I just found another "fact" that I must look at with disbelief. The 1880 census of Marion Co IL shows that the father of my Matthew Young (who was Samuel Young) was born in VA. Samuel stated in his Rev War pension application that he was born in PA and served with the malitia there. He later moved to VA and also served in the malitia there. I have been able to confirm that these statements are probably true. (Nothing is certain in this game) The census also states that that Matt's mother was born in TN. I find this hard to believe because her oldest daughter was born in NC and they lived several other places before they moved to TN. I just wanted to make a comment that this proves again that you must be cautious even of the "facts". J. Ray Young