Born: ca. 1765 Mecklenberg Co., North Carolina the portion that became Cabarrus County.
Died: Aug. 24, 1836, Tampico, Jackson Co., Indiana
Buried: Waskom Cemetery, Jackson Co., Indiana
Married: 1) Rachel Goodnight, between Dec. 11, 1792 in Mercer Co., KY
Know all men by these presents that we Jacob Young and Abraham Goodnight are held and firmly bound until Isaac Shelby, Esquire, Governor of Kentucky in the sum of fifty pounds current money to payment whereof will and truly to be made unto the said Governor or his successors. We bind ourselves, our heirs, Executors and Adm'ors &c. jointly and severally firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this 11th day of Dec. 1792