It is said he was adopted.
1840 United States Census, Thomas Young, Perry, Tennessee.
1850 United States Census, Perry, Tennessee, Thos. Young, male, white, age 39, birth year 1811, birthplace: Tennessee, occupation: farmer, household members: Thos. Young age 39, Elizabeth Young age 32, Sarah A. Young age 14, Lorenza A. Young age 12, Mary E. Young age 10, William J. Young age 8, Nancy Young age 6, Martha Young age 3, John T. Young age 2.
1860 United States Census, Perry, Tennessee, Thos. Young, age 49, birth year 1811, male, white, birthplace: Tennessee, occupation: farmer, household members: Thos. Young age 49, Elizabeth J. Young age 42, William J. Young age 19, John Young age 11, Samuel Young age 9, Charles M. Young age 7, Margaret Young age 5, Franklin Young, Manervia (Minerva?) Young age 6 months, Martha Young.
1880 United States Census, Friendship, Crockett, Tennessee, Thomas Young, age 69, birth date abt. 1811, birthplace: Tennessee, white, male, married, spouse's name: E.J. Young, Father and Mother's birthplace: South Carolina, occupation: farmer, household members: Thomas Young age 69, E.J. Young age 62, J.W. Heard age 45, S.A. Hear age 37.
Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891, Thomas Young, Dyer County, Tennessee, District 1, male voters, year 1891.
Geneanet Community Trees Index, Thomas W. Young, male, birth date 04/15/1811, birthplace: Dickson, Tennessee, death date 1891, death place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, Father: John Young, Mother: Lucinda Jane Cantrell, spouse: Elizabeth J. Betsy Horner Young, child: Martha Louise Young.
From Ancestry.com: Thomas Weldon Young served in the military on May 10, 1865, in Kentucky when he was 54 years old. (U.S., American Civil War Regiments, 1861-1866.
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