Founded the town of Youngblood, Pike County, Alabama.
Moved to Union Parish, Louisiana near the town of Bernice.
Received two slaves (Mary and George) from the estate of his father in Sumter County, Georgia. George took the name Youngblood and stayed in Claiborne Parish.

Our Colonial Ancestors, p. 80.
Henry Youngblood died in the middle of the Civil War (1863) and two Successions were opened for his estate: one in Sabine Parish by his son Wade; another in Bienville Parish where Alsey had gone to live with her son, George, after Henry's death.
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Jan 1, 2000 by Timothy Hudson,

The first Youngbloods in Union Parish appear to be three brothers, George H., William W., and Abraham J. Youngblood, sons of Henry Youngblood (1793-1863) and Alcie Ray (1793-1867+). Henry and Alcie had married in Columbia Co GA in 1812, lived in Morgan Co GA until late 1819 or early 1820, when they moved to Butler Co AL. They lived in Butler Co AL until the mid-1830s, when they moved to Pike Co. Henry served in the Creek Indian War of 1836-1837 from Pike County.

About 1841 or 1842, Henry Youngblood moved his family from Pike Co AL to Hinds Co MS, where they remained until 1849. But beginning in 1844, several of Henry and Alcie's sons, including George, William, and Abraham, began making trips to Union Parish LA. It appears they choose vacant land belonging to the government, grew a crop in the summers, and returned to Hinds Co MS with their parents in the winters. But in 1849, Henry Youngblood apparently decided to move to Union Parish, settling near Shiloh (a short distance east of present-day Bernice). Henry's son Abraham J. Youngblood remained in Union Parish, leaving many descendents in that area. In 1859, Henry and Alcie moved to Sabine Parish LA (now Vernon Parish). Apparently trying to escape Gen. Nathaniel Bank's Yankee attack upon Louisiana in 1863/1864, Henry and Alcie left their plantation in Sabine Parish and went to live near their son George H. Youngblood in Bienville Parish. Henry died there in 1863.

Henry Youngblood had a brother named Thornton M. Youngblood; Thornton M. Youngblood lived in GA all of his life. Henry and Thornton were the sons of Abraham Youngblood and Amy McNeil, who married in 1789 in Richmond Co GA.

The name of "Thornton Youngblood" is found several times among the children and grandchildren of Henry and Alcie Youngblood. I believe that Henry's sons Abraham, George, and Wade Youngblood all had sons by this name. Henry and Alcie Youngblood had a son named "John Thornton Youngblood". He fought in the War Between the States, died shortly afterwards, leaving several daughters.

Abraham J. Youngblood married Caroline Frances Skinner in 1849, and their eldest son was named "John Thornton Youngblood", born in 1851. He was called "Thornt" by his family. He lived in Union Parish until the 1870s or 1880s, at which time he moved to Natchitoches Parish LA. I think he died in 1911 or thereabouts.

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Jan 19, 2005
John, glad to hear from you as I have been intending to let you know of my recent problems....which I will describe in a separate email. When I visited Clementine Youngblood McWhorter, dau. of Isaac Y., grandpappy's uncle, in 1964, she and her brother Richard (with whom I only had telephone. conversations), said that Henry's middle name was Burl or Burrell. I made a list of the people on the census in 1840 Pike County, AL where Henry lived at the time and compared them to his neighbors in Union Parish, Louisiana to see who went with whom. I found a Burrell family in Pike County AL that was quite prominent but whether or not there was any connection has always been up in the air. The Youngbloods seemed to take middle names outside their family. For example, Henry had a brother. named Thornton in Georgia and named a son that (Uncle Thornton Y., Grandpappy's oldest brother.) Nor do I know how Uncle Charley got the middle name of Cooper.

So probably the middle name was Burrell (accent could have been on first syllable, not second, hence the "Burl". See my separate email.

Our best to you and family!! Dewey O'Brien
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Ancestry doesn?t have this family indexed in their 1850 census!

Found on the 1850 Census Union Parish, Louisiana, p. 394B Dwelling 698
Youngblood, Ailsey, 53, F, GA
Youngblood, Frances, 16, F, AL
Youngblood, Henry, 55, M, GA
Youngblood, Isaac, 14, M, AL
Youngblood, Wade, 12, M, AL

Dwelling 399
Youngblood, Abraham, 25, M, AL
Youngblood, Caroline, 18, F, MS

Kind Regards,
Joyce Zachman
4/16/2007
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Joyce,

You are right - it is indexed as "Zaunghland", which is very odd. I guess the "Y" looks like a 'Z", but you'd think they could have done a better job than that!

Tim Hudson
4/16/2007