YANCEYS WHO FOUGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE

YANCEYS WHO FOUGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE

A LIST OF YANCEYS WHO SERVED OR
SUPPORTED THE MILITARY IN THE YEARS
PRIOR TO AND INCLUDING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA

Compiled By Dennis J Yancey
19341 NW 61 Ave
Miami FL 33015
djyancey1965@gmail.com

ABSALOM YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of RICHARD & MARY YANCEY of MECKLENBURG CO., VA
1777 - PRIVATE 14TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT
1779 - ALSO SERVED IN 10TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT
1785 - RECEIVED 100 ACRES BOUNTY LAND GRANT
1817 - DIED ABOUT THIS DATE - MECKLENBURG CO., VA

AMBROSE YANCEY
IDENTITY: possible son of JOHN & MARY LAYTON YANCEY
1780 - ENTERED SERVICE AS MOUNTED RIFLEMAN
1780 - SERVED DURING BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN
1781 - LEFT THE SERVICE
1832 - REV. WAR PENSION APP. S40659 (GRAINGER CO., TN)
1835 - DIED SOME TIME AFTER THIS DATE PROBABLY IN GRAINGER CO., TN
[Pension File]

AUGUSTUS YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of STEPHEN YANCEY of LOUISA CO., VA
LATE 1770'S - REV. WAR SOLDIER

AUSTIN YANCEY
IDENTITY: PARENTAGE UNCERTAIN
D.A.R. PATRIOT
1775 - SERVED IN N.C. UNDER COL WILLIAM GRAHAM
1780 - SERVED IN S.C. DURING SIEGE OF NINETY SIX
1833 - REV. WAR PENSION APP. R11921 (WILLIAMSON CO., IL)
1836 - DIED ABOUT THIS DATE PROBABLY WILLIAMSON CO., IL
SOME RECORD IN ERROR RECORD DEATH IN FULTON CO., IL
[Pension File]

BARTLETT YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of JAMES YANCEY of GRANVILLE COUNTY, NC
1754 - PRIVATE IN REG. OF WM. EATON - N.C.
1755 - PRIVATE IN CAPTAIN JOHN SALLIS CO. - N.C.
1784 - DIED IN CASWELL CO., NC

CHARLES YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of RICHARD & MARY YANCEY of MECKLENBURG CO., VA
1777 9TH NORTH CAROLINA CONTINENTAL REGIMENT
1780'S - RECEIVED REV. WAR PAY VOUCHER (GRANVILLE CO., NC)

CHARLES YANCEY
IDENTITY: SON OF ROBERT & TEMPERANCE DUMAS YANCEY
D.A.R. PATRIOT
1781 - CAPTAIN IN LOUISA CO., VA MILITIA
1814 - DIED - LOUISA CO., VA

CHARLES YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY of CULPEPER
1753 - ENSIGN IN FRENCH & INDIAN WARS

GEORGE YANCEY
NORTH CAROLINA - GRANTED 640 ACRES.
IDENTITY UNCERTAIN. MAY TURN OUT NOT TO BE YANCEY.

HEZEKIAH YANCEY
IDENTITY: SON OF RICHARD & MARY YANCEY OF MECKLENBURG CO., VA
1775 - SERVED AS A RANGER IN SC UNDER CALDWELL & THOMSON
1782 - DIED, MECKLENBURG CO., VA

JAMES YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY of CULPEPER
D.A.R. PATRIOT
1770'S - CORP. IN GEN GREENE'S ARMY S.C.
1785 - GRANTED 200 ACRES
1790 - DIED, SOUTH CAROLINA

JAMES YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of CHARLES YANCEY of HANOVER
D.A.R. PATRIOT
1756 - CAPTAIN FRENCH & INDIAN WARS
1778 - TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE - GRANVILLE CO., NC
1770'S - RECEIVED REV. WAR PAY VOUCHER (GRANVILLE CO., NC)
1779 - DIED, GRANVILLE CO., NC

JEREMIAH YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of ROBERT & TEMPERANCE DUMAS YANCEY
D.A.R. PATRIOT - (Provided supplies to the Revolutionary Cause)
PATRIOTIC SERVICE
1784 - DIED, ALBEMARLE CO., VA

