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George C. Yount and his chronicles of the West, comprising extracts from his "Memoirs" and from the Orange Clark "Narrative."

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  • "George Calvert Yount was born 4 May 1794 in Dowden Creek in Burke County, North Carolina. His parents were Jacob Yount and Amarilla or Marillis Killiam. His family moved to Cape Girardeau in 1804. George fought in the War of 1812. He married Eliza Cambridge Wilds in 1818. They and had three children. His wife divorced him in 1830. He was a fur trapper in the Southwest. He settled in Napa Valley, California in 1836. His daughters later joined him in California. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Alsace, North Carolina, Missouri and California."

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  • "George C. Yount and his chronicles of the West, comprising extracts from his "Memoirs" and from the Orange Clark "Narrative.""