1922 - 2000 (78 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Ellis Henry Midkiff was born on 12 Feb 1922 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (son of Pearly Jake Midkiff and Tencie Florence Bowler); died on 15 Feb 2000 in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Family/Spouse: Frances Hudson. Frances was born on 9 Sep 1938 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 22 Nov 1999 in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Miriam Lazell Palmer. Miriam was born on 5 Sep 1929 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
2. | Pearly Jake Midkiff was born on 15 May 1896 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (son of John Henry Midkiff and Sybil William Yeatts); died on 28 Jul 1980 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1917, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1920, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1942, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
Pearly + Tencie Florence Bowler. Tencie (daughter of Ellis G Bowler and Ida Lee Shelton) was born on 8 Sep 1902 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Oct 1996 in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Tencie Florence Bowler was born on 8 Sep 1902 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (daughter of Ellis G Bowler and Ida Lee Shelton); died on 18 Oct 1996 in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Children:
- F.T. Midkiff
- 1. Ellis Henry Midkiff was born on 12 Feb 1922 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Feb 2000 in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Pearly Jake Midkiff was born on 6 Feb 1923 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Feb 1923 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- C.C. Midkiff
- Carroll Colman Midkiff was born on 30 Aug 1926 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Oct 1993 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
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Generation: 3
4. | John Henry Midkiff was born on 26 Jul 1850 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Feb 1928 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. John + Sybil William Yeatts. Sybil (daughter of William D Yates and Mary B Lipford) was born on 18 Mar 1858 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Dec 1920 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Sybil William Yeatts was born on 18 Mar 1858 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (daughter of William D Yates and Mary B Lipford); died on 12 Dec 1920 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Children:
- Mary Rececca Midkiff was born on 24 Nov 1877 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Feb 1952 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- James Walton Midkiff was born on 23 Jun 1880 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Jan 1953 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- William Henry Midkiff was born on 7 Apr 1884 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Jul 1975 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- John Thomas Midkiff was born on 28 Apr 1887 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Nov 1971 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Benjamin Acuff Midkiff was born on 16 Nov 1890 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Oct 1949 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Issac Anthony Midkiff was born on 6 May 1893 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Oct 1949 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- 2. Pearly Jake Midkiff was born on 15 May 1896 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Jul 1980 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
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6. | Ellis G Bowler was born on 14 May 1870 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 2 Jun 1961 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Ellis + Ida Lee Shelton. Ida was born on 18 Jun 1871 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 29 May 1943 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Ida Lee Shelton was born on 18 Jun 1871 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 29 May 1943 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Children:
- 3. Tencie Florence Bowler was born on 8 Sep 1902 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Oct 1996 in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
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Generation: 4
10. | William D Yates was born on 20 Apr 1813 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (son of Samuel Yates and Mary Polly Davis); died in Dec 1860 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1860, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
William + Mary B Lipford. Mary (daughter of Amos Lipford and Elizabeth Frizzell) was born in 1820 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in Jun 1873 in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Mary B Lipford was born in 1820 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (daughter of Amos Lipford and Elizabeth Frizzell); died in Jun 1873 in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1860, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
Children:
- Margaret F Yeatts was born on 29 Aug 1839 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1873 in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Abram Yates was born in 1841 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Nov 1861 in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Elizabeth V Yeatts was born on 26 Feb 1844 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1927.
- Rebecca J Yeatts was born on 20 Apr 1846 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Nov 1920 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Isaac Anthony Yeatts was born in Mar 1849 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Dec 1916 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA.
- Jacob Thomas Yeatts was born on 26 Feb 1852 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1928 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Benjamin G Yates was born on 28 Dec 1854 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Jan 1928 in Alleghany Springs, Montgomery, Virginia, USA.
- 5. Sybil William Yeatts was born on 18 Mar 1858 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Dec 1920 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Byrd R Yates was born on 21 Dec 1860 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 24 Dec 1860 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
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Generation: 5
20. | Samuel Yates was born on 22 Jan 1776 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (son of Stephen Yates and Lydia Parsons); died on 22 May 1836 in Yates Tavern, Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
Samuel married Mary Polly Davis on 17 Mar 1795 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Thomas Davis and Isbel) was born on 5 Oct 1774 in , Charlotte, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Apr 1858 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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21. | Mary Polly Davis was born on 5 Oct 1774 in , Charlotte, Virginia, USA (daughter of Thomas Davis and Isbel); died on 18 Apr 1858 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
Notes:
Birth:
The 1858 register of deaths for Pittsylvania County shows that Molly was 90 years old when she died and was born in Pittsylvania County.
