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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Yates was born in Virginia, bought 490 acres on the Indian Branch Waters of New Hope adjoining William Harwood & Davis in Wake Co., NC on June 5, 1784 and made his will there in 1808 (see Record Book, Vol. 7, p. 314, N.C. State Archives, Raleigh). He was delegated to help build the road to the Chatham County line in December 1782, and apparently he was in Wake County as the William Yates paying taxes in 1779. He operated an apple orchard and cider mill which he left to his son. He is apparently one of the two William Yateses who served as privates in the Continental line of the North Carolina militia during the Revolutionary War (nos. 60 and 109 both in McRee's Regiment). The other may have been his son, William--or else the William Yates, son of John Yates of Caswell Co., brother of John and Thomas Yates, all of whom seem to have been soldiers in the war. John's pension file mentions a brother named William Yates of Hillsborough District, Caswell Co., NC, who served for the sake of his country and asked no benefit therefrom. These Yateses moved to Robertson Co., TN. Our William is called William Aytes and is listed as living in Hillsborough District next to his son Jethro in the 1800 Wake County census. He may be a descendant of the John Yates who came to Old Richmond County in Tidewater Virginia and was part of the plantation on the Rappahannock River in the early 17th century. His North Carolina descendants included Matthew Tyson Yates, the first missionary sent by the the Baptists to China; the Yates Baptist Church in Durham's Lakewood area is named for him. William Tapp left a will in Culpeper Co., VA. dated June 27, 1780 and proved January 17, 1796. By a codicil, Mary, wife of William Yates, was written out of the will.
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