JOHN YANCEY
IDENTITY: PARENTAGE UNCERTAIN
1754 - PRIVATE IN COL. WM EATON'S REG. GRANVILLE CO., NC

JOHN YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY of CULPEPER CO., VA
1754 - MEMBER OF CULPEPER CO., MILITIA
1756 - CAPTAIN AND LIEUTENANT OF CULPEPER CO., VA MILITIA
1756 - MEMBER OF THOS. GOLDSMITH'S CO., ON DUTY IN SC & GA
- SERVED IN MILITIA DURING COLONIAL WARS
1777 - ENSIGN & QUARTERMASTER 10TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT
1779 - CAPTAIN IN CULPEPER CO., VA MILITIA
1811 - AWARDED 2666 ACRES OF LAND

JOHN YANCEY [see also]
IDENTITY: son of ARCHELAUS & MARY YANCEY of LOUISA CO., VA
REV. WAR SOLDIER
EARLY 1800'S - WIFE FILED FOR PENSION FROM SUMNER CO., TN

JOSEPH YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of RICHARD & MARY YANCEY of MECKLENBURG CO., VA
1779 - QUARTERMASTER IN THIRD REGIMENT UNDER TOWLES IN S.C.

LAYTON/LEIGHTON YANCEY
SEE: WILLIAM LAYTON YANCEY

LEWIS YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of JAMES YANCEY of GRANVILLE CO., NC
1778 - TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE IN GRANVILLE CO., NC
1819 - DIED, GRANVILLE CO., NC

LEWIS YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of RICHARD & JUDITH FIELD YANCEY
about 1777? DIED DURING SERVICE. DETAILS UNKNOWN.
(See further details)

LEWIS YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of RICHARD & MARY YANCEY of MECKLENBURG CO., VA
D.A.R. PATRIOT
1777 - PRIVATE IN 8TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT
1777 - KILLED IN ACTION ?? (or has this Lewis Yancey been confused with one above?)

LEWIS D. YANCEY
IDENTITY: Possible son of PHILEMON YANCEY SR. of CULPEPER CO., VA
D.A.R. PATRIOT
1778 - ENLISTED IN REG. OF 1ST CONTINENTAL LINE
1779 - SERVED DURING SIEGE OF SAVANNAH
1781 - SERVED DURING BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURTHOUSE
1784 - GRANTED 100 ACRES
1833 - REV. WAR PENSION APP. W2508 (JASPER CO., GA)
1851 - DIED, JASPER CO., GA - GRAVESITE IS CURRENTLY MARKED.
1853 - WIDOW APPLIED FOR PENSION (JASPER CO., GA)
[Pension File]

LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY (OF CULPEPER CO., VA)
IDENTITY: husband of MILDRED W. KAVANAUGH
D.A.R. PATRIOT - (Provided Beef to the Revolutionary Cause)
1767 - CAPTAIN IN VIRGINIA MILITIA
1781 - SUPPLIED REV. ARMY WITH "STALLED BEEF"
1784 - DIED, CULPEPER CO., VA

LUDWELL YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of JOHN & MARY LAYTON YANCEY
D.A.R. PATRIOT
1777 - PRIVATE IN 10TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT
1778 - PRIVATE IN 6TH VIRGINIA REGIMENT
1778 - AT VALLEY FORGE
1784 - GRANTED 100 ACRES
1821 - DIED, MASON CO., KY, - GRAVE IS MARKED AT MAYSLICK CEMETERY
[ see also ]

MARY YANCEY
IDENTITY: wife of RICHARD YANCEY of MECKLENBURG
D.A.R. PATRIOT FOR PATRIOTIC SERVICE - (Provided beef to the Revolutionary Cause)

MARY CRAWFORD YANCEY
IDENTITY: wife of CAPT. CHARLES YANCEY of LOUISA CO., VA
D.A.R. PATRIOT FOR PATRIOTIC SERVICE

PHILEMON YANCEY JR.
IDENTITY: son of PHILEMON & UNITY YANCEY of CULPEPER CO., VA
1779 - ENLISTED IN VIRGINIA MILITIA
1780 - SERVED DURING BATTLE OF CAMDEN
1781 - SERVED DURING BATTLE AT YORKTOWN
1833 - REV. WAR PENSION APP. #S1274 (FRANKLIN CO., KY)
1839 - DIED, FRANKLIN CO., KY
[Pension File]

PHILIP YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of JAMES YANCEY of GRANVILLE CO., NC
1768 - PRIVATE IN ROBERT HARRIS' REG. GRANVILLE CO., NC
1780'S - RECEIVED REV. WAR PAY VOUCHER (HILSBOROUGH DIST)

