Yeakey, Captain Henry

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Will of Henry Yeakey; 1853

Posted by Dianne Byers on Wed, 11 Aug 1999

Surname: Yeakey, Shanks, Cook, Ford, Walker, Orr, Mitchell

Will Book 1, Page 53.
I Henry Yeakey of the County of Crittenden & State of Kentucky beingof sound &
disposing mind but weak and feeble in body do make & declare this asmy last
will & testament. 1st I will & bequeath all of my Estate both real &personal
to my beloved wife Caroline M Yeakey to have and to hold to her ownproper use
and Behalf so long as she may live 2d I will and bequeath to my sonLevy Yakey
one Dollar in addition to what I have given him. 3d I will & bequeathto my son
Henry Yeakey one Dollar in addition to what I have given him. 4th Iwill &
bequeath to my daughter Isabella Shanks one dollar in addition to whatI have
given her & her husband Minter A Shanks. 5th I will & bequeath to mydaughter
Alice Cook & her children all of my Estate both Real & personal that Imay have
at my death, subject to the above condition, that is that said Alicenor her
children are not to have any of my estate either real or personaluntill after
the death of my wife Caroline M Yeakey as aforesaid. 6th & lastly Iappoint my
friends R A Walker & Francis Ford my Executors, and I desire that theyshall
attend to & defend a certain suit now pending brought by my negroesagainst me
for their freedom & use all means in there power to prevent thenegroes from
Recovering and the Expenses to be paid out of my Estate Given under myhand and
seal this the 29th day of March 1853
Attest
F Ford
R A Walker
S M Orr
Jno Mitchell

Henry Yeakey (Seal)

State of Kentucky
Crittenden County Court September Term 1853
I Berry S Young Clerk of the County court for said county hereby certify that
at the September Term of said court the foregoing last will and Testament of Henry Yeakey was produced in court and proven to be such by the oaths of John
Mitchell & S M Orr two subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to berecorded
whereupon I have Recorded same and this certificate in my office Givenunder my
hand this 11th day of September 1855
Berry S Young clk

Note: Mary Polly McClure was his first wife.


Glenda MOORE, 803 Lieber St., Henderson, Ky 42420 USA
24 Apr 1774
gdmoore@henderson.net

!family records

!Will of Henry Yeakey: 1853 Crittenden Co., KY; Land Recordsof BarrenCo., KY; Circuit Cour t Record, 1830-33 he and wife Polly names asheir of Alice McClure (Russell Co. KY)

Lived in Bourbon & Barren Counties of KY 1804-1820; also lived inWinchester and Clark Counti es of KY

possibly bornin Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania -- but not proven as of11/28/99

surname often spelled as: Yokley, Yeakly, Yacky, Yaekle, Jacklel,Jackly, Jockel, or possibl y even Greaky

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Timeline of Henry Yeakey prepared by Bonita Luckow

Sep. 11, 1773--Va., Pa., or Kentucky, Birth of Henry Yeakey

Abt. 1775--Kentucky or Virginia, Birth of Mary E. (Polly) McClure,daughter of Alice Young Mc Clure

1792--Bourbon Co. Kentucky Taxpayers, Henry is listed

Jun. 06, 1795--Clark Co. Kentucky, Date of marriage bond

Jun. 09, 1795--Clark Co. Kentucky, Marriage of Mary (Polly) McClureand Henry Yeakey, Provide nce Baptist Church

1795--Clark Co. Kentucky Tax List, age over 21

Apr. 11, 1795--Clark Co. Kentucky?, birth of son, John

1796--Clark Co. Kentucky Tax List, owning 2 horses and 2 cows

1797--Bourbon Co. Kentucky Tax List

1799--Bourbon Co. Kentucky Tax List

Jan. 21, 1799--Bourbon Co. Kentucky, purchase of 50 acres from JacobAnderson & wife Nancy fo r 53 pounds, LDS film #018107, Vol E. P. 24

1800--Bourbon Co. Kentucky Federal Census

Bet. 1801-1809--Barren Co. Kentucky Tax Lists

Feb. 14, 1801--Barren Co. Kentucky?, birth of son, Samuel

1802--Barren Co. Kentucky court order book viewing road

Dec. 07, 1803--Barren Co. Kentucky, birth of son, Henry Jr.

Jan. 16, 1804--Barren Co. Kentucky, purchase 200 acres on FallenTimber Creek from Ralph & Is abel Petty, Deed book AA, P. 90

Aug. 23, 1805--Cumberland Co. Kentucky, granted 100 acres on Swan PondBottom, Book A, Page 1 72, Certificate of Settlement Act #385,February 1802

Sep. 11, 1806--Barren Co. Kentucky, birth of daughter, Alice

1808--Barren Co. Kentucky court order book marking wolves, sellingwolves

Aug. 05, 1808--Barren Co. Kentucky, birth of daughter, Isabel

Mar. 31, 1810--Barren Co. Kentucky, birth of son, Levi

1810--Barren Co. Kentucky Federal Census

1810--Barren Co. Kentucky court order book, appraise estate of AbrahamRitter

1812--Barren Co. Kentucky Militia

Jan. 11, 1813--Barren Co. Kentucky?, birth of daughter, Mary

May 29, 1814, Barren Co. Kentucky?, birth of son, James McClure

Sep. 26, 1814--Barren Co. Kentucky?, death of son, Samuel

Dec. 06, 1814, Barren Co. Kentucky?, death of son, John

Dec. 17, 1814--Barren Co. Kentucky, purchased 250 acres from Pugh &Nancy Price of Adair Co . Kentucky (land adjoining 1804 purchase)

