Black Yanceys of Dougherty Co., Georgia
in the years after the Civil War

It is quite possible that some of these may have been  former slaves of Benjamin C. Yancey - who had two plantations in Dougherty Co., GA and a multitude of slaves that later worked for him after the Civil War.

Other resources for further information include the following:

Benjamin C. Yancey information

Benjamn C. Yancey Papers

Black Politicians and Reconstruction in Georgia: A Splendid Failure  By Edmund L. Drago

 

Becoming Free in the Cotton South  By Susan E. O'Donovan

 

Black Genesis: A Resource Book for African-American Genealogy  By James M. Rose, Alice Eichholz

 

The Origins of African-American Politics in Southwest Georgia: A Case Study of Black Political Organization During Presidential Reconstruction, 1865-1867 - The Journal of Negro History ol. 77, No. 4 (Autumn, 1992), pp. 211-222
 

 


 

Births:

 

Marriages:

 Yancy

Yancey

 

Deaths:

http://www.genealogybuff.com/ga/ga-dougherty-deaths-yz.htm

 

 


 

Census Records

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1910

1920

1930

 


 


 

Family of Vess & Myrtle Yancey
info from Chandra Yancey -
jazzyjadeus@yahoo.com

  • Name: VESS OR WEST YANCEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: ABT 1882 in GEORGIA
  • Death: 1 DEC 1940 in WORTH CO., GA

    Marriage 1 MYRTLE OR MERK DANIEL b: ABT 1894
    • Married: in

    Children

    1. Has No Children BENNIE YANCEY b: ABT 1900
    2. Has No Children JOSEPH L. YANCEY b: ABT 1907
    3. Has No Children MARGARET YANCEY b: DATE WITHHELD
    4. Has No Children COLLIE YANCEY b: DATE WITHHELD
    5. Has No Children CLARA YANCEY b: DATE WITHHELD
    6. Has No Children CLARENCE YANCEY b: 2 MAR 1917
    7. Has No Children EULA M. YANCEY b: DATE WITHHELD
    8. Has No Children VEST YANCEY b: 19 SEP 1920 in GEORGIA
    9. Has No Children GRADY YANCEY b: 25 MAR 1921
    10. Has No Children MINNIE YANCEY b: DATE WITHHELD
    11. Has No Children SARAH YANCEY b: DATE WITHHELD
  • Josie Yancey

     

    Willie Mae Yancey

     

    Papa Joerin

    Sarah Yancey King

     

    Minnie Yancey

    Eula Mae Yancey

    Aunt Minnie and Uncle James