Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 2DZ3-Q3
Census:
1850 - Kaw Twp., Jackson, Missouri, page 237B, line 38. Shows Solomon Young, farmer age 36, born in Kentucky. Also shows H. Young, age 24, born in Kentucky; Melinda Young, age 9, born in Kentucky; Sarah A. Young, age 7, born in Missouri; Harrison, age 5, born in Missouri; Elizabeth, age 3, born in Missouri; and Infant, age 3/12, born in Missouri. The slave schedule shows Solomon owned 1 black male age 28 and 1 mulatto female age 18.
1860 - Division 35 (Independence Post Office), Jackson, Missouri, page 186, line 98. Shows Solomon Young, freighter age 45, born in Kentucky. Also shows Harriet S. Young, housekeeper age 42, born in Kentucky; William Young, age 19, born in Kentucky; Harrison Young, age 14, born in Missouri; Laura Young, age 10, born in Missouri; Martha Young, age 7, born in Missouri; and Ada Young, age 5, born in Missouri
1870 - Missouri, Jackson, Twp 47, Rg 33, Lee Summit PO, page 110. Shows Solomon Young, farmer age 55, born in Kentucky. Also shows Harriet Young, age 51, born in Kentucky; Harrison Young, age 22, born in Missouri; Martha Young, age 18, born in Missouri; Adah Young, age 15, born in Missouri; John Hearse??, farm laborer age 25, born in Indiana; B A Clarkston, carpenter age 26, born in Kentucky; and George W. Kemper, carpenter age 39, born in Kentucky. Next door to Ann Caldwell.
Notes:
1) From "History of Grandview, Missouri", page 4 -
"As early as July 1861 a gang (later to be known as the 7th Kansas Cavalry) commanded by Dr. Charles Jenison had started from Harrisonville moving toward Kansas City. The union troops occupied this area with brutal, unbridled force. Jim Lane and his "Redlegs" also made their own rules as they terrorized the countryside. People of southern sympathies and others that were downtrodden finally fought back with the help of William Qantrill and others like him. Quantrill and his followers retaliated after the sacking and burning of Osceola and other areas in Missouri by doing the same in Lawrence, Kansas. They had become the "good" outlaws to people in this area. The climax of the cruel effects of the border war in this locality was Order #11. This order was issued by General Ewing from a hotel room in downtown Kansas City. (This building is still standing in good repair to this day.) Due to this directive 20,000 people were displaced leaving the local area virtually depopulated. As fate would have it this area had been settled primarily by people of southern lineage causing the struggle to be even more hateful. Missouri had the sad distinction of being the third most fought over state in the war. A higher percent of eligible men fought for one side or the other than did from any other state. After the war the veterans and old hatreds kept gangs, such as the Youngers and the Jameses, alive through the 1870's. The Jameses survived well into the 1880's.
Considering the large number of southern sympathizers in this area it is surprising to find so few stories about local events before, during or after the war. Fortunately the following stories have survived. The Solomon Young family was without a doubt the largest landowner in the 1850's. By the time of the war Mr. Young was living a very pleasant life on a true show farm. the house rivaled that of Tara in Gone With The Wind relatives who had lived there recalled. Being of substance, of southern stock, and a slave owner made him an ideal target for the Kansas Redlegs. In May of 1861 General Jim Lane, leader of the Kansas Jayhawkers, raided the Young farm. Chickens were shot for sport. Hay and stock barns were burned. One of Missouri's finest herd of Hampshire hogs (approximately 400) were slaughtered. Except for the hams which were cut off, tied together and slung over the necks of the raider's horses or put into stolen wagons, all else was wasted. They also took or stole 15 mules, 13 horses, and the family silver that had been hidden in a well. An elder female slav