The Plan No 3104 of 1858 below reveals the lot of 3 acres granted to Pierce Collit , showing YOUNGS ' (which was the inn), the stockyards. the stable, the hut., and it is located between two bridges.
Initially it was called Rawsthornes, then Morrises, then Youngs...the sign not used by by the travelling public, they used the name of the proprietor.
In 1855 James married Esther Collits, daughter of John Collits., who was Sophia Rawsthorne's brother.
James YOUNG was born in 1821 in Sussex, England and died 25 August 1874 in Bandon, Forbes. It was legend that the bushrangers Dunn and Gilbert of Ben Halls gang wanted to take deceased’s Pierce Collits Jnr horse, which belonged to his sister the late Mrs. Esther Young, who kept an hotel for seventeen and a half years at Bandon, where Hall worked with her as stable boy,
The death occurred at Forbes of Mrs. Ester Young , aged 79. Deceased was born at Cowra in 1833, and claimed to be the first white child born in the Lachlan River valUy. With her husband, who predeceased her some years, she kept an hotel at Bandon. Ben Hall, who afterwards became notorious for his bushranging exploits, was employed by them for some time, as a groom.
COACH AND HORSES was licensed at Forbes Bandon to James YOUNG 1865-1869.
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), Friday 26 January 1912
Map 3104 dated 1858 extract
Extract from Image iof1880 of a substantial building complex in the vicinity of the Youngs Inn
Unclaimed letter Mr.James Young, Mount York, Wednesday 9 April 1845
Saturday 12 September 1857
LOST, by a poor man, a CHEQUE, No. 29, drawn onthe Bank of New South Wales, by the Rev. John Troughton, on Saturday, 27th August in favour ofJames Young for the sum of five pounds (£5.) Any one delivering the same either to Mr. James Young, of Hartley or to the Rev. JOHN TROUGHTON, will be rewarded. Payment has been stopped at the Bank._
Monday 5 September 1859
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HARTLEY
February 16th, 1856—A large and influential meeting was held at Hartley, on Saturday, the 16th instant, at 3 o'clock p.m., at Mr. James Young's Hotel, to afford Mr. Robert T. Jamison, one of the candidates for the representation of the united counties of Cook and Westmoreland, an opportunity of explaining his opinions and principles.
Upwards of sixty electors attended and many more would have done so, but were unwilling to lose so fine a day in harvest time to secure their crops.
Dr. Rygate, having been voted into the chair, called upon Mr. Jamison to address the assembly, and Mr. Jamison having entered into an elaborate explanation of his opinions on all points connected with the most important subjects now affecting the public (explanations warmly received and applauded), and having satisfactorily answered such questions as were put to him, it was moved by Mr. J. Mylecharane, and seconded by Mr. John Collett that Mr. Robert T. Jamison was a fit and proper person to represent the united counties of Cook and Westmoreland, which resolution having been unanimously carried, the following gentlemen formed themselves into a committee to secure Mr. Jamison's return, viz., Messrs. James Delany, J. Collitt, G. Baber, Evan Evans, L. Duff, J. Evans, J. Myle- charane, J. Sheringhame, R. J. Blackford, D. Mahony, H. McArthur, J. Prinmer, R. Ryan, R. Rygate, J. Flanagan, M. Burke, J. Morris, W. Arnold, G. Shepperd, J. Richardson, J. Cook, M. Shannon, [R.] Vertigan, W. Perkins, J. Ambrose, T. Sandell, T. Cox, I. Young, A. Baker, W. Cor- deroy, G. Harding, J. King, J. Aldridge, S. Sievyer, M. Ryan, D. O'Connell, R. Fuller, J. Annesley, B. Bradburv, T. Wilson, J. Hogan, D. Hogan, G. Barton, D. Kirk, T. Hyndes, C. Quinn, with power to add to their number.
With three cheers and one more for Mr. Jamison, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting
separated.
) Friday 8 October 1869
YOUNG—November 7th, at his residence, No. 6, Clyde-street, Miller's Point, James Young, aged 49 years, after a short but painful illness, leaving a wife and eleven children to mourn
their loss. Monday 21 December 1863