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| John
Young was one of the first settlers in the Kanawha Valley.
He was also an Indian fighter and scout, a lieutenant under
Daniel Boone, one of nine trustees of Charleston, West Virginia,
a survivor of the massacre at Tackett’s Fort, and one
of the first purchaser’s of certain lots in today’s
prime real estate. Finally, John Young was a father to eleven
children, as well as an ancestor to the late Congressman
from West Virginia’s Third District, John M. Slack
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John
Young is shown fleeing capture by Indians with his wife,
Keziah, and son,
Jacob, in this illustration by Sharon Harms. It is featured on
the cover of the book, John Young: Lieutenant at Elk by
Orton Jones. |
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