfe in Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois William Alma Young was born in August 1804 in the backcountry of Robertson County, Tennessee, the son of Jacob and Mary Boren Young. His forebears had been in the Appalachian backcountry for several generations and had fought in the Indian wars on the frontier and in the War of Independence. When Young was three, his parents separated and later divorced. His mother moved to southwestern Illinois where at age twenty-four and with five children, she married her sixteen-year-old cousin, Willis Boren. Boren became stepfather to her children and also fathered eight other children. They remained in Union County, Illinois during most of the 1810s, then passed several years in Kentucky. In the 1820s, after the removal of the Chickasaw Indians from Tennessee, they followed the legendary Indian fighter and frontiersman David Crockett to Gibson County, Tennessee. In 1826, at the age of twenty-two, Young married sixteen-year-old Leah Holland Smith (1810-1897). They eventually had eleven children. In 1841, they heard the message of the Mormons and joined the Mormon church. Eventually some sixty members of their extended family became Mormons. In departing Tennessee and traveling north, they proselytized with great backcountry enthusiasm. Mormon elder John D. Lee traveled to Tennessee behind them and while Lee baptized some members of the Young-Boren clan, he also sharply criticized William Young and his brother Squire as false teachers and imposters. In Nauvoo, Illinois, the Mormon prophet sided with Lee, attempting to curb some of the excess of enthusiasm which the Youngs had displayed as recent converts to the new religion. Move to Illinois In 1842, the Youngs moved north several hundred miles to Nauvoo, Illinois, on the eastern bank of the Mississippi. On their arrival, they were called before a church council to answer Lee's charges. They were censured and not returned to full fellowship until several months later. Yet most in the new community considered it a misunderstanding and the ill feelings passed. John D. Lee later married Young's cousins, Polly and Lavina Young. The Youngs homesteaded in the surrounding area. The Mormon founding prophet was murdered in 1844. The following year as civil strife continued between the Mormons and original settlers in western Illinois, the Youngs moved into Nauvoo for greater security. Migration to Utah In 1846, like most of the Mormons, they removed from western Illinois into Iowa territory. During their sojourn in Indian territory in 1848-49, Young's mother and three of their children died. The Youngs immigrated to Utah in 1849. They joined the Samuel Gully-Orson Spencer Company, which departed from the outfitting post at Kanesville (present day Council Bluffs), Iowa in late May. By then the Young family consisted of William, 44, Leah, 38, Willis Smith, 19, Ethalinda Margaret, 15, Rachel Derinda, 10, William, 6, Harriet, 4, and JamesMarion, 2. At their departure, Leah was pregnant and she gave birth to a boy, William Alma, in early August when somewhat more than halfway through their journey. Less than four weeks later, two-year-old James Marion expired. The Mormon Trail They passed the usual milestones on the trail: Fort Kearney, the South Fork of the Platte River, Chimney Rock, Fort Laramie, the Sweetwater River, Independence Rock, Devil's Gate, Green River, Fort Bridger, Bear River, and Weber River. After suffering the usual hardships of overland travel, they arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in mid-September. Pioneering in Utah Valley In 1850, they settled in the new settlement of Provo in Utah County. The first inhabitants of Utah Valley constructed a fort for protection from Ute Indians who frequented Utah Valley and Utah Lake. Young and the others settled in the new colony of Provo, building cabins, planting crops and digging irrigation ditches to keep their crops alive. Move to Fort Harmony in Southern Utah In 1852, Young and his family moved to southern Utah, first settling in Cedar City. Next, they moved to Fort Harmony where John D. Lee was a dominant figure. Serving as counselor to the Fort Harmony bishop, Young clashed and cooperated by turns with Lee. Joining the Southerners in the Cotton Mission in Washington County The Cotton Mill in Washington County In spring 1857, the WilliamYoung family became part of a larger migration of southerners to the new settlement in Washington County in southwestern Utah. These southerners founded the Cotton Mission in what came to be known asUtah's Dixie. There Young reunited with some of his kin from Tennessee and elsewhere. Washington appeared to have many advantages over other nearby locales. It was located near several fine springs and the Washington fields seemed to provide a lush expanse of farmland. However, appearances proved to be deceiving and soon "Dixie" was considered one of the most difficult areas to colonize. The broad fields were actually floodplains so if their dams washed out, as they did with discouraging frequency, their crops were jeopardized. Meanwhile the springs, so inviting in an arid, hot country, created