56–57.  Thomas Youngblood was born in Pennsylvania about 1770, and died in Cass County, Michigan, in May, 1845. His will was dictated in May, 1845, and proved the next month. Martha Demoss was born in Virginia about 1787. She was called Patsey. They were married in Butler County, Ohio, on Thursday, February 7, 1805. She took the name Martha Youngblood. She is the daughter of Peter and Mary (Mellinger) DeMoss. They had ten children:

i. Thomas Youngblood was born in Ohio in—say—1807. If we assume that this is the second Thomas Youngblood who appears in the 1830 census for Somers Township, Preble County, Ohio, age 20–30, then his birthdate would have to be 1810 or before.
ii. Daniel Youngblood was born in Ohio in—say—1809. The 1840 census of Cass County, Silver Creek, page 202, gives:
Youngblood,
Daniel		 Males (ages) Females (ages)
 0 
5 		5
10		 10
15		 15
20		 20
30		 30
40		 40
50		 50
60		 60
70		 70
80		  0 
5 		5
10		 10
15		 15
20		 20
30		 30
40		 40
50		 50
60		 60
70		 70
80
1840 Mich. 11---1 ---- -11-1- ----
Therefore, since this Daniel was between 30 and 40 in 1840, he was born before 1810. Since his parents were married in 1805, we can assume he was born between 1805 and 1810.
[Note: The IGI shows a Daniel Youngblood married Jane Pollock on April 3, 1829, in Preble County, Ohio. Five years later, his brother, Peter, married Mary Ann Pollock.]
iii. Peter Demoss Youngblood [#28]: He was born in Virginia on June 13, 1813, and died in LaGrange, Cass County, Michigan, on January 20, 1887.
iv. Andrew Youngblood was born in Ohio in 1819, and died in Silver Creek, Cass County, Michigan, on October 25, 1872. On January 12, 1854, married Isabella Momany who was born in Ohio in 1836. Her mother was Emily Crow, a Native American, from Senica County, Ohio; her father was French. Her second marriage was to John Rupp in 1886. Their children were:
  1. George, born 1856,
  2. Elizabeth, born 1858, She married "Mamie Sammons". Of their children:
    — Mable, married Claude "McClusby",
    — Henry; he married and had one son.
    — George married.
  3. Albert Henry; he went by Henry.
  4. Amanda 'Emma' (adopted)
The children were all born in Silvercreek Township, Cass County, where Andrew lived near his brother, Peter. Andrew was a farmer; he died of typhoid pneumonia. Death record.
Most of this information is from Nettie Y. Walter by a few details are from Gail Herter, March 2002, who found them in the Dowagiac Public Library.
v. Henry Youngblood: He fought in the Civil War and stayed in the South when it was over. There are five records in the pension index for a Henry Youngblood, three from Missouri, two from Pennsylvania. It is not clear if any is for this Henry.
vi. Betsy Youngblood: She married _____ Folding and lived in Perkinville, Indiana.
vii. Margaret Ann Youngblood was born in 1831-2. She married John Lyons on May 24, 1853, at the residence of Andrew Youngblood in Cass Co.; she was 21, he was 35. They had four children then divorced; she married once or twice more.
  1. James; married and had children Lawrence, Linda (Ruple), and Raymond.
  2. John; married and had children.
  3. Charles; married Sarah _____ and had children Pearl, Lyman, and Coral.
  4. Ed
The Cass County Marriage Book C2, page 24, item #348 records that Jacob Keene, age 52, and Margaret Ann Lyon, age 34, both of Penn Twp., were married on October 28, 1866, in Penn Twp., by Ebenezer C. Goff, J.P. On page 1 of the Cassopolis Vigilant, January 10, 1889, appeared: "Penn Twp. — Mrs. Jake Keene died at her home in Mishawaka last Sunday. Mrs. Keene was well known here and leaves a husband and two children." [Keene items provided by Gary Hines.]
viii. Ruth Youngblood was born probably between 1820 and 1830. From The Pastfinder, vol. 5, no. 4 (Spring 1976), page 103, (apparently from newspaper clippings) "Cass County, Michigan, Marriages, 1830-1850." John Tacy, of Penn Twp., married Ruth Youngblood, of Silver Creek Twp. on October 26, 1845. Witnessed by Daniel Youngblood and wife.
ix. Sarah Youngblood: She married Edward Chatterdon and had two children: Milo and Vina. Milo married Charles Post, they had no children. Vina married _____ Espy, they had two children: Edith and James.
x. Mary Youngblood was born in 1831. She married Seymour Smith and had two children, Martin and Seymour [per Nettie Weed].
1870 Census, Paw Paw Township,
Van Buren County, Michigan; p.457
Smith, Seymour  52 m Mason $300** N.Y.
  Nancy46 f Kpg house  Ohio
  Emeline23 f    Mich.
  Martha R. 19 f    Mich.
  Almon 18 m Farm Lab'r * Mich.
  Isabel15 f   * Mich.
  Sophia14 f   * Mich.
  Martin12 m   * Mich.
  Seymour Jr.10 m   * Mich.
  Mina8 f    Mich.
  Mary3 f    Mich.
  Adelia8/12 f    Mich.
* = attending school
** = Personal property
1880 Census, Van Buren Co., Michigan
Decatur, Delaware St., (NARA reel 607; vol. 27, sh. 32, line 45)
Name s
e
x		 a
g
e		 rel.
to
head		 mar.
stat.		 Occupation Where Born
Self F'r M'r
Smith, Seymour  M61H MDay laborer N.Y.Vt. Vt.
  "   Nancy H. F55W M Housekeeper Oh.Pa. Ky.
  "   Martin C. M21S S Farmer Mich. N.Y.Oh.
  "   Seymour, Jr. M 19S S Farmer Mich. N.Y.Oh.
  "   Mina F17D SHousekeeper Mich.N.Y. Oh.
  "   Mary F12D SSchool* Mich. N.Y.Oh.
  "   Cordelia F10D SSchool* Mich. N.Y.Oh.
  "   Cora H. F2g'dau SAt school Mich   
 * = Attended school within a year.

