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Sarah Phelps Haynes

Parents

Father	Phelps Haynes (b. 4 June 1770, d. 1850)
Mother	Lucy Hunt (b. 1 January 1772, d. 1816)

Children with Benjamin Harrison Young (b. 1784, d. 26 July 1841)

Daughter	Martha Caroline Young (b. 28 August 1831, d. 23 April 1862)
Son	Dr. Benjamin Phelps Young+ (b. 17 August 1835, d. 12 January 1891)
Son	John Harrison Young (b. 1841, d. 19 March 1881)

Biography

Anecdote		Sara Phelps Haynes Young: Benjamin H. dies when she was just 30 years of age.  Sarah found herself with a farm and a lot of growing children!  She had to sell most of the land that Benjamin Harrison had spent many years buying because of his out-standing debt on those acres. She was determined to raise her family and in 1866 built Young's Ferry on the Tallapoosa River. It is still called Young's Ferry now, even though the ferry has long been gone.   This comment is based on the story from The Hermitage of Tallapoosa County.
Birth	1811	Sarah Phelps Haynes was born in 1811 in Greene, Georgia, United StatesBGO.
Marriage	24 January 1827	Benjamin Harrison Young and she were married on 24 January 1827 in Perry, Alabama, United StatesBGO. Performed by William West, minister1
Name	24 January 1827	As of 24 January 1827, Sarah Phelps Haynes was also known as Sarah Phelps Young.
Residence	19 December 1850	She lived in Tallapoosa, Alabama, United StatesBGO, on 19 December 1850.2
Residence	31 December 1850	She lived in Tallapoosa, Alabama, United StatesBGO, on 31 December 1850. Name: Sarah P Young, Age: 39, Birth Year: abt 1811, Birth Place: Georgia, Gender: Female, Race: White, Occupation: Farmer, Industry: Agriculture, Real Estate: 500, Record ID: 8054::16811015, Household Members: Martha C Young, Benjamine Young, John H Young3
Residence	14 September 1860	She lived in Tallapoosa, Alabama, United StatesBGO, on 14 September 1860. Name: Sarah Young, Age: 45, Birth Year: abt 1815, Birth Place: Alabama, Gender: Female, Race: White, Post Office: Fishpond, Occupation: Farmer, Personal Estate Value: 38000, Real Estate Value: 10000, Record ID: 7667::12731401, Household Members: Martha C4
Death	14 June 1874	She died on 14 June 1874 at age ~63 in Dadeville, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United StatesBGO.

Citations

1. [S302] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920
2. [S308] Ancestry.com, U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Township 20, Tallapoosa, Alabama; Archive Collection Number: M279; Roll: 27; Page: 837; Line: 40; Schedule Type: Agriculture
3. [S239] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Township 21, Tallapoosa, Alabama; Roll: 15; Page: 101a
4. [S242] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Western Division, Tallapoosa, Alabama; Roll: M653_25; Page: 408; Family History Library Film: 803025