Ahnentafel #222 - Michael Young

Michael G[oodnight] Young

Born: April 4, 1800, North Carolina
Died: January 4, 1877, Shelby County, Kentucky

Buried: Simpsonville Cemetery, Simpsonville, Kentucky

Married: 1) Emily Hocker, November 7, 1826 in Lincoln Co., KY
2) Susan Dawson September 29, 1835

Occupation: farmer, postmaster of Simpsonville, KY between Feb. 1839 and Oct. 1841

Records:

1800 - two Jacob Young families living in Rowan Co., NC.  One has three sons under 10.

1810 Shelby Co., KY age 10 living with his parents and eight siblings.

1820 Shelby Co., KY age 20 living with his parents and six siblings.

1830 Shelby Co., KY age 30, Michael is living "north of the road from Louisville to Frankfort" which is US 60 now.  The household has four people identified as Michael, Emily, their daughter Nancy and an unidentified male age 15-19.  The family owns tow male slaves under 23 years of age. 

1833 - Shelby Co., KY deed from Jacob & Katherine Young to Michael Young all of Shelby County for $306.15 a tract of land in Shelby County being part of a survey patented in the name of Grenville Smith and on the waters of Long Run bounded by George Conover, John Alexander, James Hollingsworth, Abram Goodnight 2? acres, 2 rods and ? perches. 

1836 - Shelby Co., KY deed from Susan, Isabelle & Lewis Young to Manderville G. Elston & Michael Young all of Shelby Co. for $500 a tract of land in Shelby County on the waters of Little Bullskin and bounded by Allen Webb, Louisville / Shelbyville Turnpike, Simpsonville town and Kinsulle (?) 1 2/3 acres. 

1838 - Shelby Co., KY deed Manderville G. & Eliza H. Elston and Michael & Susan Young to Polly Smith all of Shelby Co., KY for $550 SE corner of the Simpsonville, KY plat north of the turnpike road from Louisville to Lexington. 

1838 - Shelby Co., KY deed M.G. & Eliza H. Elston and Michael & Susan Young to Polly Webb for $180 Lots 49 and 50 in the town of Simpsonville.

1838 - Shelby Co., KY deed from M.G. & Eliza H. Elston and Michael & Susan Young to Mary Nickols for $1300 land on the Bullskin Creek bounded by Simpsonville Main Street, James Kingrel (?) and Lindsey George, 53 acres. 

1838 - Shelby Co., KY deed from Michael Young to Mary Nickols for $800 a house and lot in Simpsonville on the north side of Main Street, Lot 45.

1840 - Shelby Co., KY, age 40, listed as Ml. Young.  The household has six people identified as Michael, Susan, the three children and an unidentified male age 20-30.  They have one slave a girl under 10 years of age.

1850 - Jefferson Co., KY age 50, a farmer owned $3600 real estate living with Susan, his son William and a boy Alexander Norman age 2.  Not sure who the child was. The family owned a 22 year old male slave and a 15 year old female slave.  They owned what looks may have been a  family of black slaves consisting of a male age 20, a female age 24 and four children ages 2 to 13. 

1860 - Jefferson Co., KY, age 60, Michael a farmer owned $3600 real estate and $4200 personal estate living with Susan who had $1200 personal estate of her own.

1870 - Jefferson Co., KY, age 70, Michael a farmer owned $5400 in real estate and $3200 personal estate living with Susan who had $1200 personal estate of her own, Malinda Owen a 15 year old black domestic and Thomas Holaway an 11 year old black servant.

Children:
Nancy  Louisa
Julia Ann Elston b. 8/6/1830, d. 5/14/1887 md. John Pearce ca. 1851

• Irene b. 1852
• Florence b. 1854
• Belle b. 1858
• Elizabeth b. 1864
• William b. 11/10//1867, d . 10/29/1871 age 3
• Meda R. b. 1869

William Nathan b. 1832