YOUNG (ROBERT SR.) CEMETERY         Located on the grounds of the National Guard Armory, 2717 W. Market St., Johnson City, TN. GPS location: 36.17.25N 082.22.25W The cemetery is located in back of the old National Guard Armory which is now owned by East Tennessee State University. Check with the ETSU Physical Plant to arrange admission to the cemetery.

R Y B D 4 [possibly December 4] 1708 or 1718 D [died April 4 1792]

[No name] 1855-1859 probably a stone for one of the two children of Elizabeth Young and Joseph Lyle Burts, who died early.

M. (?) Young D C. [deceased Sept 23, 18(3)9 - could be 1829. This could be Mary, wife of Robert Young, Sr.]

T Y BO 1755 DN (/) 21 794 [could be December 21, 1794]

S.B.L. Samuel Bell Love - D C Aug. 10, 1823 [This date is correct according to his will. Samuel Bell Love, was the husband of Mary Young, daughter of Joseph Young and granddaughter of Robert Young, Sr. and Mary Young. Mary's mother was Esther Crockett Young.]

LIPS (??) D C No (Nov) 19 1838 - [part of this stone was broken off - I do not know who this person could be]

S Y DC SE 15 1826 - [unknown, however, Y certainly stands for Young, but not altogether sure the inverted S is correct. I believe the DC indicated deceased in No. 3. The M. could be for Robert, Sr.'s wife, Mary Young. No. 4 is Thomas Young, No. 1 is Robert Young, Sr.]

 

Note: Joseph Young had two wives, both named Esther Crockett (They were cousins). In the late 1970's, Fred and Dessie Simmons attempted to find all the stones underneath the vast amount of debris which covered the cemetery. The ground was covered with dead leaves, twigs, pieces of tree limbs and poison ivy. After the Armory became "owners" of the area where the cemetery is located, the men at the Armory cleaned the cemetery and fenced it. After the clearing, 72 graves or spaces were found. James Dykes and his father, copied the stones on a day at noon.

 

From Washington County Tennessee Wills, 1777-1872 by Goldene Fllers Burgner, 1983:

p. 4 Robert Young February 8, 1792

County of Washington, Territory of the United States of America, South of the Ohio River. Wife, Mary. To son Joseph, 600 Acres here I live. Children: Elizabeth Gillaland, Marth Cashedy, John, William, Robert, Thomas, Charles, Jane Long, Margaret Bates, mary Dugless, Agnes Henry. Grandsons: Joseph Young, son of deceased son James, Robert Gillaland and Robert Cashedy. Executors: Wife Mary and son Joseph. Teste: Thomas Gouley, James Gannon, Absolem Scott. May Sessions, 1792.

Signed: Robert Young.

 

The DAR erected a monument to Robert Young, Sr. in 1928.The Robert Young log cabin, built about 1775 on the waters of Brush Creek was restored and marked in 1938 by the U.S. government and the John Sevier Chapter of the DAR. The cabin was moved to Optimist Park on Market Street beside the Boys Club in 1976, which was still on the original land grant. In 1996, the cabin was moved from the original land grant to Winged Deer Park at Boone Lake. It has been modernized, porches added and is being used as offices.

 

More information about the Young Family can be found in Robert Young, Sr. Patriot and Pioneer by Dessie Little Simmons and Fred Simmons, 500 Hillrise Blvd. Johnson City, TN 37601. Also, in History of Washington County, Tennessee, 1988 compiled by the Watauga Association of Genealogists - Upper East Tennessee.

 

Transcription and genealogical data contributed for use on the TNGenWeb-Washington County Page and in the USGenWeb Archives, March 2000 by Dessie Little Simmons.

 

WILLIAM HYTER YOUNG CEMETERY

 

Located in front of 1316 Virginia Street, Johnson City, TN., near Cedar Place.

GPS location: 36.18.14N 082.21.22W Elevation: 1782 ft.

 

 

[A large pink marble maker:]

 

William Hyter Young

Dec 29, 1811-July 28, 1872

Wife

Mary Jane Young

Oct 27, 1818-Dec 23, 1889

 

[One of the first settlers of Washington County, one of the first trustees of Milligan College. First Christian Church in Johnson City organized in his home, November 12, 1871. Direct descendant of Robert Young, Revolutionary soldier whose log cabin now stands off the new Jonesboro Highway.]

 

Walker, Mary, 1905

White, Frank Craig, 1854-1897

White, Frankie Lucille, 1899-1905

White, Harry Jones, 1897-1899

White, Lucy Mae, dau of O.V. & Lucy, May 22, 1911-May 29, 1911

White, Ralph B., son of O.C. & Lucy, Dec. 15, 1918-Oct 16, 1921

 

Young, Annie Pearl, 1884, Age 6 months

 

Several field stones and broken markers.

 

NOTE: More detailed information about William H. Young can be found in Robert Young, Sr., Patriot and Pioneer, 1984 by Dessie Little Simmons and Fred Simmons, 500 Hillrise Blvd., Johnson City, TN. and in History of Washington County, Tennessee, 1988 by The Watauga Association of Genealogists, PO Box 117, Johnson City, TN 37605.

 

Copied and contributed by Betty Jane Hylton, April 1999 for use on the TNGenWeb Washington County Page.

 

YOUNG - LYLE CEMETERY

 

Located beside the house at 1906 Lone Oak Road, Johnson City. TN

Fenced and well kept. GPS location: 36 ° 16.32N 082 ° 22.36W

 

Garber, John, Jan 30, 1842-Mar 26, 1844

Garber, July Ann, Feb 4, 1836-Mar 28, 1844

Garber, Mariah, Nov 23, 1839-Apr 5, 1844

 

Henson, Robert, died Oct 14, 1911, aged 84y

Henson, Sarah Jane, wife of Robert Henson, Aug 23, 1840-July 1, 1910

 

Leach, William H.R., Sept 26, 1846-Oct 11, 1896, aged 19y 17d

Lyle, Samuel A., Mar 19, 1845, aged 46y 10m 8d

 

Scalf, Jesse, Aug 5, 1879-Nov 24, 1917

Strickland, Julia Etta, wife of Wm. E. Stricland, Oct. 31, 1880-Mar 22, 1917

Strickland, Margaret E., Nov 5, 1905-Nov 28, 1915

Strickland, Robert F., May 29, 1917-July 16, 1917

Strickland, Wm. E., Aug 29, 1873-Feb 20, 1961

 

Young, Abigail, _________

Young, Abinolda, dau of Thomas T. and Sabrina Young, ________

Young, Infant dau of Thos. T. and Sabrina A. Young, aged 3 days

Young, John, son of Thos. T. and Sabrina A. Young, Mar 9, 18__ - Nov 6, 18&emdash;

Young, Margaretta Caroline, dau of Thos. T. and Sabrina A. Young, July 3, 1831-Sept 3, 1835

Young, Martha Ellen, dau of Thos. T. and Sabrina A. Young, born Apr 12, 1844

Young, Sabrina A., wife of Thomas T. Young, Mar 10, 1811-Apr 12, 1844

Young, Sarah Jane, dau of Thos. And Sabrina A. Young, Jan 16, 1829-Nov 13, 1843

Young, Thomas T., M.D., born in Augusta County, Va., July 26, 1805, died Apr 9, 1871

 

Approximately 7 or 8 fieldstones and unmarked graves.

 

Contributed by Elaine S Cantrell, Jonesborough, TN for use on the TNGenWeb-Washington County Page and in the USGenWeb Archives

 

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