RICHARD YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY of CULPEPER CO., VA
1776 - CAPTAIN IN CULPEPER CO., MILITIA
1804 - DIED, CULPEPER CO., VA

RICHARD YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of CHARLES YANCEY of HANOVER CO., VA
WIFE WAS D.A.R. PATRIOT FOR PATRIOTIC SERVICE
1757 - CAPTAIN OF VIRGINIA FOOT SOLDIERS - LUNENBERG CO., VA
Copy of Lunenburg County Court Record
1780 - DIED, MECKLENBURG CO., VA

RICHARD YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of RICHARD AND MARY YANCEY OF MECKLENBURG CO., VA
1769 - PRIVATE IN ROBERT HARRIS' CO. GRANVILLE CO., NC
1805 - DIED, MECKLENBURG CO., VA

ROBERT YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY of CULPEPER CO., VA
D.A.R. PATRIOT
ORIGINAL MEMBER - SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI
1777 - CORNET, FIRST CONT. DRAGOONS
1777 - REGIMENTAL QUARTERMASTER
1778 - LIEUTENANT
1779 - CAPTAIN IN VIRGINIA MILITIA
1780 - TAKEN PRISONER AT CHARLESTON
1783 - GRANTED 4000 ACRES
1784 - GRANTED666 ACRES
1818 - REV. WAR PENSION APP. #S35752 (FRANKLIN CO., KY)
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1824 - DIED, WOODFORD CO., KY

STERLING YANCEY
IDENTITY: SON OF ANDREW THORNTON YANCEY
1780'S RECEIVED REV. WAR PAY VOUCHER (HILSBOROUGH DIST.)
1815 - DIED, WAKE CO., NC

THOMAS YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of JAMES YANCEY of GRANVILLE CO., NC
1769 - PRIVATE IN ROBERT HARRIS' REG. - GRANVILLE CO., NC
1780'S - RECEIVED REV. WAR PAY VOUCHER (HILSBOROUGH DIST NC)

THORNTON YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of JAMES YANCEY of GRANVILLE CO., NC
D.A.R. PATRIOT
CAPTAIN NC MILITIA
1780 - RECEIVED REV. WAR PAY VOUCHER (HILSBOROUGH DIST NC)

WILLIAM YANCEY
IDENTITY: PARENTAGE UNCERTAIN
1780'S - RECEIVED REV. WAR PAY VOUCHER (MORGAN DIST. NC)

WILLIAM YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of RICHARD & MARY YANCEY of MECKLENBURG CO., VA
1780'S - RECEIVED REV. WAR PAY VOUCHER (HILSBOROUGH DIST NC)
1803 - DIED, GRANVILLE CO., NC

WILLIAM LAYTON YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of JOHN & MARY LAYTON YANCEY
D.A.R. PATRIOT
ORIGINAL MEMBER - SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI
1778 - LIEUT. - 1ST CONTINENTAL DRAGOONS
1780 - TAKEN PRISONER AT CHARLESTON
1784 - GRANTED 2666 ACRES
1798 - GRANTED 1334 ACRES
1813 - GRANTED 333 ACRES
1813 - DIED, ROCKINGHAM CO., VA
1838 - PENSION APPLICATION (WIFE)
[Pension File]

ZACHARIAH YANCEY
IDENTITY: son of RICHARD & MARY YANCEY of MECKLENBURG CO., VA
D.A.R. PATRIOT - FOR PATRIOTIC SERVICE (SURVEYING)

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

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1) VARIOUS PERSONS HAVE GAINED MEMBERSHIP IN THE D.A.R. BEING DESCENDED FROM AND CLAIMING MILITARY SERVICE/SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING YANCEYS.

ROBERT YANCEY (son of JEREMIAH & MARGARET MULLINS YANCEY)

ROBERT YANCEY (son of RICHARD & MARY [BOLLING?] YANCEY)

RESEARCH WOULD INDICATE THAT THESE TWO ROBERT YANCEY'S HAVE BEEN CONFUSED WITH CAPT. ROBERT YANCEY - THE SON OF LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY OF CULPEPER WHO DID SERVE IN THE MILITARY. THERE ARE NO RECORDS TO INDICATE THAT EITHER OF THESE TWO YANCEYS EVER SERVED DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

2) PERSONS HAVE ALSO GAINED MEMBERSHIP IN THE D.A.R. CLAIMING DESCENT FROM ONE JOHN YANCEY (SON OF ROBERT YANCEY AND PHILADELPHIA JONES OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY, VA) WHO MARRIED MARY HAMBLIN. ALTHOUGH NO EXTENSIVE RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE ON THE MATTER, IT WOULD SEEM VERY QUESTIONABLE THAT HE EVER SERVED AND IT WOULD SEEM THAT HE HAS BEEN CONFUSED FOR OTHER JOHN YANCEYS WHO DID SERVE.

