Re: massive Yost family data back to 1663
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Re: massive Yost family data back to 1663
4/12/01
Re-Massive Yost (Youst) family data book, I am a decendent of John Youst(Yost) he was born about 1744 in Baveria,Germany John Yost was the earliest ancester that we have record of imagrated from Germany in early manhood 1773 and landed New York where he hired out at manual labor for one year to pay for his passage over as was the custom of that day.He met Catherine Snuiche (Snook) of Holland and English parents.He served 7 years in the Continnental Army At the end of the war they came over the mountains by way of the Cumberland Gap.and Braddocks Road Into Virginia.They setled on Indian Creek inMonongalia Co. Eight miles out of Morgantown Station,where he owned a farm of 240 acres.John paid taxes on this land from 1792 until1817 Bounty land warrent Records ,Volume2-4 issued prior to 1800 show a John Yost,Revolutionary War Privet in PA. ,RECIEVED 100 Acres on warrent number 10680issued March 21 1792 John and Catherine hadeight children whose names I will give if this fits your genealogy. Larry Kellar.
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