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- dau of George Brandon ?? 2 George Brandon's - 1 in Rowan Co, NC and 1 in Union Co, SC - see his findagrave.com page later ??
- sister of Colonel Thomas Brandon ????
- ** See marriage notes for list of children **
- ** See Thomas B Young's notes **
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Found at findagrave.com on 4/16/2025
Catherine Brandon Young
Birth: 1731 Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Jan 1815 (aged 83-84) Union, Union County, South Carolina, USA
Burial: Old Union CemeteryUnion County, South Carolina, USA
Memorial #: 13030014
Bio:
Catherine Brandon was born about 1730-1731 to George Brandon, and his unknown wife, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She married Thomas B Young, as his second wife, probably in Pennsylvania just before they left Pennsylvania for South Carolina. He son George, who was her second child, after Elizabeth, was born 5 Dec 1755 in South Carolina. She had known children Elizabeth, George, Mary Ann, Rachel, Letitia, John, Thomas (Major Thomas Young), Jane, Elenor, Ruth, and Christopher.
The birth order of the bequests to her children in her will appear to be based on the children's birth order.
Catherine's husband Thomas B Young died in Union, South Carolina, in 1791. Catherine wrote her will on 31 August 1813. She died in Union, South Carolina, in January 1815; her will was proved 6 Jan 1815.
Some trees show her death date as 21 November 1814, but the Catherine Young who died on that date died in Northumberland County Pennsylvania.
Family Members
Parents
George Brandon 1710-1782
Spouse
Thomas B. Young 1713-1791
Siblings
Letitia "Lettie" Brandon McCrary 1737-1790
Mary Ann Brandon Kennedy 1738-1800
Col Thomas Brandon 1741-1802
Capt. John Brandon Sr 1745-1776
Richard Brandon 1752-1781
Children
George Young Sr 1755-1833
John Young 1764-1780
MAJ Thomas Young 1764-1848
Christopher C. Young 1772-1849
Created by: Anonymous (46628037)
Added: 2006-01-15T15:08:42.000Z
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13030014/catherine-young
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13030014/catherine-young: accessed April 16, 2025), memorial page for Catherine Brandon Young (1731-Jan 1815), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13030014, citing Old Union Cemetery, Union County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 46628037).
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Found at findagrave.com on 4/16/2025
George Brandon
Birth: 1710 Ireland
Death: 1782 (aged 71-72) Union County, South Carolina, USA
Burial: Old Union CemeteryUnion County, South Carolina, USA
Memorial #: 258113467
Bio:
The origins of George Brandon, the father of Col. Thomas Brandon, are uncertain. Prior to moving with his family to South Carolina, records place him in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, living in proximity to the Young and other families who emigrated together to South Carolina in the 1750's and 60's. Some trees show he was born in Ireland, though the source of this tradition is unknown; his strict Presbyterianism suggests he was likely Scotch/Irish, thus probably from the Ulster Plantation in Ireland.
There are records for at least two George Brandons in the area around the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania in the early 1700's; their relationships with each other are not known. One is known to have emigrated to Rowan County North Carolina, where he died in 1773, and is buried. He may have been a cousin to George Brandon of Union County, SC.
George Brandon, the father of Col. Thomas Brandon, was in Union County, South Carolina, living on Tinkers Creek, by 1764 (according to the papers of Joseph Habersham, later U.S. Postmaster General), and later, apparently, on Browns Creek. He was, as mentioned, a strict Presbyterian (as was the George Brandon of North Carolina). He signed the 1755 petition to Gov. Arthur Dobbs from the inhabitants "on ye frunteers of Anson County" asking for a fort to be built between the Enoree River and the headwaters of Thickety Creek, but he doesn't appear on the 1759 Anson County militia role (Anson County at the time straddled the border, including portions of both North and South Carolina). During the Revolutionary War, George's son Colonel Thomas Brandon lived on nearby Brown's Creek, moving afterwards to Fairforest, west of the Union Courthouse.
George Brandon's wife is unknown; some trees show her as Mary Armstrong, but Mary Armstrong was the wife of the George Brandon who settled in North Carolina.
It's not certain when George Brandon died; he was last recorded living on Brown's Creek, after the Revolutionary War. He is assumed to have been buried in the cemetery of the old Union Church (established 1755), along with his children John, Catherine, Mary Ann, Thomas and Richard, but that's not recorded. He may be in a family cemetery on his property at Browns Creek.
Family Members
Children
Catherine Brandon Young 1731-1815
Letitia "Lettie" Brandon McCrary 1737-1790
Mary Ann Brandon Kennedy 1738-1800
Col Thomas Brandon 1741-1802
Capt. John Brandon Sr 1745-1776
Richard Brandon 1752-1781
Created by: Kenwg (47774038)
Added: 2023-08-20T18:22:57.000Z
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/258113467/george-brandon
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/258113467/george-brandon: accessed April 16, 2025), memorial page for George Brandon (1710-1782), Find a Grave Memorial ID 258113467, citing Old Union Cemetery, Union County, South Carolina, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Kenwg (contributor 47774038).
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Found at findagrave.com on 7/5/2019
Catherine Brandon Young
Birth: 1731 Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 21 Nov 1814 (aged 8283) Union, Union County, South Carolina, USA
Burial: Old Union CemeteryUnion County, South Carolina, USA
Memorial #: 13030014
Family Members
Spouse
Thomas B. Young 1720-1791
Children
George Young 1755-1833
John Young 1760-1780
Thomas Young 1764-1848
Christopher C. Young 1772-1849
Created by: Drifter & Hammer (46628037)
Added: 15 Jan 2006
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13030014/catherine-young
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 July 2019), memorial page for Catherine Brandon Young (173121 Nov 1814), Find A Grave Memorial no. 13030014, citing Old Union Cemetery, Union County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Drifter & Hammer (contributor 46628037) .
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