Book Description

David Young was born Jan. 6, 1774. He married Sarah "Sally" Phillips on Dec. 9, 1796 in Davidson County, Tennessee. She was born Sept. 9, 1776 in North Carolina and died after 1840. David married second Mary "Polly" Petway before 1850. She was born ca. 1780 in Virginia. David died April 13, 1856 in Wilson County, Tennessee. David and Sarah were the parents of fourteen children all born in Wilson Co. They are: James, Elizabeth "Betsy or Betty", Delphy, Joseph, Doke, Carson, David Jr., Sarah "Sally", Alexander S., Alpha, Mary "Polly", Louisiana "Lucy Ann", and Frances "Fanny". Descendants live in Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Ohio, California, New York and elsewhere and include among many others the names of Beard, Beasley, Bryan, Cooksey, Huddleston, Puryear, Quarles, Turner, etc.