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John Richard YEATTS, Sr.

Male 1840 - 1925  (85 years)


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  • Name John Richard YEATTS 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 12 Apr 1840  near Toshes, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Milit-Serv Between 22 Jun 1861 and 12 Apr 1865  [3] 
    • "Yeatts, John R. -- A native of Pittsylvania County, enlisted in the Civil War on June 22, 1861 at Richmond in Company C, 46th Virginia Infantry, Wise Legion. On May 19, 1862, he was promoted to Captain of his company (which was known as the 'Pigg River Invincibles'). He was reported as present and on duty throughout the war until June 17, 1864, when, in the fighting around Petersburg, Capt. Yeatts received a gunshot wound in the arm and side. He returned to duty in the autumn of1864 and served to the end of the war. On April 12, 1865, he was paroled at Appomattox. "
    Event-Misc 1925  Olive Branch Methodist Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Type: Church
    Event-Misc 1925  Old Homestead near Sandy Level Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Type: Funeral
    Reference Number 5802 
    Died 08 Jun 1925  Sandy Level, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 09 Jun 1925  Yeatts Family Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5802  Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2012 

    Father Willis Christopher YATES, Sr.,   b. 1815, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Nov 1899, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann BENNETT,   b. 1815, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1878, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Marr Bond 10 Dec 1836  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Married 21 Dec 1836  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8] 
    Census 1850  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Census 1870  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Children 12 children 
    Family ID F328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abitha Jane WRIGHT,   b. 06 Feb 1846, Pullens, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Mar 1930, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 29 Nov 1866  near Green Pond, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 11] 
    Census 1880  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Children 
     1. John Richard YEATTS, Jr.,   b. 24 Oct 1867, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Mar 1957, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     2. Mary Elizabeth YEATTS,   b. 25 Apr 1869, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1909, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     3. Willis Christopher YEATTS,   b. 09 Jan 1871, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1957, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    Married:
     4. Nancy Lee YEATTS,   b. 04 May 1873, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1894  (Age 20 years)
    Married:
     5. Cora Ella YEATTS,   b. 07 Oct 1875, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1910  (Age 34 years)
    Married:
     6. Lucy Ann YEATTS,   b. 15 Jun 1877, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1908  (Age 30 years)
    Married:
     7. William Coleman YEATTS,   b. 03 Aug 1879, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1882, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     8. Lillie Bennett YEATTS,   b. 05 Sep 1881, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1904  (Age 22 years)
    Married:
     9. Ora Alice YEATTS,   b. 27 Apr 1883, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Mar 1963  (Age 79 years)
    Married:
     10. Abitha James YEATTS,   b. 16 Sep 1884, Sandy Level, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1979, Grand Junction, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
    Married:
    Family ID F1238  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    WHITETHORN1.BMP    		WHITETHORN1.BMP
    People identified in the picture are as follows:

    1. L to r: Ferd Brumfield, Mrs. Isaac (Sarah) Yeatts, Mattie Murphy (Mrs. Gabe), Mrs. Joseph Craddock Towler, Joseph T. Towler, John Richard Yeatts, Isaac Yeatts, “Dollie” Jefferson

    2. L to r: John Henry Towler (oldest son of Joseph & Mary), Loucresie Dodd Yeatts, Abitha Yeatts, Pencie Keesee Mayhew, (Calvin’s mother), UK-----------------Bessie Yeatts, Isaac Keesee, James H. Yeatts, UK-------------------, Elder Tom Oakes, UK---------------------, Benjamin Yeatts.

    3. L to r: Mary Octavier Towler, dau of Joseph & Mary), she will marry Walter Lee Shelton, Eliza Midkiff Brumfield (aunt of Jim Midkiff & wife of Tom Brumfield), Tom Brumfield, Mrs. Ferd Brumfield, UK------ (Willis Yeatts’ dau ?), Rebecca Yeatts Shelton, William Henry Shelton, Henry Clay Shelton, James Robert Willis, John Murphy.



  • Sources 
    1. [S612] Capt. Johh R. Yates Obit.

    2. [S145] Ernest Yates Notes, Compiler: Ernest Yates, Owner: Lucille Yates, (bef 1975), Family of John Richard Yeatts, Sr.

    3. [S171] Letter to Ernest S. Yates, James I. Robertson, Jr., (28 Mar 1969).

    4. [S3] Pittsylvania Co., VA Marriage bonds book 1767-1861, (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah), p. 114.

    5. [S538] Marriages of Pittsylvania County, VA 1831-1861, Williams, Mike K., (Mountain Press, Signal Mountain, Tennessee, 1990), p. 82, Willis Yates to Mary Ann Bennett.

    6. [S11] Winston Dalton's Journal.

    7. [S415] Virginia Deaths and Burials 1853-1912, 26 Feb 2012.

    8. [S634] Pittsylvania Co. Reg. of Deaths 1853-1896 (LVA), (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah), 1878 Register of Deaths, Second District, M. H. Motley Assessor, Entry for Mary Yeatts.

    9. [S31] 1850 Census Pittsylvania Co., VA, (NARA), Willis Yates household.

    10. [S293] 1870 Census Pittsylvania Co., VA, (NARA), Willis Yeatts household.

    11. [S82] Pittsylvania County Marriages, 1860-1869, Adkins, Posey L., John R. Yeatts & Abitha Wright, 1866.

    12. [S502] 1880 Census Pittsylvania Co., VA, (NARA), Jno. R. Yeatts household.


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