Thomas Yates^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1752 - 1834  (82 years)

• Name	Thomas Yates  [5]
  Birth	1752	, Bedford, Virginia, USA   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1820	Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, USA   [6]
  Residence	1830	, Robertson, Tennessee, USA   [7]
  Residence	4 Mar 1831	, Robertson, Tennessee, USA   [8]
  Death	5 Mar 1834	Cross Plains, Robertson, Tennessee, USA   [5]
  Burial	Cross Plains, Robertson, Tennessee, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I46283	Master
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2022

  
  

  Father	John Estes "Of Dan River" Yates, III,   b. 10 Apr 1714, , Nansemond, Virginia, USA d. 22 Jun 1779, Rehoboth, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Ann Kilgore,   b. 15 Jan 1718, , Caroline, Virginia, USA d. 3 Feb 1793, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1748	, Brunswick, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Ragsdale,   b. 1 Nov 1758, , Lunenburg, Virginia, USA d. 19 Aug 1844, Cross Plains, Robertson, Tennessee, USA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1776	, Orange, North Carolina, USA
  Children	1. Daniel Isaac Yates,   b. 1768, , , Wales d. 1850, , Covington, Mississippi, USA (Age 82 years)   2. Jethro Yates,   b. 1776, , Wake, North Carolina, USA d. 27 Oct 1851, Iron Hill, Dickson, Tennessee, USA (Age 75 years)   3. Ellender Nellie Yates,   b. 2 Jan 1778, , Caswell, North Carolina, USA d. 15 Jul 1840, Ramsey, Fayette, Illinois, USA (Age 62 years)   4. Sarah Yates,   b. 11 Apr 1779, , Caswell, North Carolina, USA d. 1839, , Pope, Illinois, USA (Age 59 years)   5. Nancy B Yates,   b. 1781, , Caswell, North Carolina, USA d. 24 Aug 1875, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA (Age 94 years)   6. William Thomas Yates,   b. 7 Sep 1784, , Caswell, North Carolina, USA d. 13 Oct 1848, , Hempstead, Arkansas, USA (Age 64 years)   7. John Charles Yates, Sr,   b. 19 Feb 1786, , Caswell, North Carolina, USA d. 11 Nov 1878, , St Clair, Missouri, USA (Age 92 years)   8. James Yates,   b. 20 Mar 1787, , Caswell, North Carolina, USA d. 5 Aug 1861, , Graves, Kentucky, USA (Age 74 years)   9. Rebecca Yates,   b. 1792, , Robertson, Tennessee, USA d. 1 Aug 1866, , Newton, Missouri, USA (Age 74 years)   10. Henrietta Crabtree Yates,   b. 17 Oct 1794, Cross Plains, Robertson, Tennessee, USA d. 31 Oct 1852, , Calloway, Kentucky, USA (Age 58 years) + 11. Lewis Yates,   b. 16 Oct 1796, Orlinda, Robertson, Tennessee, USA d. 30 May 1868, Orlinda, Robertson, Tennessee, USA (Age 71 years)   12. Thomas Yates, Jr,   b. 27 Mar 1798, Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA d. 21 December 1855, Atlas, Lamar, Texas, USA (Age 57 years)   13. George Yates,   b. 19 Oct 1807, , Robertson, Tennessee, USA d. 05 Oct 1886, Cooper, Delta, Texas, USA (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F10529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1752 - , Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage - 22 Dec 1776 - , Orange, North Carolina, USA Residence - 1830 - , Robertson, Tennessee, USA Residence - 4 Mar 1831 - , Robertson, Tennessee, USA Death - 5 Mar 1834 - Cross Plains, Robertson, Tennessee, USA Burial - - Cross Plains, Robertson, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Thomas Yates -- Revolutionary War Pension Application with Affidavits from Brothers, James and William Yates, and Wife, Rebecca.

