I have some correspondence from Dreat Younger, now deceased, and thought I'd share some of it. This is a copy of a letter from Jay P. Younger, deceased, to Dreat, written July 7, 1991 "I have sent in forms to the National Archives to have a search made of Thomas Younger as a Revolutionary veteran. The records of the Archives of Maryland, Vol. 18, Pg 59 states a Thomas Younger enrolled by Captain Paca in the army of the revolution in Harford Co. MD on July 24, 1776. I feel certain that this Thomas was the son of John and Sarah (Kennard) Younger of Kent Co. MD. If his military records are found I will have another search made to see if he was given a land grant in North Carolina or Tennessee. If I find his location there we may be able to establish that he had a son named Thomas born in 1790 or 1791. If this can be proved we will have our line to Cole Younger. Cole's great-grandfather Joshua and our GR-Gr-Gr-grandfather Thomas were brothers. This brother Thomas was the father of our Tomahawk Thomas, and he the father of our Alexander." I have always tried to find my connection to the Younger Brothers also. My family tradition was they were "cousins of some sort to a 2nd or 3rd grandfather". I once asked Dreat how he knew our line was related to the Boys. He said "it was just something that he always knew -- didn't doubt it for a minute" but he couldn't offer any concrete proof. Just "I know it because I know it" - it had been passed down through his parents and grandparents that they were kin. I don't know if Jay ever got the papers he wanted, or if he found the proof he was looking for. He had all his research in his computer and it went to a nephew. Wilma