Perry G. Young

 Perry G. Young

Perry G. Young was a young lad of 11 years 7 months 14 days when Texas received Independence from Mexico.  Perry had already lived through a near miss with the Indians as recounted in “Indian Trepidations” by Wilbarger.  Perry G. married in Texas, reared 5 children, and was a postmaster, a farmer, merchant and a minister.  He lived for a time in the town of Perryville, Bastrop County, TX.  Perryville, also known as Hogeye or Young’s Settlement, was a small community located 2 ½ miles south of the site of present Elgin in Bastrop County.  It was established on land which had been granted to Elizabeth Standifer in 1829 as a part of Stephen F. Austin’s “Little Colony.”  Standifer’s daughter and son-in-law, Sarah and John Litton, built their home on this land.  Area residents were often invited there for community dances.  According to one story, the name Hogeye came into use because the fiddle player only knew one song, which was called “Hogeye.”   The Litton House was also used as a changing station for the stagecoach route from Houston.  Litton was appointed postmaster when a post office was established in the community in 1849.  The name Young’s Settlement was chosen, probably for the Michael Young family.  The churches and the local Masonic Lodge used the name Perryville, possibly for Perry Young, who was Michael Young’s son per the Handbook of Texas On-line.