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- James was married at least twice, to 2 Sarahs. He highly likely had more sons than the 3 listed here and is also likely to have been born before 1706 as estimated from the 3 known children's approximated birthdates.
He is likely to be the James Young who noted his emigration in the following 1740 records. It doesn't mean that he emigrated at that time, but it was verifying that he emigrated to be able to purchase more land. James Young, emigrated 1740, Place Augusta Co., Virginia, Source Publication Code: 3816, Primary Immigrant: Young, James, "Annotation: Legal proceedings before Orange County Court, Virginia, where settlers proved their entitlement to enter public lands. Also in no. 5831, Morton; no. 2302, Fry; in no. 720, Boyer, Ship Passenger Lists, the South, pp. 91-95; and in no. 9144, Tepper, New World Immigrants, vol. 2, pp. 133-135. Source Bibliography: KING, FANNIE BAYLY (Mrs. W.W.). 'Augusta County Early Settlers, Importations, 1739-1740.' In National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 25:2 (June 1937), pp. 46-50. Page: 47" "MORTON, OREN F. 'Importations, 1739-1740.' In A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia. Staunton, Va.: McClure Co., 1920, pp. 456-457. Page: 456".
James Young had land which he was having surveyed by 1738 according to Chalkley, V 2. pg. (63) 9 ber ye 6, 1738, survey for James Young. James purchased 401 acres (possibly the same he had surveyed in 1738) in 1742 on Whistle Creek. Whistle Creek is in the southern half of Bordon's Grant and Bordon's Grant adjoined the southwest end of Beverly Grant. It was near the forks of the James River. It is about 20 miles south of where likely brothers - Hugh, and Robert lived on Back Creek starting in 1746 or 1749 respectively.
Just a bit later in court "Chaukley, Vol. 1, pg. 431, James Young's petition to administer on the estate of John Young, his brother and nearest heir, June 17, 1747." What is important about this line in Chaukley that has been previously misunderstood is that James was John's nearest heir, meaning John left no offspring or children to inherit his worldly possessions. By right of law, a man's goods went first to his children and if there were none, then his brothers would be the next in line.
He obtained additional land according to Chaukley, Vol. 3 (that was likely part of his brother John's estate) in the following record: Page 645.--28th February, 1749. Same to James Young, planter, 436 acres in Beverley Manor on Back Creek. Corner Robert Young; McFeeter's line; corner Andrew Pickens; corner Robert Campbell; corner Patrick Martin. Teste: John Wilson, John Gay.
In 1750, his neighbors are described in this Chaukley, V. 3 record: "Page 65.--29th November, 1750. Robert Campbell, Gent., to James Barrey, 149 acres in Beverley Manor, adjoining Glebe land; Wm. Martin's corner, Middle Br. Shanandoe; corner James Young; corner to a graveyard. Teste: David Stewart, Andrew Cowan, John Mitchell. In this same source and same year, James' son Matthew sells land he had obtained from his father: Page 160.--4th January, 1750. Mathew Young and Agness to Peter Wallace, 150-1/2 acres. Bought by James Young from Borden, recorded in Orange and conveyed by James to Mathew. On Whistle Creek of James River; corner to Low Todd. Teste: Joseph Lapsley, Richard Woods." This gives us an estimate on Matthews age as being born before 1730 if he was at least 21 at the time.
In 1753 court records, James is the James Young, Bordens land in the Clerk of Courts fee books. Another Chaukley record lists more of James' neighbors: Page 179.--23d March, 1754. John McPheeters to Wm. Martin, 198 acres, part of land Jno. now possesses. Cor. John McPheeters in James Young's line; cor. Robert Campbell's land, now James Berry's.
James lived within a few miles of a William Young whom owned a 100 acres which he purchased in 1756. This William was Sharon Jebavy's ancestor. He could be a son of either of the two early brothers who did not leave a will, namely this James or Hugh Young who both lived in Augusta Co., Virginia by 1738 and 1749 respectively. Their location was in Borden and Beverly Manor which was a few miles over the border from the property of William Young.
James's neighbors around Whistlestop Creek included at a later date, Charles Boyle, Saml & John McMurtrey, Samuel Todd, John Summers and James Davis. James Young sold 251 acres to Lou Todd in 1756 that bordered on his son, Matthew's land. Chaukley, Vol 3, "Page 744.--James Young, miller, to Lou Todd, carpenter. Delivered: William Todd, 16th May, 1756, 251 acres Fork of James, on Whistle Creek where Todd now liveth; corner Mathew Young. Teste: Arthur and Abraham Brown, James McCown." In that same year, James and Sarah Young, Patrick (his other son) and Isabella Young sold 110 acres, including the mill to Andrew Hall.
