And my husband has a Sarah Youngblood who married Joel Roberts (b. 1820 Ware Co.) and they moved to Florida. My records indicate she probably was a sister to Elijah, but did not know who their father was. Any info on her? Carol Roberts, Hazlehurst GA Jeff Tanner wrote: > Hey guys, > I'm getting my forums mixed up, but has there been much discussion on the > Youngbloods on this list? I've heard all my life that the Youngbloods have > Cherokee lines, but most of the information I've found online says that is > just a myth and most of the Youngbloods were of German descent. > > I, and I assume most of the Coffee Co. Youngbloods descend from Asa > Youngblood, who I'm told appeared in the Irwin Co. 1820 Census (I haven't > seen that one). His wife may have been Eliza. But his children were > Elijah, b. 1824, Irwin Co, Mary, b. ca 1830, and Isaiah. Elijah married > Margaret "Peggy" Davis, Mary married Raiford Metts, and I don't have > anything on Isaiah. > > Anybody ever heard where Asa came from? I've also heard he may have left > the area and gone to Alabama. Other tales are that he left his family and > remarried and had a large number of children with 3 or 4 wives. But I have > no idea where I got that from. > > The information I have on Raiford Metts is that he was born in Emanuel Co., > 1820. There are a lot of Youngbloods who descend from the Emanuel Co. > Youngbloods. They came to that area from the same area a lot of the > Kirklands did in SC (Edgefield Co. or Old 96th District). That makes me > think Asa might have come through that group as well, but I can't find > anything about him. > > Would Asa have been his name or his nickname? If nickname, does anybody > know what Asa is commonly a nickname for? > > Jeff > > ==== GACOFFEE Mailing List ==== > The Coffee County mailing list is a flame free list. Rudeness will NOT be tolerated. If you are having a problem with someone on the list, please contact either Karen or Melody. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp