Family:John Yager and Mary Wilhoit (2)

Descendants of John "Blind John" Yager

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN "BLIND JOHN"4 YAGER (ADAM3, NICHOLAS2, HANS1) was born 15 Sep 1732 in Virginia, and died 17 Aug 1826. He married (1) SUSANNAH BERRY. He married (2) MARY WILHOIT 1757 in prob. Culpeper County, Virginia, daughter of JOHANN WILHOIT and WALBURGA WEAVER. She was born Abt. 1737 in prob. Culpeper County, Virginia, and died Bef. 1800.

Children of JOHN YAGER and MARY WILHOIT are:

• i. JOSHUA5 YAGER, b. WFT Est. 1760-1765, prob. Culpeper County, Virginia; d. 1838, Mercer County, Kentucky.
• ii. JOSEPH YAGER, b. WFT Est. 1760-1775, prob. Culpeper County, Virginia; m. MARGARET WILHOIT; b. WFT Est. 1760-1775.
• iii. JOHN W. YAGER, b. 12 Nov 1773, prob. Culpeper County, Virginia; d. 18 Apr 1851; m. MARGARET WILHOIT, 03 Nov 1791, Culpeper County, Virginia; b. 25 Sep 1774.
• iv. ROSANNA YAGER, b. WFT Est. 1765-1773, prob. Culpeper County, Virginia; m. MICHAEL SCHMIDT, 24 Jul 1791, prob. Virginia; b. WFT Est. 1756-1758, prob. Culpeper County, Virginia; d. Aft. 09 Sep 1820, Oldham County, Kentucky.

Notes for MICHAEL SCHMIDT: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/johnsgermnotes/germhs56.html

GERMANNA History Notes (Page 56)

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In the Smith families, there was a Michael Smith, who was the son of Nicholas, the son of Matthew. Michael was probably born about 1756-1758. He died in Oldham County in Kentucky some time after 9 Sep 1820, when his brother John wrote his will, and before 19 May 1832, when his heirs appointed an attorney to collect their share of John Smith's estate. Michael Smith married, 24 July 1791, Rosanna Yager. A Rosanna Yager was confirmed at Hebron in 1789. She was the daughter of John Yager and his wife Mary Willheit. A Michael Smith was in the militia of Culpeper County (Class 75). In 1806, Michael Smith and his wife Rosanna deeded 134 acres in Madison Co. to John Clore, and they deeded other land, the same year, to John Smith. Probably, they moved to Kentucky soon after this.

On 19 May 1832, John Smith, Henry Smith, Reuben Smith, Edward Smith, Thomas Smith, John Carder, William Smith, Daniel Smith, and Rosanna Smith, guardian of Joseph and Jane Smith, all of Oldham Co., who were the heirs of Michael Smith, decd., the brother of John Smith, decd., appointed Weedon Smith of Oldham Co., KY, their attorney to receive of Joseph Carpenter their inheritance from John Smith. Of these children, only seven are shown in the Hebron Church records. From these latter records, two more children are known, Nathan and Daniel. The girl who married John Carder is not specified. The relationship, if any, of Weedon Smith, is unknown.

Another grandson of Matthew Smith, the immigrant, is Godfrey, born after 1764 to Nicholas. Godfrey died in Warren Co., Kentucky, by 1828. While he was married, his wife's name is uncertain. A statement in the Warren County records states that Godfrey was living on 9 Sep 1820, and that he had seven children, Nancy, Matilda, Polly, Elijah, Sally, Isaac, and Eliza. Sally and Elijah died before September 1822, while under age. In 1828, Godfrey had four children alive, Nancy, Matilda (over 21), Isaac, and Eliza (the last two were underage, with Godfrey as their guardian).

Dr. Holtzclaw had nothing to add in this set of notes about the descendants of Matthew Smith, Jr., the son of the 1717 immigrant Matthew Smith, Sr. There is some information in Germanna Record 6 about this family.

I will stop here with the discussion of the Smith family.

• v. BARBARA YAGER, b. 06 Jun 1777, Culpeper County, Virginia; m. ASA SMITH, 28 Feb 1795, Madison County, Virginia; b. WFT Est. 1770-1781; d. 1812, Madison County, Virginia.