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John Young Early Settler WV426 |
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After military service in Rev. War and Indian Wars, John Young and wife Keziah, Lewis Tackett's daughter, settled here (1801) on land granted by Va. Gov. Tyler. They raised 11 children on Young's Bottom farm, bordered by Sand Run Creek to Youngs Creek from Elk R. to Wills Creek. He helped build Fort Lee and defend Tackett's Fort, from which in 1790s raid he saved wife and infant son in daring escape in canoe.
US 119 South, at Sand Run Gospel Tabernacle, 4.3 miles north of the Elkview bridge Kanawha County West Virginia.
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West Virginia 