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Library of Virginia 2002 Trenton Hizer Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia Young Family Papers, 1788-1916 23482 Personal papers collection, Acc. 23482, and 3 items located in Oversize Box 6 185 items English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Young family. Papers, 1788-1916. Accession 23482, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

 Acquisition Information

Gift of George H.S. King, 1 February 1950.

 Biographical/Historical Information

Charles Young was born in Scotland and moved to Virginia where he married Mary Smith (1773-1855). Young became a prosperous landholder, owning land in Norfolk, Spotsylvania, and York Counties, Virginia, and Kentucky and Ohio. He and his wife had two sons, one of them Charles Ogilvie Young (d. 1867). Charles O. Young became a successful farmer and landowner in Spotsylvania County. He married Lucinda Billingsly (d. 1863) and they had 5 children, including Thomas Smith Young (1831-1916) who also was a successful farmer in Spotsylvania County.

 Scope and Content Information

Papers, 1788-1916, of the Young family of Spotsylvania County, and Norfolk, Virginia, consisting mainly of the papers of Charles Young (d. 1804), his wife Mary Smith Young (1773-1855), their son, Charles Ogilvie Young (d. 1867), and his son Thomas Smith Young (1831-1916). Papers consist of accounts, bills of sale, deeds, depositions, inventories, judicial records, letters, lists, plats, powers of attorney, promissory notes, receipts, surveys, and tax receipts. Some of the papers deal with the estate of Charles Young and includes correspondence from William Wirt (1772-1834); others deal with Charles O. Young purchasing lands from the heirs of Edward G. Hill. There are several receipts to Thomas S. Young for the purchase of fertilizers and supplies. Also includes an account book, 1828-1857, of Katherine Sale (d. 1857) of Spotsylvania County.