Supporting information for John Leftwich, supplemental SAR application.
John Edward Young - SAR Record Copy 178659
John Earl Young - SAR Record Copy 178659
John Leonard Young - SAR Record Copy 178659
Henry Dickson Young – Born 28 Dec 1851, Oglethorpe, GA; Died 5 Aug 1932 Ansley, Jackson, LA
References:
(1) 1860; Census Place: Calhoun, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: M653_39; Page: 284; mage: 285. Post
Office Calhoun
L Young 32 white male 1828 GA farmer $500 real estate $1000 personal estate
Eliza Young 39 1821 NC
John Young 10 1850 GA
Henry Young 8 1852 GA
(2) Lines 83-88, 1900 Census - Warren Township, Columbia County, Arkansas of 9 Jun 1900, lists
Henry Young and family. Johnie Young is my grandfather (3rd Generation or John Leonard
Young). Also, show Henry Young birth in Georgia.
(3) 1880; Census Place: Calhoun, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: T9_41; Family History Film: 1254041;
Page: 172.1000; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 0085.
Henry Young 28 abt 1852 GA, parents GA, farming
Martha Young 27 abt 1853 TX, parents MS
James T Young 2 abt 1878 AR
(4) 1880; Census Place: Boone, Columbia, Arkansas; Roll: T9_41; Family History Film: 1254041;
Page: 147.4000; Enumeration District: 37; Image: 0036.
J. W. [John] Young 31 1849 GA, father GA, mother NC
Josephine T. Young 27 1853 AR, parents AL
Mary C. Young 8 1872 AR
Elizabeth F. Young 7 1873 AR
John L. Young 4 1876 AR
Walter H. Young 2 1878 AR
Cora H. Young 8M 1879 AR
John W. Young [Ref (3)] is Henry Dickson Young’s older brother and living near his brother in Arkansas as
noted in the 1880 Census records. Henry D Young's brother John W Young and sister in law Josephine
also had a son named Luther born about same time as Henry's son Luther. I also have a picture of my
great grandfather Henry Dickson Young and great grandmother Martha Jane KING Young. Henry
Young’s middle name Dickson is his mother’s maiden name. The Dickson family is on the same 1860
census from Calhoun, Columbia, Arkansas.
Leonard H. Young – born about 1825, Oglethorpe, GA; Died Sept 1900
References:
(1) Lines 26-28, 1850 Census - District 800, Troup County, GA of 19 Oct 1850, lists L. H. Young, wife
Elizabeth & great grand uncle John W. Young;
(2) 1860; Census Place: Calhoun, Columbia, AR; Roll: M653_39; Page: 284; image: 285. Lists L.
Young, wife Eliza, sons John and Henry.
(3) Leonard Young is listed on the Arkansas Confederate Pension Records, his wife Elizabeth applied
as a widow in 1912.
Rebecca Leftwich - born 1795 died 1850 is the Wife of Leonard Young – born 1796 GA died 1873 AL
References:
(1) 1820, 1830, 1840 Census for Oglethorpe, Talbot and Troup Counties Georgia are consistent with
family size, ages, gender and records for the Leonard H. Young family.
(2) “The History of Salem Baptist Church, 1789-1989” by Carolyn Bryant Faz pages 181-185.
(3) pages 19-20 of "Captain John Leftwich of Bedford Co., Virginia, and Oglethorpe Co., GA (died
Feb. 26, 1797)" written by Oliver C. Weaver Jr. 1229 Greensboro Rd., W. Birmingham, AL 35208;
year 1996.
“Rebecca Leftwich, b. cir. 1795, married Leonard H.Young, Sept. 4, 1815.3 Apparently they settled
in Oglethorpe County, Ga., but were subsequently in Greene County. Headright grants for Oglethorpe
County, Ga., show that Leonard Young was granted 42 acres in 1814 and an additional 176 acres in 1815
on Long Creek, Oglethorpe Co., Ga.4 On Oct. 12, 1822, James Russell deeded land in Greene County to
Leonard H. Young, and on Dec. 13, 1829, Leonard H. Young sold 216 acres "on the north fork of Little
River bordering Watts" 1 U.S. Census, Troup Co., Ga., 1850, p. 83 # 417 and # 418. 2 For more on John and
Mary (Leftwich) Reynolds see Sec. F. The Reynolds Connection below. 3 Greene Co., Ga. Mar. Licenses
1811-1817, p. 74. On microfilm. 4 See Index of Headright Grants citing pps. 398 and 533. 19 in Greene
County, Ga., to John Armstrong.1 Census records show two persons of the name Leonard Young in
Oglethorpe Co, in 1820. Leonard Young's[ Sr.] will of Jan. 2, 1823, names his children including son
Leonard.2 Census records show Leonard H. Young in Talbot County, Ga., in 1830, and in Troup County in
1840 (listed next to William Reynolds, son of John Reynolds who married Rebecca's sister, Mary
Leftwich). The U.S. Census of 1850 for Troup County lists:
Leonard H. Young 54M Farmer b. Ga
Rebecca 55F "
Aston 28M " •
Rebecca 23F "
Sytha 2IF "
James 19M "
Frances 16F "
Hasseltine 13F "
Leonard 15M "
Leonard H. Young died in Troup County, Ga.3
John Leftwich is the father of Rebecca Leftwich – born 1750 Bedford County, VA; Died 26 Feb 1797
Oglethorpe County, GA.
References:
(1) DAR# A201657
(2) pages 19-20 of "Captain John Leftwich of Bedford Co., Virginia, and Oglethorpe Co., GA (died
Feb. 26, 1797)" written by Oliver C. Weaver Jr. 1229 Greensboro Rd., W. Birmingham, AL 35208;
year 1996.
(3) John Leftwich, birth 1750, VA, Volume 102, Page 386, Sgt, Muster and payrolls of the Rev. War,
1775-1783. ( Vols. For 1914-15 of the "Collections" of the N.Y. Hist. Soc.) 1914-15. (2v.):