Captain John Young / John Young Early Settler

John Young (1760-1850), a Revolutionary War veteran, noted soldier, Indian scout, and trapper, came to the Kanawha Valley in the 1780s, was named county trustee in 1794, and farmed 225 acres here. After military service in the Revolutionary War and Indian Wars, he and his wife Keziah, daughter of Lewis Tackett, settled here in 1801 on land granted by Virginia Governor Tyler. They raised 11 children on Young's Bottom farm, bordered by Sand Run Creek to Youngs Creek from Elk River to Wills Creek. He helped build Fort Lee and defend Tackett's Fort, and during a raid in the 1790s he saved his wife and infant son in a daring escape by canoe. His grave is in nearby Sand Run Cemetery.

West Virginia · United States