Hi All - Sorry I couldn't respond sooner - had company that left today. Marcus - Yes, your Josiah was a son of William Youngblood and wife Edith (not Ada) Reed. This William was one of the seven sons of Jeremiah and Susannah (Birgit) Youngblood and covered in my book, "Jeremiah Youngblood". I don't have any books available at this time, but if you live in the vicinity of Wayne Co., TN, there is one in the Historical Society library, there. (Don't see your name in the index, so must have missed you - sorry! Do let me know who your parents or g-parents were.) There is also a couple of the books in Salt Lake City, where Beverly mentioned researching. I would like to clarify that when I wrote the Jeremiah book, we THOUGHT his father, James, was PROBABLY a son of John Miles Youngblood, but I clearly stated that PROOF of this had NOT been established at that time. I've noticed that many citing information from the book, (including the file posted on Family Tree Maker's CD), ignored this lack of proof and stated that James, (b. ca. 1745 - d. 1792 in Edgefield Co., SC), WAS, indeed, a son of John Miles Youngblood. Since then, I've found evidence that a Jacob Youngblood received a land grant in 1762 for land in (then) Orange Co., NC that is described almost identically to the grant surveyed for James in 1799. With this land being in close proximity to the grants of Peter Youngblood in Orange Co., and the fact that James later relocated near Peter (and what appears to be some of his sons), in Edgefield Co., SC - I'm more inclined to think James is somehow related to this branch, rather that that of the Johnston Co., NC Youngbloods. Again, NO PROOF has been found to verify this, yet. This seems to be a good time to point out that when Frances Youngblood and her sister, Floelle (Youngblood) Bonner, published their book - Youngblood-Armstrong and Allied Families, they had not been able to establish that Thomas Youngblood, who married Amy Hopkins, was the son of John Miles Youngblood - but did not specifically state this. The "insinuation" is there, unfortunatley - and this has led to many researchers accepting the line as FACT, which it is NOT. Thomas Youngblood, the son of John Miles Youngblood, stayed in NC, as records clearly indicate, and had children: Thomas, Jr., Jacob, Edith and Ikabod - perhaps others. At this time I cannot answer all the questions this generates, and am reluctant to say anything that might further be construed as fact, when the research is still ongoing. I will say that one Henry Youngblood, who appears as a chaincarrier on one of Peter Youngblood's surveys in Orange Co., NC (1761), also moved to SC, (in what later was Edgefield Co.), and got a land grant on Coffeytown Creek in early 1767. He died, (l769/1770), but his estate was not settled until after the death of his wife, Catherine, probably in 1813, as that year, Thomas, Andrew and Jesse Youngblood, (Jesse of East Florida), were disposing of old Henry's land, which mentioned his original grant in 1767. As Thomas, who married Amy Hopkins, was the only Thomas Youngblood in the county at that time, and living in close proximity to the others, it is my SPECULATION that he was the one who shared in Henry's estate - i.e, Henry's son. This Thomas was also named, along with Abraham Youngblood, as executors, when my James Youngblood wrote is will in 1792. This Abraham was a son of Peter (from Orange Co., NC), and died ca. 1794. He had a brother, George, (b. ca. 1762?), who married Nancy Simkins, dau. of Arthur and Margaret (Smith) Simkins, on 24 Oct. 1788 in Richmond Co., GA; John Youngblood, Security. He and Nancy had the following children: Ann Patience Youngblood (m.1 - Mason Stanmore Butler and m.2 - Allen Bartlett Addison); Matilda Youngblood (m. Jacob Smith); Emaline Youngblood; Erasmus J. Youngblood (m1 - Eliza Wigfall and m.2 - Caroline Mason); Eleanor "Ellen" Youngblood (m. Dr. Alexander B. McWhorter) and Ira Youngblood (m. --?-- Darby, dau. of Benjamin Darby). George died, probably Dec. 1807, as his probate was in Jan 1808, and Nancy remarried to Henry W. Lowe. The reason I mentioned that John Youngblood was Security on the bond of George's marriage to Nancy Simpkins (Witnesses: A. and J. Gardner) --- John was also security on several other marriages in Richmond Co. - Abraham Youngblood to Amy McNeill (Witnesses: W. and J. Gardner); Isaac Youngblood to Elizabeth Youngblood (Wit.: Ansel and Jason Gardner); and Joshua Youngblood to Catherine McNeill (Wit.: John Gardner and Ezekiel Harris). It has been claimed that this John was John Youngblood, Jr., son of John Miles Youngblood, and because he was the bondsman on these marriages, that he was the father of George, Abraham, Isaac and Joshua. However, George was Peter's son and, his mother having died, was being raised in Richmond Co. by an "Aunt Betsy". Was John Youngblood his uncle? If so, this John may not have been the son of John Miles Youngblood. In 1763, Peter Youngblood had sold part of the grant surveyed for him in 1761, to John and wife, Mary Youngblood. This John is thought to have been a brother of Peter, and possibly the father of Peter, "Jr.". John and Mary sold this land in 1769 and moved to GA - - and this is where things get complicated and confusing, as the other John, son of John Miles Youngblood, also moved to GA about the same time, and it appears that his wife was also named Mary. At that time, they all settled in St. Paul's Parish. An old Benjamin Youngblood petitioned for land in St. Paul's Parish in 1773 and died by 1784, when his heirs, John and Peter Youngblood, sold his land to Joshua Grinnage. (His widow, Martha Youngblood, relinquished her dower). Benjamin's age is unknown, but being the father of John and Peter, he must have been born in the early 1700's. In her book, The Georgians, Jeanette Holland Austin states that this Benjamin came from Granville Co., NC and links him to Peter Youngblood in Edgefield Co., with his son, John, being the one who married Anne Tarvin, and son, Peter, being the Peter who married Susannah. (Someone said her maiden name was Stark, but I don't know how this was determined). Later, Mrs. Holland put out a disk: "Jungblut/Youngblood (1660-1995) containing the genealogy of one Henrich Jungblut, b. ca. 1660 in Rheinland, Germany, citing records of Mrs. Laurence Lant, (who published the book on the Southern Indiana Youngbloods), and said Heinrich was the Peter Youngblood who came to Lancaster Co., PA in 1728 and was naturalized in 1739 Prince George Co., MD, where he died. Still citing Mrs. Lant, the line continues with "Capt." Peter Youngblood, wife Susannah, etc. I asked her what happened to Benjamin, as I thought she was correct with her original lineage, but she has declined to explain the switch in lineage. I know that this is going to upset a lot of DAR lineages and previously published information, but at the same time Peter Youngblood was having his land in MD resurveyed, ANOTHER Peter Youngblood was petitioning the court in Orange Co.,NC, to deal with his wife, Sarah, who was carrying on with another man. I assume there was a divorce, as shortly afterward, deeds reflect him having a wife named Magdalina. This is the Peter who moved to Edgefield Co., SC in 1764; to GA prior to 1777, (when he deeded land to sons Abraham and George), and back to Edgefield Co., SC by 1789, where he died ca. 1796. I hate to leave things dangling, but I'm getting into such incomplete research on the GA questions, that I'd rather not speculate, at this point. If anyone is interested in this early stuff and would like to help untangle the mess, I would welcome their input! I hope I have not completely confused you with all this. Dorothy