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Yates was born in 1752 in Bedford County, Virginia, died March 15, 1834, in Robertson County, Tennessee. Thomas Yates is listed in the 1771 tax list of Halifax County, Virginia, with his father, John Yates, and his brother, William Yates. At that time Thomas was nineteen years of age. Thomas Yates was married to Rebecca Ragsdale b y the Presbyterian Minister, Reverend Hugh McAden, on December 22, 1776, in Orange County, North Carolina. Rebecca Ragsdale was the daughter of William Ragsdale and Ann Parker Ragsdale. Rebecca Ragesdale was born 1758 in Luenburg County, Virginia. Thomas Yates enlisted with the Colonists in the Revolutionary War in the North Carolina Troops form Hillsborogh District, Orange County, North Carolina, in October , 1776, and served as a Private and Ensign. Thomas Yates drew a pension on Certificate 13993 which was issued under the Act of June &, 1832. After Thomas Yates died in March of 1834, his widow Rebecca Ragsdale Yates, drew a pension under the Act of July 4. 1836, as West Tennessee Agency. (Adjutant General's Office-- Ref: Thomas Yeats, W 7335) A poll of Orange County, North Carolina, delegates to represent the county in Congress, December 10, 1776, shows a Thomas Yates, along with other neighbors that were later in Caswell County, North Carolina, in 1777. On the list also , property ownership was a requirement before one could vote. Thomas Yates had purchased 250 acres on the north side of Country Line Creek and Kico Creek, later regisitered in Caswell County, August 13, 1778. Thomas took Oath of Allengiance in 1777 in Caswell County, He is listed in Caswell County, North Carolina, Richmond District, in the 1777 tax list with his father, John Yates, and his brother William Yates. Thomas Yates and his family are listed in early deeds, court minutes, bondsman for marriages, and wills in Caswell County from 17777-1792 when he sold his land and moved to Western Territory and settled in that part which later became Cross Plains, Robertson Counry, Tennessee, where his younger brother, James Yates had migrated to in 1788. The County Court of Robertson County, Tennessee, wa organixed in July, 1796. The first Grand Jury assembled at the October Term in the year 1796. Thomas Yates and his brother, James Yates, were listed among the petiti jurors chosen. Thomas Yates owned land in Robertson County, Tennessee, as early as 1797-1832. He bought and sold land, witnessed deeds, wills, and marriages until shortly before his death. Thomas Yates had a large family, with most of the family memebers leaving Tennessee at maturity or about 1819. One son, Lewis Yates, remained in Tennessee. On the 10th of November, 1833, four months before Thomas Yates died, he deeded 116 acres of land to his grandchildren, children of his son, Lewis Yates, who stayed in Tennessee. Theophelus Morgan, etal, brought a suit in Chancery Court defending this deed. This suit was filed January 24, 1838. The deed was later voided in Chancery Court, Sumner County, Tennessee, January 26, 1838, and Theophelus Morgan. etal, were required to pay court costs. On January 8, 1818, William Ragsdale deeded 165 and 1/2 acrs of land to his daughter Rebecca, and son-in-law, Thomas Yates. After the death of Thomas Yates, Henretta Yates Crabtree and her husband Wesley Crabtree, lived with Rebecca. Rebecca Ragsdale Yates died November, 1844. In 1847 the heirs of Rebecca partitioned to sell land since Wesley Crabtree had died several years earlier. Thomas Yates, Jr., bought the land which sold for $5.00 perl acre. The court appointed Thomas D. Isbell, husband of Rebecca Yates Isbell, to sell ex parte. Both Thomas Yates and Rebecca Ragsdale Yates are probably buried in the Randolph Cemetery., Cross Plains, Tennessee, situated on the same land which they once owned. Sources: Pension File # 7335, Thomas Yates 1771 Tax List, Halifax County, Virginia, Southside Virginian, January, 1985, Vol.3, #2, pg. 89and 93. Will Bk 12, pg, 435, Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee. William Yates Sr Will Bk. 12, p. 247, Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee, Rebecca Yates Will Bk.5, pg.27, Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee, William Ragsdale, February Term, 1818-- Deed Bk. A, Pg. 116 William Ragsdale to Thomas Yates Yates ---Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, 1887, pg.848 Jean M, Durrett and Yolanda G. Ried, Abstracts of Chancery Court and Loose Papers, #250, pg. 42 Deed Bk. A, pp 79 and 398, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina

  
  

• Sources

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