Family:John Yates and Elizabeth Kilgore (1)

There is conflicting information on this family. Some sources claim that John Yates married twice, and the parentage of Elizabeth Kilgore is in question. Some sources claim she was married previously (perhaps a Kilgore widow, since she is refered to as "Mrs. Kilgore) and her parentage is also questioned (some sources claim her father was a Robert Kilgore). More research is necessary on this family. Please provide sources with any updates.

Descendants of John Yates

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN1 YATES was born Abt. 1712 in Bedford County, Virginia, and died 22 Jun 1779 in Caswell County, North Carolina. He married ELIZABETH KILGORE 1748 in Prob. Virginia, daughter of ROBERT? KILGORE. She was born 1718 in Pennsylvania, and died 03 Feb 1793 in Pittsylvania, Bedford County, Virginia.

Notes for JOHN YATES:

Yates Genealogy at the following site:

http://www.victorianvilla.com/sims-mitchell/local/yeatts/cb1/002.pdf

John Yates III (Of Dan River) B. 1715 D. 1778 Elizabeth Kilgore B. 1718 D.1795 They died in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He married twice. The Children were by first wife whose name was Elizabeth. He had a plantation on the Dan River near the Danville Riverside Drive. Children: Lydia, John IV, Elijah, Hannah, Ann, Martha, Stephen, and George

From Rootsweb.com post:

From: "Jeff Snavely" <jsnavely@oecadvantage.net> Subject: [YATES-L] Re: {not a subscriber} Fw: John Yeats\Yates PARENTS Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 16:00:14 -0000

I believe that the parents of John Yates (m. Elizabeth Kilgore) may be John Yates and Elizabeth Tucker descending from the George Yate line. I don't think this John used the Yeats spelling for his name, but there was another John Yeat(e)/Yates (m. Elizabeth ____) who lived in the same area, who did use the Yeat(e)s spelling. Some claim that John Yates (m. Elizabeth Kilgore) was son of John Yeat(e)s/Yates (m. Elizabeth ___) and that this John was in turn son of John Yate (m. Elizabeth Tucker), but both John's seem to be about the same age and adjusting their birth dates to fit both in would be a tight fit. This second John had a son named George, which would fit with the George Yate line, but the Yeat(e)s spelling would not fit so well as the Yeat(e)s spelling suggests Irish ancestry, whereas the George Yate line came from England.

Land transaction for this John Yates:

http://www.tngenweb.org/tnland/bamman.htm

As an example, John Yates was a soldier in North Carolina’s Continental Line. The military warrant he received was dated 17 Oct 1783, bore warrant number 22, was written by North Carolina’s Secretary of State, and did not cite a specific location.

“State of North Carolina No. 22. The Honorable James Glasgow, Esq. Secretary of this state to Col. Martin Armstrong. Greeting. You are hereby required to lay off and survey for John Yates a soldier in the line of this state six hundred and forty acres of land within the limits of the land reserved by law to the officers and soldiers. Observing the directions of the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided for running out lands, two just and fair plans thereof with a certificate to each annexed you are to transmit to my office within the time limited by law. Given under my hand at Hillsboro this 17 October 1783. [signed] James Glasgow.”25

John Yates relinquished his warrant by assigning it (probably selling it) to Thomas Kilgore. Kilgore held the warrant for some eight years and then assigned to John McCoy Alston. These assignments appear on the reverse side:

“Sir, please to survey this warrant for Mr. Thomas Kilgore and make return in his name as he may obtain deed for the same as I have received full satisfaction for the same warrant. [signed] John Yates Mr. Martin Armstrong Surveyor Test this ___ [blank] day of ___ [blank] 1783. Witnesses: Thomas Killgore, Junr., Thomas Yeats, William Yeats.” “I do hereby assign over all my right and title to a warrant of six hundred and forty acres of land warrant now lodged in the land office at Nashville No. 22 to John McCoy Alston for value recd. as witness my hand this 29th day of August 1791. [signed] Thomas Killgore Test: James Drumgoole, William Harrison”26

The last assignee, John Mc Coy Alston, selected a tract of 640 acres on Red River, with Thomas Johnson, deputy surveyor, surveyed for him, with James Conyers serving as chain-carrier. Martin Armstrong’s signature appears on the document because he was the chief surveyor of the military reservation, not because he was present at the time of the survey.

