Strawbridge
Young
Research
Sources:
Research Participants:
Linda Hoxit Raxter,
compiler
Linda O. Anders
Previous Research By:
Suzanne Forts
Daniel E. Johnson,
IV
Helen Louise Daniels
Peeler
LaMona Philips
Kevin Young
Originally posted March 12,
2003
All historic
research is an ongoing
process. The following
information reflects currently
available sources and is
subject to change as new
information is
located.
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Heads of House:
Strawbridge Young
Martha Ann Gash
Born: July
20, 1797North Carolina
Born: September
21, 1804
North Carolina
Died: January
25, 1874
Transylvania County,
North Carolina
Died: July
6, 1885Transylvania County,
North Carolina
Buried: Davidson
River Cemetery
Boyd Twp., Transylvania
County, NC
Buried: Davidson
River Cemetery
Boyd Twp., Transylvania
County, NC
Parents:
Parents:
John Gash
(1769-1857)
Nancy Gudger
(1777-1851)
Married: March 16,
1824, Swannanoa Settlement,
Buncombe County, North
Carolina
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Other Household Members:
Ann Young -
Daughter
Born about 1824
Died childhood
Buried
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Mary S. Young -
Daughter
Born April 16, 1825
Died November 20,
1873
Buried Davidson River
Cemetery, Boyd Twp.,
Transylvania County, North
Carolina
Married
November 7, 1850 to
James Wiley Clayton (March
2, 1823 to January 19,
1908)
Son of John Clayton and
Susan Wetzel
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Martin Gash Young -
Son
Born February 16, 1826
(1827)
Died March 2, 1865,
Elmira, New York
Buried
Married
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Joshua Milton Young -
Son
Born January 19,
1829
Died July 28, 1875
Buried
Married
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Nancy Eveline
Young
Born March 8, 1831
Died 1833
Buried
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Naomi Maulina "Mollie"
Young - Daughter
Born October 16,
1833
Died November 20, 1873
in Transylvania County, North
Carolina
Buried Davidson River
Cemetery, Boyd Twp., Transylvania
County, North Carolina
Married
Alexander Fletcher
English (June 30, 1830 to
August 16, 1896)
See
Household Abstract for A.
F. English and Naomi
Young
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Margaret Louisa Young -
Daughter
Born April 19, 1836
Died May 27, 1918 in
Transylvania County, North
Carolina
Buried Davidson River
Cemetery, Boyd Twp., Transylvania
County, North Carolina
Married
April 1, 1874 to James
Wiley Clayton (March 2,
1823 to January 19,
1908)
Son of John Clayton and
Susan Wetzel
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Rachel E. Young -
Daughter
Born June 4, 1838 in
Henderson County, North Carolina
(Present day Transylvania
County)
Died December 20, 1923
in Transylvania County, North
Carolina
Buried Davidson River
Cemetery, Boyd Twp., Transylvania
County, North Carolina
Married
March 22, 1866 to James
Henry Cagle (December 18,
1837 to November 13,
1922)
Son of Leonard Charles
Cagle and Mary J.
Osborne
[Note - having children 6
months apart is more than
difficult. 1840 and 1860 census
records indicate that Rachel
may have been born after 1840.
