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Author: Terry Creig Blevins
William Youel was born in Scotland in 1734 and immigrated to the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia and settled near present day Goshen in Rockbridge County, Virginia. With his wife, Elizabeth Nelson, they had were four daughters and two sons. He answered the call to arms in 1780 and joined Capt. James Gilmore's Company of Militia as a Private. This unit was ordered to North Carolina where they were assigned to Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan's command. Gen. Morgan’s command marched to Cowpens in South Carolina where they won a great victory over Col. Tarleton's command. William was slightly wounded during the battle and picked up a powder horn which remains in the care of the Youel family. William returned to the Shenandoah Valley and lived until his death in 1834 at 100 years of age.
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