“Tennessee County, August 16th 1791 By virtue of a military warrant No. 22 Located 13th September 1784 I have surveyed for John McCoy Alston assignee of Thomas Kilgore assignee originally of John Yates six hundred and forty acres of land lying on Red River, beginning at a red oak on the bank of said river where the colony line crosses the same. . . crossing Spring Creek. . . to the beginning. [signed] Thos Johnson D. Sur.y [signed] Mart. Armstrong Sur.y [signed] Jams Conyers”27

In the resulting grant, note the following:

The grant number, #2150, is not the same number as the warrant number, #222

John McCoy Alston is listed as the assignee of John Yates, the soldier.

Thomas Kilgore is not mentioned. “State of North Carolina No. 2150 Know ye that we have granted unto John McCoy Alston assignee of John Yates a private in the Continental Line of said state six hundred and forty acres of land in our County of Tennessee28 on Red River beginning on the bend of said river where the county line crosses the same, runs east with the Virginia line 112 chains and 80 links to a stake on the barrons, thence south crossing Spring Creek... to the beginning. Date May 20th 1793. [signed] J. Glasgow Secretary Richd. Dobbs Spaight Warrant No 22. Thos. Johnson D.S. James Conyers, _______ [blank] Hinds C.C.” 29

It was normal procedure for warrants and entries to be assigned numerous times, and for the various assignees not to be listed on the actual grant. The above grant indicates Yates had been a private in the North Carolina Line and serves as the necessary proof that this is a military grant. A grant within the military reservation that was for service performed by a guardsman, commissioner, surveyor, chain-carrier, or hunter will name the person and describe the service rendered. 30 Few North Carolina Revolutionary War soldiers went to the western reserve to exchange their warrants for lands. Instead, they sold their warrants, usually for small sums, and, more often that not, to speculators. In the overwhelming majority of cases, it was the speculators who held the warrants and entries in the military reservation, not the soldiers. 31

Children of JOHN YATES and ELIZABETH KILGORE are:

• i. WILLIAM2 YATES, b. 1749, parent county of Bedford County, Virginia; d. 1844, Robertson County, Tennessee; m. (1) AGNES PRICE; b. of Virginia; m. (2) RACHEL CHILDRESS.
• ii. THOMAS YATES, b. 1752, parent county of Bedford County, Virginia; d. 15 Mar 1834, Robertson County, Tennessee; m. REBECCA RAGSDALE, 22 Dec 1776, Caswell County, North Carolina; b. WFT Est. 1750-1759.
• iii. JOHN YATES, b. 1754, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 16 Dec 1835, Wilkes County, North Carolina; m. JEMIMA ROPER, 08 Mar 1779, Caswell County, North Carolina.
• iv. KEZIAH YATES, b. WFT Est. 1755-1764; m. WILLIAM ROPER, 31 Aug 1781, Caswell County, North Carolina.
• v. MILLY YATES, b. WFT Est. 1755-1765.
• vi. ELIZABETH YATES, b. WFT Est. 1760-1777; m. CRAFTIN WILLIAMS, 1798, Caswell County, North Carolina.
• vii. JOYCE YATES, b. Abt. 1761; m. EDWARD SWAN; b. Abt. 1759.

Notes for EDWARD SWAN: http://www.ronulrich.com/rfuged/fam12059.htm

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• viii. JAMES YATES, SR., b. 1762, Bedford County, Virginia; d. 1844, Robertson County, Tennessee; m. LYDIA ANN KILGORE, 21 Jul 1784, Caswell County, North Carolina; b. 1763.