John Young

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 1800, Smith Co, Tennessee; guardianship

Notes:

Other-Begin:
"Ordered that William Martin be appointed as Guardian to John Young, son of William Young, deceased"

"Ordered that William Martin, William Walton, John Brevard and Sampson Williams be appointed Guardians for Annie Young, James Young, Nancy Young and Dicy Young, four of the orphans of William Young, deceased, all of whom came into Court and gave bond and security according to law.?

The six Young children mentioned above were all siblings of Margaret Young, wife of Sampson Williams. William Young must have left much property for his orphaned children, or five of the leading men in the entire county in 1800 would not have been appointed as Guardians.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

JOHN YOUNG, had a son named Alphonso who joined the Mormon Church and helped build Nauvoo;

ALPHONSO YOUNG, born 23 Sep 1805 in Smith Co Tennessee (Reorganized Minute Book, Wheeking Water Branch Record, Nebraska 1852-71), was baptized a Mormon 15 May 1841 and listed in Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46. He was mentioned on the Nauvoo List of Members (Nauvoo, Early Mormon...Series 1839-46 by Lyman Platt, Illinois, Nauvoo City Tax Lists 1843-1844). He accompanied John D. Lee on a proselytizing mission back to Tennessee from Nauvoo in 1842. Alphonzo was baptized in proxy for his grandfather William Young who had married Elizabeth Holland, in the Nauvoo Temple on 7 May 1843 (Nauvoo Temple Baptism Record, book C, page 23a). He did not accompany the main group of Mormons to Utah, and joined the Reorganized LDS Church in Iowa.

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