Children:
- Letitia Yates was born on 27 Feb 1796 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 22 Jan 1853 in , Lincoln, Missouri, USA.
- Stephen Yates was born on 27 Feb 1796 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 27 Jul 1854 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in , , , USA.
- Thomas W Yates was born in 1801 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Jul 1884 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Polly Yates was born in 1803 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1828 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Susan E Yates was born in 1805 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1831 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- John Yardley Yates was born on 1 Jan 1807 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 16 Feb 1882 in , Floyd, Virginia, USA.
- Daniel Yates was born in 1809 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1859 in , Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
- George W Yates was born in 1811 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1838 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- 10. William D Yates was born on 20 Apr 1813 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in Dec 1860 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Elizabeth Yates was born on 11 Sep 1819 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1820 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Judith J Yates was born on 11 Sep 1819 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Dec 1843 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Byrd R Yates was born in 1823 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Dec 1860 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
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22. | Amos Lipford was born in 1786 in , Cumberland, Virginia, USA; died in 1866 in , McNairy, Tennessee, USA. Amos + Elizabeth Frizzell. Elizabeth was born in 1792 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1878 in , McNairy, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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23. | Elizabeth Frizzell was born in 1792 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1878 in , McNairy, Tennessee, USA. Children:
- 11. Mary B Lipford was born in 1820 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in Jun 1873 in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
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Generation: 6
40. | Stephen Yates was born in 1756 in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (son of John Estes "Of Dan River" Yates, III and Sarah Elizabeth Ann Kilgore); died on 16 Dec 1836 in White Thorn, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Event-Misc: 1777, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1782, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
Notes:
Yates Tavern is located 1/4 mile South of Gretna, Va. === Yates Tavern is the only block-house standing in Pittsylvania County, Va. and possibly the state. It is located on U.S. 29 business about a fourth of a mile south of Gretna. It was built around 1750 and sheltered travelers in what was then a western wilderness. It is said to be the only dwelling in Virginia constructed with Elizabethan or Tudor over-hangs or front and back jetties. It is deemed a blockhouse because of the 10-inch overhang of the second story. Indian campgrounds were mentioned in deeds on Potter's and Reddies' creeks a few miles away. Saponi Town, near Altavista, was only about 12 miles away. The Yates family came to Pittsylvania County earlier than 1767 when both John Yates and John Yates Jr. were listed among the first tithables. It is not clear which of the Yates family members built the tavern. According to 18th Century Landmarks of Pittsylvania County by Madalene Vaden Fitzgerald and Frances Hallam Hurt, Stephen Yates paid a tax of $8.50 in 1813 to keep an ordinary at his house. In 1818, Yates paid the sum of $1.67 tax and a license was granted him "to keep a house of private entertainment where he now resides." The house is made from weather-boarding and has a rock chimney. There is a large public room with a rock fire-place beneath an impressive mantel. A smaller adjoining main floor room has an under the staircase closet. The corner stairway leads to a two-roomed loft upstairs. The English basement, half in and half out of the ground, has walls two-feet thick. It was in the enormous basement fireplace that meals were prepared. There is trap door access from the main floor into the basement. One of the first acts of the Gentlemen Justices in 1767 was to set prices for liquors and lodging. Overnight lodging with breakfast or dinner was six shillings, with the same for a horse. Brandy was eight shillings a gallon; whiskey, six; West India rum, 10; with Virginia beer and cider going for two shillings, six pence. Near the tavern was Pigg River Road which ran from Peytonsburg to Smith Mountain and from which Yates Tavern drew its customers. Several members of the Yates family are buried in a nearby cemetery. The tavern was restored through grants from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Virginia Landmarks, Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors and the late DeWitt Wallace of Reader's Digest.