The date above is from her
cemetery marker. - LHR]
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John S. Young -
Son
Born December 30,
1838
Died 1863, Battle of
Chickamauga
Buried
Married
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Malinda Adaline Young -
Daughter
Born August 6, 1843
Died September 27,
1932
Buried Davidson River
Cemetery, Boyd Twp., Transylvania
County, North Carolina
Married July 30, 1876 to
Perry P. Orr (1849 - 1928)
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Martha Elizabeth Young -
Daughter
Born August 7, 1846
Died October 17,
1846
Buried Davidson River
Cemetery, Boyd Twp., Transylvania
County, North Carolina
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Sarah Ann Eliza Young -
Daughter
Born October 17,
1847
Died December 22,
1848
Buried Davidson River
Cemetery, Boyd Twp., Transylvania
County, North Carolina
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Unidentified Slaves:
(See our research kit for more information
for ongoing slave research)
1830: Buncombe County, North
Carolina, Fifth Federal Census of the
United StatesBlack female born about 1820-1830
Black female born about 1806-1820
1840: Henderson County,
North Carolina, Sixth Federal Census of the
United StatesBlack male born about 1830-1840
Black male born about 1830-1840
Black female born about 1830-1840
1850: Henderson County,
North Carolina Slave Schedule, Seventh
Federal Census of the United StatesBlack male born about 1837
Black female born about 1845
1860: Henderson County,
North Carolina Slave Schedule, Eighth
Federal Census of the United StatesBlack male born about 1828
Black female born about 1847
Black female born about 1830 -
idiotic
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Forts, Suzanne,
"Gudger," Ancestry World Family
Tree , http://www.ancestry.com ,
Updated 01 NOV 2001.
Johnson, Daniel E.,
"Johnson Pyatte Website,"
Ancestry World Family Tree ,
http://www.ancestry.com ,
Updated 17 DEC 2002.
Peeler, Helen
Louise Daniels, "Strawbridge and
Martha Ann Gash Young,"
Transylvania
County Heritage Book
Committee. The Heritage of
Transylvania County, North
Carolina, 1995 .
Waynesville, NC: Don Mills,
Inc., 1995, 134.
Philips, LaMona,
"Descendants of Leonhart Cagle 1684
Obermehlingen, West Germany,"
Ancestry World Family Tree ,
http://www.ancestry.com ,
Updated 04 FEB 2003.
Young, Kevin,
"Young," Genealogy.com ,
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~toeriverfamilies ,
Updated 2001.
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All census records are available by on-line
subscription at http://www.ancestry.com
1830 -
Fifth Federal Census of the
United States (from
microfilm - LHR)
Buncombe County,
North Carolina - page 232
Name
Description
S. Young
Free White
2000020000000/0100100000000
Slaves: Female under 10
& female 10-24
1840 -
Sixth Federal Census of the
United States (from
microfilm - LHR)
Henderson County,
North Carolina, page 131
Name
Description
Strawbridge
Young
Free Whites:
1200001000000/1110010000000
- 1 learned
professional
Slaves: 2 males under
10, 1- female under 10
1860 -
Eighth Federal Population
Census of the United States
(from microfilm - LHR)
Pages 442A &
442B, Dwelling # 1266, Davidson
River PO, Henderson County,
North Carolina
Name
Description
S Young
63, male, farmer,
$4050 real estate, $4000 personal
estate, born in North Carolina
Martha
Female, North
Carolina
Martin
Female, farm labor,
North Carolina
Milton
Female, farm labor,
North Carolina [page break in
household listing follows]
Margaret L
24, female, North
Carolina
John S
21, male, farm
labor, North Carolina
Rachel E
19, female, North
Carolina
Malinda
17, female, North
Carolina
[Age is left blank
for Martha, Martin and
Milton. Gender listings
of ditto marks following Martha
are in error - LHR]
1860 Slave
Schedule listing for S. Young -
1 slave house
Black male age
32
Black female age
13
Black female age
30, idiotic
1870 -
Ninth Federal Census of the
United States (from
microfilm - LHR)
Page 403A, Dwelling
# 114, Brevard Twp, Brevard PO,
Transylvania County, North
Carolina
Name
Description
Young, Straub
75, male, white,
farmer, $3600 real estate, $600
personal estate, born in North
Carolina
- Martha
A
65, female, white,
North Carolina
- Joshua
M.
