Along with the trends to
move to urban areas - there are also other trends that one can follow
-including some of the following:
Some examples of
urban/metropolitan areas and the Yanceys who moved there.
Of note is the fact that
the areas where early Yanceys were primarily concentrated were rural areas with no
large cities (such as Louisa and Culpeper Countiies in Virginia and Caswell and
Granville Counties in North Carolina.) So even though there are large
concnetratins of Yanceys in Virginia, North Carolian and Georgia - there
are few large cities in these areas. Atlanta, Georgia would
seeem to be the city where more than any other, Yanceys have concentrated in
over various decades - with concentrations of both white and black
Yanceys.
New York City
Region: Nort East
Population in 1900: 5
million
Population in 2000: 18.6
million
Earliest Yancey:
about
1850 - a John Yancey, free mulatto, of uncertain origin
about 1850 - a James & Charlotte Yansey of Virginia, free mulattos.
Yanceys on 1850 Census:
4
Yanceys on 1880 Census:
?
Yanceys on 1910 Census:
34
Yanceys on 1940 Census:
67
Ethnic make-up:
Many African American Yanceys
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
County:
Region: East
Population in 1900: 1.4
million
Population in 2000: 5.4
million
Earliest Yanceys:
1880 - Ann Yansey (black) born in Virginia about 1854 - occupation: servant
1880 - Cornelius Yancey (black) born in Virginia about 1868 - occupation "boot black at barber shop"
Yanceys on 1850 Census:
0
Yanceys on 1880 Census:
2
Yanceys on 1910 Census:
49
Yanceys on 1940 Census:
122
Ethnic make-up:
Mostly African American Yanceys
Richmond, Virginia
Region: South East
Population in 1900:
0.085 million
Population in 2000:
0.197 million
Earliest Yanceys
1850 - Samuel Yancey (white) born in Virginia about 1810
Yancey Households in
1850: 2
Yancey Households in
1880: 49
Yancey Households in
1910: 46
Yancey Households in
1940: 78
Ethnic make-up:
Mixed white / black
Raleigh, North Carolina
Region: South East
Population in 1900:
0.013 million
Population in 2000:
0.276 million
Earliest Yanceys
1830 - Albert Yancey
Yancey Households in
1850: 0
Yancey Households in
1880: 18
Yancey Households in
1910: 34
Yancey Households in
1940: 45
Ethnic make-up:
Mixed white / black
County: Fulton
Region: South
Population in 1900: 0.1
million
Population in 2000: 4.7
million
Known for:
Earliest Yanceys:
1871 Simeon P Yancey married in Atlanta
Yanceys on 1850 Census:
0
Yanceys on 1880 Census:
14
Yanceys on 1910 Census:
88
Yanceys on 1940 Census:
204
Ethnic make-up:
About 50% white and 50% African American
Miami, Florida
County: Dade
Region: South East
Population in 1900:
1,681
Population in 2000: 4.9
million
Earliest Yanceys
John G Yancey (white) - early Miami Resident - 1940's.
Yanceys on 1850 Census:
0
Yanceys on 1880 Census:
0
Yanceys on 1910 Census:
0
Yanceys on 1940 Census:
35
Ethnic make-up:
Mixed white / black
Montgomery, Alabama
County: Montgomery
Region: South
Population in 1900: 0.03
million
Population in 2000: 0.2
million
Earliest Yanceys
William Lowndes Yancey
Yanceys on 1850 Census:
0
Yanceys on 1880 Census:
24
Yanceys on 1910 Census:
27
Yanceys on 1940 Census:
16
Ethnic make-up:
Many African American Yanceys
New Orleans, Louisiana
County: Orleans
Region: South
Population in 1900: 0.28
million
Population in 2000: 0.48
million
Earliest Yanceys
Robert Yancey (white) died there 1845
Charles D Yancey (white) early resident 1850's
Yanceys on 1850 Census:
8
Yanceys on 1880 Census:
15
Yanceys on 1910 Census:
34
Yanceys on 1940 Census:
40
Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas
County: Los Angeles
Region: West Coast
Population in 1900: 0.19
million
Population in 2000: 15.7
million
Earliest Yanceys
Joseph Exline Yancey
Yanceys on 1850 Census:
0
Yanceys on 1880 Census:
0
Yanceys on 1910 Census:
30
Yanceys on 1940 Census:
139
Ethnic make-up: A
majority of white Yanceys with some African American
San Francisco,
California
County:San Francisco
Region: West Coast
Population in 1900: 0.54
million
Population in 2000: 6.8
million
Known for:
Earliest Yanceys
Milton Vernon Yancey (white) 1890's
Yanceys on 1850 Census:
0
Yanceys on 1880 Census:
0
Yanceys on 1910 Census:
2
Yanceys on 1940 Census:
12
Ethnic make-up:
Mostly white Yanceys
Chicago, Illinois
County: Cook
Region: North Central
Population in 1900: 2.0
million
Population in 2000: 9.0
million
Earliest Yanceys:
1850 census - George & Stephen Yancey - free blacks from Kentucky
Yanceys on 1850 Census:
3
Yanceys on 1880 Census:
8
Yanceys on 1910 Census:
45
Yanceys on 1940 Census:
108
Ethnic make-up:
Many African American Yanceys
Salt Lake City, Utah
County: Salt Lake
Region: West
Population in 1900:
0.07 million
Population in 2000:
0.89 million
Earliest Yanceys:
Adam Yancey married in Salt Lake - 1879
Yanceys on 1850 Census:
0
Yanceys on 1880 Census:
0
Yanceys on 1910 Census:
5
Yanceys on 1940 Census:
6
Ethnic make-up:
All White Yanceys
Other articles of a
related nature:
http://lewishistoricalsociety.com/wiki2011/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=29
Information specific to Yanceys:
Early Virgijnia Agriculture
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/cnmigrat.htm
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/yancey_pioneers.htm
Yancey breakdown by
occupation
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/cn1850b.htm
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/cn1850c.htm
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/va_land.htm
BLM Land Grants
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/blm_land_records.htm
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/dickson.htm
Example of Post Civil
War Life for African American Yanceys
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.
Yancey Brothers of
Atlanta
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/yancey_bros.htm
Black Yancey Pioneers
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/edina.htm
The Civil War and the
Yanceys
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/bcy_athens.htm
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/memories.htm
Examples of Yanceys who
left agriculture for other professions
Bartlett Yancey - https://books.google.com/books?id=K0gOAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA3-PA8&dq=bartlett+yancey#v=onepage&q=bartlett%20yancey&f=false
Charles Yancey https://books.google.com/books?id=5go1AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA8-PA252&dq=charles+yancey+missouri#v=onepage&q=charles%20yancey%20missouri&f=false
Charles Royster Yancey: http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/cryhist.htm
Philo B Yancey - http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/pbyhist.htm
John F Yancey - http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/ystone.htm
Effie G Yancey Family - http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/effiegyancy.htm