James died in the first half of 1760. "Chalkley's VIII, page 57, Will Book 2, Page 371.- 20th May, 1760. William Shannon's bond (with John Brown, Hugh Young giving surety) as administrator of James Young." "Chalkley's VIII, page 60, Will Book 2, Page 430.- 25th July, 1760. James Young's appraisement, by John Trimble, James Pol (Paul?), Morris O'Freal." (Note: The Trimble's lived on land adjacent to James Young's land of Back Creek.)
Both James C. and his brother John were siblings of the other somewhat early Youngs in Borden Manor. John and his brother James C. lived in Augusta Co., Virginia by 1738 according to early Orange Co. road records. They are not to be confused with the James and John Young of Naked Creek, Augusta Co., VA. It's the James of Naked Creek whose daughter married George Glenn who was also of Naked Creek. That James and John were first cousins to this James and John in Borden and Beverly Manor tracts of land in Augusta Co., VA.
John's land was the land located off Back Creek in Beverley Manor and James' land was the land located off Whistle Creek in the Borden track. To quote Janice McAlpine in email dated Jan. 14, 2010: "Their property was mentioned in an early survey book, "Hume's Old Field Book." This book was submitted as evidence in the case of Moffett vs. McPheeters (1799) in the Staunton District Court and remained in the case file for generations. The survey book is excerpted in Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement of Virginia; Vol 2, at pages 370 et seq., with the Young entries at Chalkley's pages 372 and 375. As can be seen from the survey information, John Young's land was on Back Creek. The location of James Young's land was not specified.*Chaukley (27) May 11th, 1738, survey for Ja(mes) Givins, beginning at John (see 29) Young, beginning at Tumble's Cor., Back Kreek. Sam. Walker's Cor., McAnaar's line. *(29) Survey for Saml. Walker, beginning at Jno. Young's Cor. ( ) on an island on Back Kreek. *(63) 9 ber ye 6, 1738, survey for James Young? Finley?
The following two Orange Co. road orders show that John Young's land was in the Beverley Patent, which is where Back Creek was located. James Young's land was in the Borden Patent, where Whistle Creek is located. *Orange County Road Orders 1734-1749, Ann Brush Miller, Virginia Highway & Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1984, revised 2004, online at http://www.virginiadot.org/VTRC/main/online_reports/pdf/85-r2.pdf*Page 39: "Book 2, Orange County Court Order Books 28 June 1739, O.S. p. 3 John Poage, David Davis and George Hutchison having according to an Order of Court viewed and laid off a road from Beverley Manner and made return of their proceedings to Court its ordered that the said road be cleared according to the Report made by said Viewers vizt That the said road be cleared from John Youngs at the North Mountain to the Top of the blue ridge to the bounds of Goochland County." *page 89: "27 November 1742, O.S. p. 304 On the petition of the Inhabitants of Bordens Tract for a road from where James Young lives on ye sd Bordens Tract to ye Gapp in the blue ridge of Mountains commonly called Michael Woods Gap Its ordered that the said road be cleared from the sd Youngs through the timber Grove from thence to ye foot of ye Mountain Leaving Patrik Campbells to ye northward continuing an Easterly Course so on ye south Side on ye south river to Samuel Davis' plantation thence to ye Gapp of ye Mountains And its further ordered that Francis McCowen Saml: Walker Captn John Buchannan Patk Hays Charles Campbell and Captn John Christian be hereby appointed Overseers of ye said road And that Colo James Patton be desired to lay off for each Overseer his precinct & Men to clear each precinct on ye sd road."
(The earliest that John and James could have been in Beverly and Borden was likely in 1737. Beverley got his grant of land in 1736. Borden received his initial grant about the same time with a promise of 100,000 additional acres if he brought 100 settlers into his part of Orange Co., Virginia. Beverley and Borden immediately began enticing and selling their Virginia territories to the Scots in Northern Ireland. They offered reasonably priced transportation for the settlers. A Captain James Patton set up a route and made 25 round trips taking tobacco and pelts to England and Ireland and returning with Scots-Irish settlers for these business men, Borden and Beverley. Borden offered 100 acres of land free to anyone who would settle and build a cabin. He made his money when they wanted additional acres. Later, he offered land deals to entice settlers to move to the Borden patent rather than remaining in Beverley's.
Of our two relatives, John would have bought his land and James' Borden land would have been at least in part free.) Janice McAlpine suspects they actually didn't receive their patents until the property was paid for. So it is possible that someone like John Young could have moved onto his land about 1738 and had a survey done, but still didn't have a clear title (patent) to the land when he died. That could explain why his name is missing from the early patent lists." To continue quoting her email: "There is no indication that James Young acquired land in the Beverly Patent before February 1749. Prior to that time, records place him on Whistle Creek in the Borden Patent, with an additional land acquisition there in 1747: *Chalkley's III, page 267: Circuit Court Will Book 2, Page 479.--- 18th March, 1747.
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