3) PERSONS HAVE ALSO GAINED MEMBERSHIP IN THE D.A.R. CLAIMING DESCENT FROM ONE ENSIGN CHARLES YANCEY WHO MARRIED A MISS DUMAS. AS DISCUSSED IN "EARLY YANCEYS IN AMERICA" THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT SUCH A YANCEY-DUMAS MARRIAGE EVER EXISTED AND IT WOULD SEEM THAT MANY HAVE CONFUSED THIS CHARLES YANCEY WITH CHARLES YANCEY OF CULPEPER COUNTY (SON OF LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY) WHETHER EITHER OF THESE TWO CHARLES EVER SERVED OR SUPPORTED THE MILITARY DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR IS QUESTIONABLE.

4) WHETHER LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY (OF CULPEPER) EVER ACTIVELY SERVED IN THE MILITARY DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY YEARS IS UNCERTAIN. RECORDS DO REFER TO ONE CAPT. LEWIS YANCEY OF CULPEPER IN THE MID 1770'S. WHETHER THIS REFERS TO LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY SR. OR HIS SON LEWIS YANCEY JR. IS UNCERTAIN. RECORDS, HOWEVER, WOULD INDICATE THAT HIS SON LEWIS YANCEY JR. COULD POSSIBLY HAVE SERVED DURING THIS PERIOD.

5) THERE ARE VARIOUS RECORDS OF PERSONS BY NAME "JOHN YANCEY" SERVING DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY ERA. DETERMINING WHICH RECORDS REFER TO WHICH "JOHN" IS VERY DIFFICULT. IT WOULD SEEM HOWEVER THAT BOTH JOHN YANCEY SR. OF CULPEPER (SON OF LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY) AND HIS SON JOHN YANCEY JR. SERVED IN THE MILITIA. THERE IS ALSO RECORD OF ONE JOHN YANCEY (SON OF ARCHELAUS YANCEY OF LOUISA COUNTY VIRGINIA) WHO'S WIFE FILED FOR A PENSION FROM SUMNER COUNTY, TENNESSEE - BUT THE ORIGINAL FILES HAVE BEEN LOST AND NOTHING PRECISE IS KNOWN AS TO HIS SERVICE. THERE IS ALSO A RECORD OF ONE JOHN YANCEY AS BEING IN THE NORTH CAROLINA MILITIA IN 1754. THIS MAY BE THE SAME JOHN YANCEY WHO DIED IN LUNENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA IN 1762 (SON OF CHARLES YANCEY OF HANOVER).

D.A.R. PATRIOTS WHO MARRIED MEMBERS OF THE YANCEY FAMILY

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JAMES ALSTON married GRISEL YANCEY (daughter of JECHONIAS YANCEY)

JOHN COSBY married JEMIMA YANCEY (daughter of ARCHELAUS YANCEY)

NATHAN DOBBS married FANNY YANCEY (daughter? of WILLIAM YANCEY)

RICHARD ESTES married MARY YANCEY (IDENTITY QUESTIONABLE)

WILLIAM HURT married PRISCILLA YANCEY (daughter of JECHONIAS YANCEY)

ALEXANDER KEITH married MISS YANCEY (IDENTITY QUESTIONABLE)

JOSEPH KIMBROUGH married ELIZABETH YANCEY (daughter of CHARLES YANCEY)

JEREM MAJOR married MISS YANCEY (IDENTITY QUESTIONABLE)

WILLIAM NALL married ANN YANCEY (daughter of LEWIS DAVIS YANCEY)

JESSE SAUNDERS married ANN YANCEY (daughter of JAMES YANCEY)

CADWALLADER SLAUGHTER married WINIFRED YANCEY (IDENTITY UNCERTAIN)

SKELTON SMITH married JANE C. YANCEY (daughter of JOHN YANCEY)