First census record (of
any type):
1704 Virginia Quit Rent
Rolls - King William County
First deed record
(various early deed records were lost/destroyed)
1721 Charles Yancey
deeded 448 acres by the British Government
First burial site - that
is still marked today.
1784 - Lewis Davis Yancey
burial plot Culpeper County, Virginia - first burial abt 1784
(though grave markers
are not original)
First marriage record on
county reocrds (note many marriage records have been lost/destroyed)
1765 Betty Yancey and
James Moore - 7 Jan 1765 - Granville Co., NC
First probate record
1745 Robert Yancey,
Louisa County, Virginia
First Military Record
1754 - Bartlett Yancey,
Granville Co., NC Private in Regiment of William Eaton
First newspaper article
5 May 1774 - Virginia
Gazette - mention of Rev Robert Yancey
First mention of
"Yancey" in any published book
I imagine that there are
earlier - but so far I find
1788 - The History of the Rise,
Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America
First known person with
Yancey as a first name
1751 - Possibly Mr.
Yancey Bailey 1751-1804 of Person County, North Carolina
First known use of the
word/name "Yancey/Yancy" - in any context whatsoever
1704 - Quit Rent Rolls
of Virginia
First use of Yancey in a
work of fiction
??
Does the string of
characters YANCEY exist in any Old English Text?
apparently not -
in what has been indexed
Can any of you find any
earlier "firsts" than those recorded above?
if so please share with me. - Thanks
Dennis Yancey
djyancey1965@gmail.com