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Colonel William C. Young TX1085 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Occam
County Named For Texas Confederate
Colonel William C. Young
(1812-1862)
Tennessee lawyer, U.S. Marshall, frontier Texas Ranger. Annexation Convention member 1845, Colonel Mexican War. During Civil War, raised and commanded 11th Texas Cavalry. Secured safety of northern Texas through capture of Forts Cobb, Washita and Arbuckle and negotiations with Comanches, Kiowas and Chickasaws. Fought Battle Chustenalah. Murdered in Red River cane "brakes" by renegades for testimony in Gainesville hanging.
Erected by the State of Texas, 1963.
TX-251, old courthouse lawn, Fort Belknap, 3 miles S. Newcastle, Young County Texas
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