marshes, the perfect habitat for mosquitos. Many of them suffered from bouts of malaria (the "fever and ague" or "chills") for many years. Although it eventually proved commercially unsuccessful, Cotton Mission did succeed in producing cotton goods for local use and export at an important stage in Utah Territory's economic development. In the Iron Military District: Private William Young, Company I, in John D. Lee's 4th Battalion Map southern utah 1.jpg In 1857, the Iron Military District consisted of four battalions led by regimental commander Col. William H. Dame. The platoons and companies in the first battalion drew on men in and around Parowan. (It had no involvement at Mountain Meadows.) Major Isaac Haight commanded the 2nd Battalion whose personnel in its many platoons and two companies came from Cedar City and outer-lying communities to the north such as Fort Johnson. Major John Higbee headed the 3rd Battalion whose many platoons and two companies were drawn from Cedar City and outer-lying communities to the southwest such as Fort Hamilton. Major John D. Lee of Fort Harmony headed the 4th Battalion whose platoons and companies drew on its militia personnel from Fort Harmony, the Southerners at the newly-founded settlement in Washington, the Indian interpreters at Fort Clara, and the new settlers at Pinto. In September 1857, William "Billy" Young, 52, was a private inCompany I in John D. Lee's battalion, the 4th. The captain of Company I was Harrison Pearce. Other members of the platoons in the company were 2nd Lieutenant James Mathews, Sergeant William Slade, and privates George W. Adair, John W. Clark, William R. Slade, James Mangum, John Mangum, Jabez Nowlin, James Pearce, and Oscar Tyler. See A Basic Account for a full description of the massacre. It was probably Sunday, September 6, that the militia in Washington received orders to recruit a detail from their ranks. On Monday the 7th, along with militiamen from Fort Clara and Indians from the Santa Clara, the Washington detachment moved upstream on the Santa Clara River toward Mountain Meadows, meeting John D. Lee that evening some miles south of the Meadows. They moved up to the Meadows on Tuesday the 8th, establishing a separate camp from the Cedar City contingent. Few of their number participated in the militia council on Thursday the 10th. On Friday, September 11, Young maintains that he was ill in camp and observed the massacre from a distance. William Young was not named in the 1859 arrest warrant issued by Judge John Cradlebaugh against many of those involved in the massacre, nor was he mentioned in T.B.H. Stenhouse's Rocky Mountain Saints, published in 1873. However, he was a witness in the first trial of John D. Lee in 1875. Later Life William Young 1b.jpg In the years that followed, Young worked as a farmer and carpenter in Washington County. He participated in public work projects such as building dams, factories and meeting houses. He was present at Fort Clara in early1862 during the time of the Great Flood when rising floodwaters washed away the foundations of Fort Clara and Jacob Hamblin nearly drowned. Some accounts credit Billy Young, Samuel Knight, and several others with helping pull Hamblin from the roiling waters. In 1867-68, Young was among the carpenters who built the cotton factory (photo above) in Washington. It became operational in 1869. In the early 1870s, Young helped build a new grist mill to replace John D. Lee's grist and lumber mill that had washed away in another flood on the Virgin River. According to family tradition, in the early 1870s William Young and his wife took the recently completed transcontinental railroad back to Tennessee to visit kin where they stayed for several years. They returned to Utah around 1874 or 1875, in time for Young to be subpoened as a witness in the murder trial of his acquaintance of nearly 35 years, John D. Lee. Young Testifies in John D. Lee's First Trial John D. Lee at trial In 1875, William Young was called as one of twenty prosecution witnesses during the first trial of John D. Lee. Lee's defense counsel also called him as a defense witness. His testimony confirmed many details of the main massacre. In addition, like Samuel Pollock, Young identified others present at the massacre, naming, besides himself and Lee, seven others: Harrison Pearce, William R. Slade, James Mangum, John M. Higbee, Philip Klingensmith, Oscar Hamblin, and William Bateman. Contrary to the persistent myth that militia witnesses only named other participants who were already dead, all of these named by Young, except Oscar Hamblin who had died prematurely in 1862, were living. The Passing of Old Mister Young At the close of John D. Lee's first trial, assistant federal prosecutor, Robert N. Baskin, commented that while testifying, "Old Mister Young" had looked "crushed" with a "death rattle" in his throat. In fact, Young was seventy years old and not a well man. He died in September 1875, after turningseventy-one. He was survived by his wife and seven adult children. So passed the life of the oldest member of the militia contingent present at Mountain Meadows in September 1857. Our