Capt. James D.Young, 15th Brigade, Cooke and Grayson Counties, Texas State Troops.

James was the son of Col. William Cocke Young. Col. W.C. Young resigned from the 11th Texas Cavalry on March 4, 1862 to preside over the civilian court in Ganisville, Texas. After convicting Unionists for treason ans sentencing them to hang, Judge William C. Young was bushwhacked and killed by unidentified persons in October, 1862. His son, James, avenged his fathers murder by supervising the hangings of several suspects.

In 1861, James D. Young enlisted as a private in Co. A, Col. William C.Young's 11th Texas Cavalry, C.S.A. He was promoted to 2nd Lt. in Col. J.J.Diamond's 3rd Regiment, Cooke and Grayson County Militia, Fort Arbuckle and Fort Cobb,I.T., May-Oct 1861. In October, 1861, he relieved Col. Diamond and took command the 11th Texas Cavalry, C.S.A. Capt. James D. Young was wounded in thigh on Dec. 26, 1861 at the Battle of Patriot Hills, Cherokee Nation,I.T. He was discharged because of disability in March 1862. Reinlisted in the 15th Brigade, Cooke and Grayson County, Texas State Troops and remained there until the end of the war.

Thanks to Patricia A. Rochette's book:

"Bourland in North Texas & Indian Territory During the Civil War - Fort Cobb, Fort Arbuckle amd the Wichita mountains" ISBN: 0-9761405-3-5