40, male, white, at
home, North Carolina
-
Margaret
34, female, white,
at home, North Carolina
- Malinda
A
27, female, white,
at home, North Carolina
1880 -
Tenth Federal Census of the
United States , (from
microfilm - LHR)
SD 4, ED 186, Sheet
8, p 227B, Dwelling # 66,
Davidson River Twp,
Transylvania County, North
Carolina
Name
Description
Orr, Perry P
White, male, 31,
married, carpenter, born in North
Carolina, father born in North
Carolina, mother born in North
Carolina
- Malinda
A
White, female, 35,
wife, married, Keeping House, NC,
NC, NC
- Junia
U
White, female,
11/12, born June, daughter, single,
NC, NC, NC
Young, Martha
A
White, female, 77,
Mother-in-law, widowed, NC, NC,
NC
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20 JUL
1824 Buncombe County,
North Carolina Registry, Book 13
pages 432-433
from Grantor
William
Murray , of Buncombe County,
North Carolina
to Grantee
Strawbridge
Young , of Buncombe County,
North Carolina
Notes
162 acres for
$657. Both sides of Hoopers
Creek on the south side of cane
break.
Witnesses
Charles H.
Lance, Martin A. Gash
Signature
- William
Murray
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15 NOV
1843 Buncombe County,
North Carolina Registry, Book 23,
pages 14-15. Duplicate in
Book 24 page 92.
from Grantor
Strawbridge
Young of Henderson County,
North Carolina
to Grantee
John Gash of
Buncombe County, North
Carolina
Notes
162 acres on
Hoopers Creek adjoining Daniel
Blake, A. H. Marimon, Joshua
Souther, John Plumley at
others
Witnesses
M. A. Gash,
L. S. Gash
Signature
- Straub
Young
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10 OCT
1848 Buncombe County,
North Carolina Registry, Book 24
page 93.
from Grantor
John Gash of
Buncombe County, North
Carolina
to Grantee
Alfred Gash
of Henderson County, North
Carolina
Notes
in consideration of "love and
affection for my son Alfred
Gash...and $800." The
$800 paid as $100 "to each of
my children":
Martin Gash, Henderson
County, NC
Wm A Gash, Henderson
County, NC
Leander Gash, Henderson
County, NC
Martha A. Young, wife
of Straub Young, Henderson
County, NC
Louise E. Erwin, wife
of John W. Erwin, Henderson
County, NC
Rachel C. Erwin, wife
of Overton L. Erwin,
Henderson County, NC
Heirs of Nomia
Y. Har den, dec'd,
former wife of John P.
Har den of Blount
Co., TN
Joseph D. Gash of __lay
County, MS - held by John
Gash
Property on Hoopers Creek
conveyed by Straub Young to
John Gash
Witnesses
L. S.
Gash
Signature
- John (X)
Gash
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12 MAY
1867 Transylvania
County, North Carolina Registry -
Deed (From deed - LOA)
from Grantor
Strawbridge
Young , Transylvania County,
North Carolina
to Grantee
A. F. English,
W. L. Case, and S. R. Neill ,
Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal
Church
Book
1 pp 317-318
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Cemeteries:
Davidson
River Cemetery (from
markers - LHR)
Boyd Township,
Transylvania County, North
Carolina
Name, comments
Birth
Death
Martha E. Young
07 AUG
1846
17 OCT
1846
Sarah E. Young
17 OCT
1847
22 DEC
1848
Joseph F. Clayton, son of
J. W. and M. S. Clayton
24 JAN
1856
01 NOV
1862
Mary S. Young, wife of J.
W. Clayton, Member M. E.
Church
16 APR
1825
20 NOV
1873
Straub Young
20 JUL
1797
25 JA N
1874
Infant child of J. W. and
M. L. Clayton
APR 1876
APR 1876
M. A. Gash, wife of S.
Young
21 SEP
1804
06 JUL
1885
James W. Clayton
02 MAR
1823
19 JAN
1908
J. Henry Cagle
18 DEC
1837
13 NOV
1922
Rachel E. Cagle
04 JUN
1838
20 DEC
1923
P. P. Orr
1849
1928
Adaline Orr
1843
1932