special thanks to Gary D. Young for generously sharing his research of William Young with us. References Bradshaw, ed., Under Dixie Sun, 235; Brooks, ed., Journal of the Southern Indian Mission, 90, 98, 99, 102, 113, 116, 118, 120; Fielding, ed., The Tribune Reports of the Trials of John D. Lee, 118; Lee, Mormonism Unveiled, 228-229, 380; Lee Trial transcripts; Walker, et al, Massacre at Mountain Meadows, 140-41, 149, 151-52, 159, 163, 171-72, 179, 230, Appendix C, 264; Young, The Life and Times of William Alma Young, Tennessee Frontiersman, Utah Pioneer. For full bibliographic information see Bibliography. External Links For further on William Young, see: http://mountainmeadowsmassacre.org/appendices/appendix-c-the-militi... "The Life and Times of William Alma Young, Tennessee Frontiersman, Utah Pioneer," by Gary D. Young at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utwashin/history/wmyoung.html Further information and confirmation needed. Please comment or contact editor@1857ironcountymilitia.com. Retrieved from "http://www.1857ironcountymilitia.com/index.php?title=William_A._You..." Navigation menu Views

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Brief Autobiography of William Alma Young Birth: Aug. 28, 1804 Smith County Tennessee, USA Death: Sep. 3, 1875 Washington Washington County Utah, USA Son of Jacob Young and Mary Boren Married Leah Holland Smith, 11 Nov 1826, Gibson County, Tennessee Married Annie Reynolds, abt 1848 Married Druscilla Boren, abt 1853 Daughter - Mary Malinda Adaline Young The families of William Alma Young and his son, Willis Smith Young, were pioneers, with Willis Boren and others, of Southern Utah, settling at Harmony and Toquerville. Willis Smith Young died 16 May 1910 in Escalante, Garfield County, Utah, and his wife, Ann, died six months later on November 19th. William Alma Young died in the town of Washington, Utah, in 1875. His wife, Leah, moved to live with her handicapped daughter, Rachel, on her brother Thomas W. Smith's farm at Pahreah, Kane County, Utah. William's other wife, Druscilla, moved with her remaining children to San Bernardino, California, to be near her brother, Judge Alley Dennis Boren. On 2 Dec 1875 she married Benjamin VanLueven, a member of the Reorganized Church of Latter-day Saints. Druscilla Boren had previously married to Nathan Keller, whose sister, Malinda, had been the first wife of Coleman Boren. Druscilla was the daughter of John Boren and Sally Alley. When William Alma Young's parents divorced, Druscilla brother, Willis Boren, married William A. Young's mother, Mary Boren, who was a cousin of Willis and Druscilla. These complex intermarriages bonded the two families into one virtual family unit of extreme closeness. Prior to moving to Utah William Alma Young was in his early 20's in Gibson County Tennessee, when he began to think about marriage. Social diversions in Gibson County consisted of Church meetings, quilting bees for women and the men indulged in tree cutting and log rolling. Horse racing was a favorite community sport. In fact, transportation was almost wholly on horseback. Many young men going from meeting sought out some young woman and asked permission to ride home with her. Much of the sparking and courting was done from saddle to saddle. This is doubtless how William Young and Leah Smith met, and were married on 11 Nov 1826 (FHLbook 976.823 V2w). William Alma was 21 years old and Leah only 16 when they married. She was descended from the Smith, Love, and Agee families who were prominent settlers in early Tennessee. Her parents were James Agee & Margaret Love Smith. William Alma & Leah Smith Young, went to work, building their own cabin and participating in community activities. There were no roads in the newly acquired Indian land, and it was a legal requirement that a man, irregardless of social or financial status, must work on roads that were being constructed within a six mile radius of his home. From this we learn that among the close neighbors of the Young's were the David Crockett family of frontier legend. The Young and Crockett families knew each other well, and lived parallel lives until the Young's joined the Mormons (FHL book 976.823 P2w, Gibson Co Tenn Court Minutes): "Ordered that Andrew Craig, David Crockett Sr, David Crockett Jr, Daniel Conlee, Squire Young, William Ferguson, John Gray and Patterson Crockett be appointed a Jury of View to run and mark a road from Trenton to the Weakly County line in a direction to Dresden. History of the Young Family Family links: Parents: Jacob Young (1774 - 1842) Mary Boren Boren (1784 - 1848) Spouses: Leah Holland Smith Young (1810 - 1897) Anna Reynolds Riggs (1819 - 1904)* Druzilla Boren VanLeuven (1812 - 1880)* Children: Willis Smith Young (1829 - 1910)* Malinda Jane Young Ivie (1833 - 1904)* Ethalinda Margaret Young (1834 - 1917)* William Alma Young (1849 - 1914)* Mary Malinda Adeline Keller Pitcher (1854 - 1905)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Washington City Cemetery Washington Washington County Utah, USA

• Residence: Bedford, Tennessee, United States - 1840
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