Young Cemetery, West Armuchee, Walker County, Georgia, Feb 2012

This past week, I visited Young Cemetery in West Armuchee in Walker County, Georgia. I always enjoy old cemeteries, particularly those in the Armuchee and Dirt Town Valleys. Young Cemetery is overgrown. It’s challenging to navigate through the graves, and I got stuck by more than my fair share of briar branches… but hiking through the brush makes it that much more my kind of adventure.

My third great-grandmother is Caroline Pracilla Young, daughter of Peter and Rachael Young. She married Francis Marion Holcomb in 1853 (Marriage license). I know very little about Caroline’s Young family, and the recent visit to Young Cemetery is part of an ongoing effort to map out the Young families in the Armuchee and Dirt Town Valley areas. Census records show Caroline’s niece Mary Ellen Young (who married Marshall A. Shelton) lived in the Armuchee Valleys at least starting in 1900, and the 1890 tax digest suggests they were there as early as 1890 (Ancestry.com 1900; 1910; 2920; Tax Digests 1890).

Young Cemetery, West Armuchee, Walker County, Georgia, Feb 2012

Another Young family in my tree includes Nancy Young (wife of William Foster). Nancy’s son James Young Foster was counted in the West Armuchee Valley in 1850 and 1860 (Ancestry.com).

James Thomas Young is buried in Young Cemetery in West Armuchee. James represents another Young family grouping. At least three of his children lived in the Armuchee Valleys: Jane Young (b.26 Mar 1813, d.25 Feb 1878) was the wife of John Byars Suttle (of the previously mentioned Suttle family); Mary Young (b.15 Jul 1817, d.27 Aug 1890) was the wife of William Marcellus Puryear; and Francis Marion Young (b.12 Jan 1823, d. 14 Feb 1895) whose wife is Martha (last name unknown Green). Jane is buried in the Suttle family cemetery in West Armuchee. Mary is buried in the Puryear family cemetery in East Armuchee. Francis is buried in the Young family cemetery in West Armuchee.

Given that these three Young family groupings are in the same area, I suspect they are related in one way or another. But I haven’t been able to document a connection yet. If you know anything about the Young families (the ones discussed here or otherwise) in Northwest Georgia, please leave a comment to get in touch.

SOURCES

Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
James Young Foster: Year: 1850; Census Place: West Armuchee, Walker, Georgia; Roll: M432_85; Page: 375A; Image: 187.

Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
James Young Foster: Year: 1860; Census Place: West Armuchee, Walker, Georgia; Roll: M653_139; Page: 762; Image: 225; Family History Library Film: 803139.
Mary [Young] Puryear: Year: 1860; Census Place: East Armuchee, Walker, Georgia; Roll: M653_139; Page: 740; Image: 203; Family History Library Film: 803139.
Jane [Young] Suttle: Year: 1860; Census Place: West Armuchee, Walker, Georgia; Roll: M653_139; Page: 765; Image: 228; Family History Library Film: 803139.
Francis Marion Young: Year: 1860; Census Place: West Armuchee, Walker, Georgia; Roll: M653_139; Page: 766; Image: 229; Family History Library Film: 803139.

Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Jane [Young] Suttle: Year: 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 145, Walker, Georgia; Roll: M593_180; Page: 295A; Image: 228; Family History Library Film: 545679.
Francis Marion Young: Year: 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 145, Walker, Georgia; Roll: M593_180; Page: 290B; Image: 219; Family History Library Film: 545679.

Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Mary Ellen [Young] Shelton: Year: 1900; Census Place: West Armuchee, Walker, Georgia; Roll: T623; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 98.

Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Mary Ellen [Young] Shelton: Year: 1910; Census Place: East Armuchee, Walker, Georgia; Roll: T624_214; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0144; Image: 508; FHL Number: 1374227.

Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Mary Ellen [Young] Shelton: Year: 1920; Census Place: East Armuchee, Walker, Georgia; Roll: T625_281; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 181; Image: 340.

Ancestry.com. Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Marshall Shelton: Militia District Number: 1053; Post Office: Green Bush.

Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010
Mary [Young] Puryear: Year: 1880; Census Place: East Armuchee, Walker, Georgia; Roll: 169; Family History Film: 1254169; Page: 408D; Enumeration District: 188; Image: 0625.
Francis Marion Young: Year: 1880; Census Place: East Armuchee, Walker, Georgia; Roll: 169; Family History Film: 1254169; Page: 415B; Enumeration District: 188; Image: 0639.

Marriage license, Marion Holcomb and Caroline P. Young, 4 Aug 1853, Chattooga County, Georgia. Probate Office, Summerville, Georgia. Retrieved by Michael, Rhonda, and Jordan Scoggins, Feb 2011.

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