Berry S. Young

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1815

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1880-01

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"Berry S. Young" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00010561, (accessed January 10, 2025).

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Crittenden County, Kentucky, tavernkeeper and county clerk. Virginia native. Married Narcissa "Nancy" Young in Livingston County, Kentucky, on July 19, 1838. Father of Matilda J. Young, Nancy M. Young, Mary Helen Young, and Harriet A. Young. Tavernkeeper in Crittenden County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Crittenden County in 1850. County court clerk in Crittenden County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Crittenden County in 1860. County court clerk in Crittenden County in 1864. Appointed Major and Paymaster to U.S. Volunteers in Kentucky on April 21, 1864. Resigned due to disability on February 24, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden, District 2, p. 276B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p 364.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden, Marion (West Half), p. 407.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, West Half, p. 359B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden, District 1, p. 360B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Livingston County Marriages, Film 004261143, p. 105.
Letters Received by the Commission Branch of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1863-1870, Records of the Appointment, Commission, and Personal Branch, 1775-1917, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M1064, Roll 0236, File: Young, Berry S.: Kentucky, 1865.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 961.
Find A Grave, "Major Berry S. Young (1815-1880)," Memorial #54191807, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54191807 (accessed April 16, 2019).

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