JOHN YOUNG
was a native of Caroline, having been born in the southeastern
part of the county on January 11, 1739. He was baptized by
Elder J. Reed about 1770 and soon began to preach. He was
ordained to the ministry in 1773, at which time Reed's church in
Caroline was constituted and became the first pastor of this
congregation. Here he labored for about twenty-five years. He
was once imprisoned in the jail of Caroline county for preaching
without the sanction of the General Court, but was soon released.
He was prominent in the civic life of the county. There is in the
Archives of the State Library of Virginia, a petition protesting
against the payment of religious teachers from the public funds of
the county and the first name on this significant religious document
is that of John Young (See page 52). He died on April
16, 1817.