THREE LIPFORD BRIDES FOR THREE YATES BROTHERSJohn Yeardley Yates, William D. Yates, and Byrd R. Yates were sons of Samuel Yates and Mary (Polly) Davis Yates. They were grandsons of Stephen Yates and Lydia Parsons Yates, all of Pittsylvania County. Elizabeth Feline Lipford , Mary B. Lipford, and Julia R. Lipford were all granddaughters of Anthony Par Lipford and Elizabeth Robinson Lipford. John Yeardley Yates, born January 1, 1807 in Pittsylvania County, married Elizabeth Feline Lipford on December 16, 1825. Elizabeth, born December 1, 1814 in Pittsylvania County, was the daughter of Daniel Lipford and Elizabeth (Betsey) Robertson Lipford. Her grandfather Anthony Par Lipford was bondsman for her marriage to John. John Yeardley Yates and Elizabeth Feline Lipford Yates had thirteen children: William Anthony Yates, Henry Fleming Yates, George Washington Yates, Richard Davis Yates, Susan Jane Yates, Beverly Arnold Yates, Ferdinand N. Yates, Thomas Monroe Yates, Hartwell F. Yates, Elvira A. Yates, Mary Elizabeth Yates, John David Yates and James B. Yates. The family was living in Pittsylvania County in 1850 and by 1860 they had moved to Patrick County. John Yeardley Yates was listed on the Muster Roll of the 53rd Regiment of Pickett's Division during the Civil War, and five of his sons served in the war. Shortly after 1870 the family moved to Floyd County, where John died on February 16, 1882, and Elizabeth died on March 24, 1908. They are both buried in the Yates Cemetery. William D. Yates, born April 20, 1813 in Pittsylvania County, married Mary B. Lipford on November 20, 1838 in the county. Mary was born 1823, the daughter of Amos Lipford (who consented to the marriage) and his wife Elizabeth Frizzell Lipford, and the granddaughter of Anthony Par Lipford. William and Mary had eight children: Margaret F. Yates, Abram Yates, Eliza Virginia (Jenny) Yates, Rebecca Jane Yates, Isaac Anthony Yates, Jacob Thomas Yates, Benjamin G. Yates, and Sybil William (Sibby) Yates. William inherited Yates Tavern, located ΒΌ mile south of Gretna, from his father Samuel Yates in 1840 (Pittsylvania County Deed Book 44, page 157). William D. Yates died about 1864 in Gretna. After the death of her first husband, Mary B. Lipford Yates married William S. Yates, son of William Thomas Yates and Mary (Polly) Shelhorse Yates. Mary B. Lipford Yates died June 1873 in Gretna and her second husband William S. Yates died August 1873. Byrd R. Yates, born about 1823 in Pittsylvania County, married Julia R. Lipford October 27, 1842. Julia was the daughter of Amos Lipford and Elizabeth Frizzell and also the granddaughter of Anthony Par Lipford. Julia and Byrd had two children: Elizabeth Ann (Bettie) Yates and James Yates. Julia died 1846-1847 in Pittsylvania County. After Julia's death, Byrd married Perninah "Nina" Keesee. Byrd R. Yates died December 1, 1860 in the county.
Source: Pittsylvania County Heritage Book, Volume Two.
In 1815, with his son Samuel, Stephen Yeatts took out a license to operate an ordinary (an early American term for a bar or tavern) at the Yates Tavern (see notes below), in Gretna, Virginia. In the feverish days of 1777, Stephen took the oath of allegiance to the new country and against the King from Abraham Shelton. The Yates Tavern, called the only building of its kind in Virginia by the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, is unique for its jetties. These are second-floor protrusions of some 10 inches giving a bit more space in the upper floor. This little building, constructed in the mid-1700's, was home to several generations of the Yates family, who also from time to time took out licenses to operate an "ordinary," a sort of frontier bed-and-breakfast. It was strategically located along the old Pigg River Road and only a few miles from Hickey's Road, the first major road
penetrating this part of western Virginia from the east. It is likely to have been an especially convenient stop during the Revolutionary War days, at which time Peytonsburg (14 miles to the southeast) was one of nine busy supply depots in Virginia.
Stephen married Lydia Parsons in 1770 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Lydia (daughter of Richard Parsons and Lydia Briggs) was born in 1757 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 4 Oct 1805 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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41. | Lydia Parsons was born in 1757 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (daughter of Richard Parsons and Lydia Briggs); died on 4 Oct 1805 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
Children:
- Mary Polly Yates was born in 1770 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in Mar 1845 in , Marshall, Tennessee, USA.
- Stephen Yates, Jr was born in 1774 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1860 in , Caldwell, Kentucky, USA; was buried in , Lyon, Kentucky, USA.
- 20. Samuel Yates was born on 22 Jan 1776 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 22 May 1836 in Yates Tavern, Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Tarpley James Yates was born in 1778 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1810 in , Williamson, Tennessee, USA.
- Joseph M Yates was born in 1782 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1833 in Straightstone, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Sarah (Sally) Yates was born in Jan 1783 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Jun 1860 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Charles B Yates was born in 1786 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1817 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Elizabeth Yates was born in 1789 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1865 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- Eva Ashley Yates was born in 1789 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1834 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- John V Yates was born in 1790 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 19 Feb 1866 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
- William Thomas Yates was born on 8 Mar 1792 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 19 Feb 1866 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
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43. | Isbel was born in 1740 in , Pitt, North Carolina, USA; died in 1800. Children:
- 21. Mary Polly Davis was born on 5 Oct 1774 in , Charlotte, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Apr 1858 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
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