Elizabeth Caroline Witt 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 22 Dec 1804 - Virginia
    Christening: 
          Death: 26 Dec 1891 - Rockport, Kentucky ( at age 87) 1
         Burial: in Rockport, Ohio Co., Kentucky
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Robert Witt (1765-1849)
         Mother: Nancy Reese (Abt 1771-1836)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Aaron Ballard (       -       )
       Marriage: 21 Dec 1822 - Logan Co., Kentucky 2

2. John Jefferson Young (22 Feb 1802 - 1 Aug 1834)
       Marriage: 19 Jan 1831 - Logan Co., Kentucky 3
Notes
General:
An account of her life written by her grandson is in Genealogy of the Hill family, Kentucky and Virginia, compiled by David Gordon Young, published by Col. Francis Hill Kuhn, 1969, "The Witts", image 46/143:

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/29926/images/dvm_GenMono008519-00026-1?usePUB=true&pId=45

ELIZABETH CAROLINE WITT, was born Dec. 22, 1804, in Virginia, died Dec. 26, 1891, in Rockport, Ky., buried in the Baptist Church Cemetery there. Married twice: First on Dec. 24, 1821, to Aaron Ballard; second on Jan. 18, 1828, to John Jefferson Young.

To these marriages were born three children; a daughter by the first husband, and two sons by the last husband:

1. Caroline Witt Ballard,
2. John Martin Young,
3. Henry Jefferson Young, my father.

ELIZABETH CAROLINE WITT came to Kentucky from Virginia with her father's family, when she was seven years of age. She was married to Aaron Ballard when 16 years of age, and to John Jefferson Young when 24.

Ballard, her first husband, was evidently subject to fits of dementia. One night she awakened with him standing over her with a drawn knife or axe, evidently intending to kill her. By gentle persuasion she brought him back to sanity, when he begged her for forgiveness and agreed to a separation, as she was afraid to live with him longer.

After the above affair he left the community and was never heared from again. On account of his apparent mental condition it was suspected that he might be hiding in the woods nearby, either being afraid or ashamed to show himself, or perhaps with the intention of making further attacks on his wife; and the woods were scoured for days, but he was not found and had evidently left the community.

Elizabeth is said to have been a very beautiful young woman. John J. Young, her second husband, when asked why he married a widow with a child instead of a maiden, gave her beauty as one of his reasons for doing so.

After her children were grown, she lived with her daughter Caroline until the latter died, then came to my father's home, where she spent the remaining eight years of her life, dying at age 87.

CENSUS:

In 1830 Elizabeth is probably the female 20-30 in the household of her father.

<pre>1840 Logan Co., Kentucky
Elizabeth Young 020000001-000101; 1 in agriculture, 2 slaves
male female
< 5
2 5-10
10-15
15-20 1
20-30
30-40 1
40-50
50-60
1 60-70 </pre>

Susan T. Young is the next entry. The male 60-70 is presumably Elizabeth's father.

<pre>1850 Todd Co., Kentucky, District No 2; Aug 19
222/222
Elizabeth Young 45 Va $150
John M. " 18 Ky farmer
Henry J. C. " 17 Ky farmer
Caroline " 26 Ky
Clarence A. " 8 Ky
John T. Desper 6 Ky </pre>

In the Slave Schedule she is the owner of 3 slaves.

<pre>1860 Logan Co., Kentucky, District No. 1, p.o. Herroldsville; June 5; pg 13
73/87
Elizabeth C. Young 56 Va $1800/$50 Seamstress
Henry " 25 Ky $---/$200 Carpenter </pre>

In the Slave Schedule she is the owner of 5 slaves.

In 1870 Elizabeth Young (65, Va) is living in Butler Co., Kentucky in the household of Thomas Beasley (41) and his wife Caroline (41, Ky).

In 1880 Elizabeth C. Young (75, W, Va Va Va) is living in Butler Co., Kentucky in the household of her son-in-law Thomas J. Beasley (57) and his wife Caroline (56, Ky Va Va).
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Sources

1 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 53333013.

2 "Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages 1802 - 1850," Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

3 "Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965," Logan > 1818-1919; film # 002134965. Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

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