A Mary Youngblood, age 26, married John Lyon, age 28, 9 Jan 1848 in Paw Paw, Van Buren Co., Mich. John and Mary Lyon are in the 1850 census, Lafayette Twp., Van Buren County, page 155. Note that Margaret Ann, above, married John Lyons.

The Record of Marriages for Butler County, Ohio, for February 8, 1805, reads:

Married on the 7th day of February 1805 by Matthew M__ton Esquire Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid—Thomas Youngblood to Martha Demoss.

The personal property rolls of Preble County, Ohio, 1827–29 for Thomas Youngblood give:

 Horses Cows Value
Dollars Cents Mills
1827
1828
1829		 2
2
2		 2
2
2		 96
96
58		 28
28
16		 8
8
8
Note that dollars, cents, and mills for the 1829 entry were altered from what appears to be $88.21.4.

The General Index to Deeds, Preble County, Ohio, 1808–1837, gives:

Date Surname   Christian Name   Christian Name   Surname Description Lot Val. Page
Month Day Year
Jan.
Feb.
Aug.
Feb.		 18
8
13
8		 1831
1833
1835
1833		 Youngblood   Thomas
"               "
"               "
"               "		 Fr.
To
"
Fr.		 James   Barnet
George   Button
George   Ramsey
Ira A.   Parker		 Newcomb
"
Camden
"		 4
4
22
22 		15
15
17
17		 205
206
455
456

Thomas and Martha's son, Peter, moved to Cass County, Michigan, in 1832. From the above, it seem reasonable to infer that Thomas and Martha moved there in 1835 after he sold his land. While his last two properties in Preble County were listed as "lots" (did he have other land?), he was able to buy 40 acres in Cass County.

On April 6, 1838, at about age 68, Thomas bought 40 acres from Joseph Caldwell for "one hundred dollars lawful money of the United States". It was the SE quarter of the SW quarter of section #26 in township #5 south of range #16 west, as recorded in the deed book of Silver Creek Township.

By 1844, at age 73 or 74, Thomas must have anticipated his impending death. On March 11 of that year he sold to his wife, Martha, ¾ acre of land at the northeast corner of his 40 acres "for and in consideration of the sum on one dollar to him in hand". Her signature is indicated by an "X"; therefore, she was probably illiterate. After the record of the land transfer, the justice of the peace, Silas T. Howell, wrote: "... the said Martha Youngblood being questioned separate and apart from her said husband acknowledged that she executed the same [transaction] without fear or compulsion from her said husband."

