This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBB.2ACI/2983.1 Message Board Post: Colonel Young was the first African-American to graduate from West Point. He was born in Mason County, KY, between May's Lick and Helena. He grew up across the Ohio River in neighboring Ripley, Brown County, Ohio. There are historical markers honoring him near May's Lick and near Ripley. Both Mason County and Ripley were stops along the Underground Railroad in the late Antebellum period.

Please remove me from your list... -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of captnemo1958@yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 9:01 PM To: KYMASON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYMASON-L] Re: Colonel Charles Denton Young - Maysick, Kentucky This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/WBB.2ACI/2983.1 Message Board Post: Colonel Young was the first African-American to graduate from West Point. He was born in Mason County, KY, between May's Lick and Helena. He grew up across the Ohio River in neighboring Ripley, Brown County, Ohio. There are historical markers honoring him near May's Lick and near Ripley. Both Mason County and Ripley were stops along the Underground Railroad in the late Antebellum period. ==== KYMASON Mailing List ==== Search this list's archived messages! http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl