--------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard and Hildred A Carlson <Ra-n-HaCar@juno.com> To: NCMECKLE-L@rootsweb Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:19:11 +0000 Subject: Location of YOUNG'S ISLAND on the Pee Dee River in Carolinas Message-ID: <20020618.201942.-461955.4.Ra-n-HaCar@juno.com> Looking for the location of Young's Island in what was Anson Co. NC in the late 1700's and early 1800's. There not be a present day location called Young's Island. If anyone has access to an old map of that area showing Youngs Island on the PeeDee River in Anson Co. NC or any of the counties that were created from Anson Co, I would be very grateful for info giving the county, cities or towns near the present day location of where Young's Island was once located. My gggg-great grandpaarents, William and Margaret were referred to in land transactions on the PeeDee river by the surnames Irby, Yearby, and Yerby. These surnames were often interchanged in that area in the time frame mentioned above. Brent H. Holcomb's book, "Anson County, NC Deed Abstracts - 1749-1766" in Vol. III records the following: Page 39: 25 July 1760 - 75 acres from Benjamin Smith of Anson Co. NC to William Yerly (Yerby), for 18 pounds proc. money.....land on S side Great Pee Dee....Aaron Smith's corner, Young's Island. Benjamin Smith (B), (Seal), Wit: David Dumas, William Snuggs (X), Richard Snuggs (R). Page 15: 3 May 1762, Aaron Smith of Anson Co. NC, to William Irby of same, for 40 pounds proc. money.....land on S side Pee Dee above the mouth of Brown Creek, 180 acres. Aaron Smith (Seal), Wit: David Dumas, Benjamin Smith, Anthony Hutchings. Page 83: 21 November 1763, William Irby of Anson Co. NC, to Randolph Cheek of same, for 50 pounds proc. money.....land on S side Pee Dee, Brown Creek,180 acres .....William Irby (Seal). Wit: David Dumas, Benjamin Smith(B), Macagah Pickett. "Anson Co. NC Abstracts of Deeds, Deed Book H#1" Page 21-- 24 February 1867 William Yearby (Irby) and wife, Margaret, to John Stevens, all of Anson County, for 80 pounds, 75 acres on south side of PeeDee, beginning at Young's Island on the River bank.....Aaron Smith's corner. Proven in open court April term 1767. Abraham Belyeu, Robert Snuggs, John Cheek. (through out the text of the indenture for this property, William was referred to with surname IRBY, however, the indenture was signed William Yearby and Margaret Yearby.) Maybe the above land transactions and peolpe involved will help in locating Young's Island. I cannot go to the Anson Co., NC area to do research on this.Any help would be greatly appreciated. Hildred Carlson