The lot was in School District #6, Silver Creek Township, Cass County, Michigan: in the NE ("quarter" written but scribbled out an above it written "corner") of the SW quarter of section #26, commencing at the NE corner and running W along the line of said SE quarter of SW quarter of sec. #26 15 rods thence S 8 rods thence E 15 rods thence N 8 rods along the line running N and S at the E side of said lot to the place of beginning containing 120 square rods or ¾ acre.
At the same time, Thomas and Martha deeded ¾ acre to the school: Cass County Deed Book V, page 608 [FHL film number 0981727], March 7, 1844, recorded January 6, 1859, Thomas Youngblood and wife Martha, of Cass Co., deeded ¾ acre to School District No. 6, Silver Creek Twp., Section 26.[From Gary Hines]

The will of Thomas Youngblood was dated: Silver Creek, April 6th A.D. 1845; and proved and allowed May 30, 1845. It is recorded in Record Book A, page 336, by C. Shanahan, Judge of Probate. It reads (initial page(s) not filed with this part of the will):

And lastly, my express will and meaning is that my son Andrew Youngblood shall have my landed property being the South East quarter of the South West quarter of section No. Twenty six in Township No. five south of range No. 16 sixteen West containing thirty nine acres and a quarter be the same more or less. I also will my wife her support off from the above described land while she remains my widow, also all my personal property except one colt that I wish my son Henery[sic] to have if he comes home, if he does not I wish Andrew to have it. I also will each of my children one dollar apiece to be payed by my son Andrew.

Witness
Stephen Crow
Robert Watson
Elisabeth Crow

[From Gary Hines, Dec. 1999]
In the Administration of Estates, volume 2, 1830-1848, page 317 [Mormon FHL film 1017936] is found the probate court proceedings for Thomas's will. It reads:

(171)

Estate of Thomas Youngblood decd.

At a special court of Probate held at Edwardsburg this 30th day of May 1845 in the matter of proving the last will of Thomas Youngblood deceased.

Stephen Crow one of the subscribing witnesses to said will, being duly sworn says that he lives near the family of said deceased, and is well acquainted with them and from what he knows, he believes that there is no objection to the probate and allowance of said will.

It is therefore hereby ordered that said will be now proved, and the same being present, and the said Stephen Crow being duly sworn says that the said Thomas Youngblood died at the town of Silvercreek about the first of May and that he signed this will in presence of this witness and acknowledged it in his presence and in the presence of the other two subscribing witnesses, that he considered the testator sane and capable of making a will at the time of acknowledging the same.

It is therefore hereby ordered that the said will be, and the same is hereby allowed, and recorded on Record book A. page 336. May 30th 1845.

The 1872 Plat Book for Silver Creek Township shows Andrew Youngblood still owning the 40 acres from his father (and presumably the ¾ acre of his mother); Andrew also owned the 40 acres just to the south of this piece. There is a cemetery indicated near the north east corner of Thomas's land, probably just west of Martha's lot. This is probably where they are buried.

The 1820 census, Preble Co., Ohio, Somers Twp., page 96, gives:

Youngblood, Thomas Males (ages) Females (ages)
 0 
 9 		 10
15		 16
25		 26
45		 46
 + 		  0 
 9 		 10
15		 16
25		 26
45		 46
 + 
1820 Ohio 31--1 31-1-
Two people were engaged in agriculture.

The 1830 census for Somers Township, Preble County, Ohio, for Thomas Youngblood and the 1840 census for Silver Creek Township, Cass County, Michigan, (LDS film #014795, p.202) give:

Youngblood, Thomas Males (ages) Females (ages)
 0 
5 		5
10		 10
15 		15
20		 20
30 		30
40		 40
50 		50
60		 60
70 		70
80		  0 
5 		5
10		 10
15 		15
20		 20
30 		30
40		 40
50 		50
60		 60
70		 70
80
1830 Ohio -2-1---1-- 12-11-1---
1840 Mich. ---11----1 -111---1--

If the above census information is truly for this Thomas Youngblood (which it most likely is), then we can assume he was born about 1770 since he is listed as 50 to 60 in 1830 and 70 to 80 in 1840.

The 1830 census of Ohio included four Youngbloods: Daniel, Shelby County; Jacob, Muskingum County; Thomas, Preble County, Somers Township (p 340); and Thomas, Preble County, Somers Township (p 348). The 1840 there were no Youngbloods in Preble County, (only Jacob in Kno. and D. in Cha.). The two Thomases are on Archives film 138 (Preble County, Somers Township):

A likely inference from this is that:

In the 1880 census [Cass County, MI, Howard Twp., p. 20], the entry for Sarah (Youngblood) Chadderdon, ninth child of this family, indicates that she was born in Ohio, her father born in Pa., and her mother born in Va. This is the most reliable source for the birth places of Peter and Martha. [This information provided by Gary Hines, a descendant of Margaret (Youngblood) Lyons, the seventh child of this family.]

The name "Youngblood" is German.

Information found in the search for Thomas's parents.
If Thomas was born in PA around 1770, he could have been from a Pennsylvania German family. Daniel Youngblood/Jungblut, son of the immigrant Nicholas Jungblut, looks promising as the father of Thomas. Daniel lived in Lebanon Township, Lancaster County, PA, when he had a daughter in 1767 and took the Oath of Allegiance in 1778, and he lived in Mannheim Township, York County, PA, when he was on the 1779 tax list and had more children after that. So there is a gap in the birth records of his family about the time Thomas would have been born! "Daniel Youngblaunt" was head of household in the 1790 census, Baltimore County, MD, and "Danl. Youngblood", age 45+, was head of household in the 1810 census, Baltimore County, MD, Pipe Creek & North Hundred, page 555. If we could find a probate record, or land records, for Daniel in Baltimore County, we might be able to rule him in or out as Thomas's father. Note that one of Thomas's older sons was named Daniel.

Information from Irma Waggoner. Nicholas Youngblood (Jungblut) born about 1712, who arrived in Philadelphia on the Ship St. Andrew October 2, 1741. His first wife and three children died during trip to America. He married Anna Maria Kappler on December 7, 1741, in Tulpehocken, Berks, Lancaster County, PA. Children born were:

  1. Daniel bap. 17 Sept 1742, Lebanon County PA
  2. Casper
  3. Susanna
  4. Thomas, bap. 30 Jan 1748 Lebanon County PA
  5. Maria Barbara, bapt. 7 May 1751 Lebanon County, PA
  6. Catharine, bapt. Feb. 1755, Lebanon County, PA
  7. Anna Maria, bapt. Lebanon County, PA
  8. Charlotte
The will of Nicolas Youngblood was dated September 24, 1787; Thomas was not mentioned in it.

Daniel Youngblood was still in Lebanon County when dau. Juliana was bap 21 Dec. 1767. He was on the 1769 tax records in Warwick, Lancaster County PA. He was in York County, PA when daughters Maria Catherine bapt. 14 Jan. 1781, Maria Elisabeth bapt. 1 June 1783, and Susanna bapt. 8 Jan 1789.

There was a Daniel Youngblood on the 1790 Baltimore County MD census, page 33: 1 male <16, 1 male >16, 4 females all ages. The census would indicate that he also had a son by 1790.

My Casper Youngblood had a son John Phillip born 1770-1774 (date from census records). Phillip and his wife Anna Maria Jungblut were in Indiana County PA in 1834 when the undivided half lots in Dauphin County PA were sold by heirs of John Casper Youngblood. John Phillip had a son Thomas, b. 20 Apr. 1803 Harrisburg, PA. There was no Thomas Youngblood listed as heir to John Casper Youngblood.

This information was gleaned from ship records, census records, tax records, land records, wills, and early church records.

From Compiled List of Youngblood Soldiers of the War of 1812 extracted by from Transcribed from microfilm #M-602 of the Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served in the War of 1812 (Roll #234) on file at Clayton Library, Houston, Texas, by Carla Karbowski Clifton: There is no indication that these are related to Thomas Youngblood, but they are included here because of similarities in location and family names.
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