Jul. 31, 1817--Cumberland Co. Kentucky, sold 100 acres on Swan PondBottom to John Stapp, Boo k 21, Pages 62-63

Oct. 12, 1818--Barren or Cumberland Co. Kentucky, death of Mary E.(Polly), wife of Henry

Oct. 19, 1818--Merom, Sullivan, Indiana, sold 100 acres Swan PondBottom, Cumberland Co. to J ames McClure, Book D, Pages 22-23

Sep. 01, 1819--Russell Co. Kentucky, Delegate to Russell CreekAssociation, Mt. Vernon Baptis t Church, Jamestown, Ky

Oct. 16, 1819--Adair Co. Kentucky, 2nd marriage to Sarah (Sally)Oldacre (maiden name Beck)

1820--Adair Co. Kentucky Federal Census

1820--Divorce from Sarah Oldacre*

Abt. 1820--Barren Co. Kentucky, sold land to John S. Gee

Oct. 10, 1821--Adair Co. Kentucky, marriage of son, Henry Jr. toAlmira Lair

Nov. 01, 1821--Adair Co. Kentucky, marriage of daughter, Alice toChristopher Cook

Oct. 03, 1822--Russell Co. Kentucky, asked for dismission from Mt.Vernon Baptist Church

Mar. 29,1823--Death of second divorced wife, Sarah (Sally)

Aug. 31, 1824--Hardin Co. Kentucky, 3rd marriage to Caroline MaryWintersmith, Little, Isle r (this was also her 3rd marriage)

Nov. 19, 1829--Meade Co. Kentucky, marriage of daughter, Isabel toMentor Achilles Shanks

1830--Meade Co. Kentucky Federal Census

1836-1840--Russell Co. Kentucky court order books, Russell Co. KyHistory & Families Book lis t Henry

Oct. 12, 1837--Meade Co. Kentucky, marriage of son, Levi to ElizabethBoard, daughter of Rich ard Board

1838--Russell Co. Kentucky, sold 1000 acres (filed under name Zackeryand hard to read)

1840--Livingston Co. Kentucky Federal Census

1844--Crittenden Co. Kentucky, elected trustee of Dunn Spring BaptistChurch

1850--Crittenden Co. Kentucky Federal Census (land value $1600.00)

Feb. 19, 1851--Applied for additional bounty land entitled from War of1812

Apr. 24, 1853--Crittenden Co. Kentucky, Death of Henry, buried CookCemetery

Sep. 11, 1855--Crittenden Co. Kentucky, Will probated

Jul. 09, 1856--Death of 3rd wife, Caroline

Apr. 29, 1859--Crittenden Co. Kentucky, death of son, Henry Jr.

Aug. 27, 1859--Crittenden Co. Kentucky, death of Elizabeth, wife ofson Levi

Nov. 20, 1861--Hardin Co. Kentucky, 2nd marriage of son, Levi to MaryJane Paris (maiden nam e Porter)

Jan. 22, 1863--Crittenden Co. Kentucky, death of daughter, Alice

Jan. 31, 1863--Crittenden Co. Kentucky, death of son, Levi

Jul. 21, 1869--Crittenden Co. Kentucky, death of daughter, Isabel

Jan. 20, 1870--Crittenden Co. Kentucky, death of Mentor Sharks,husband of daughter, Isabel

Oct. 07, 1875--Crittenden Co. Kentucky, death of Almira, wife of son,Henry Jr.

Mar. 28, 1876--Crittenden Co. Kentucky, death of Christopher Cook,husband of daughter, Alice


*William Lair of Russell Co. states in part that Henry married widowSally and divorced her a bout 1820, she was the sister of John Beck

**He also states he knew Henry when both were boys living in Winchester and he is 80 years of age the coming 1st of April,Crittenden Co. Circuit Clerks Office, Box 85, February 25, 185 7.
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Crittenden ;Co., Ky Cemetery Records--Henry Yeakey b 24 Apr l774, age79 yrs.

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July 14, 1853

Capt. HENRY YEAKEY born Pa., Sept. 11, 1773; moved to Ky. when young; joined Baptist Church in Barren Co., Ky. 1813; died Crittenden Co., Ky., April 25, 1853.
Source:
GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS
THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
AND THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1852-1856
By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 1997

Henry married McClure, Mary E. on 06 Jun 1795 in , Clark, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of McClure, Halbert and Young, Alice) was born about 1777 in , Washington, Virginia; died on 12 Oct 1818 in , Barren, Kentucky; was buried in Oct 1818. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Yeakey, John was born on 11 Apr 1795 in , Barren, Kentucky; died on 06 Dec 1814 in , , Kentucky; was buried in Dec 1814.
2. Yeakey, Unknown was born about 1796 in , Barren, Kentucky; died before 1820.
3. Yeakey, Samuel was born on 14 Feb 1801 in , Barren, Kentucky; died on 26 Sep 1814.
4. Yeakey, Henry was born on 07 Dec 1803 in , Barren, Kentucky; died on 29 Apr 1859 in , Crittenden, Kentucky.
5. Yeakey, Alice was born on 11 Sep 1806 in , Barren, Kentucky; died on 22 Jan 1863 in , Crittenden, Kentucky.
6. Yeakey, Isabella was born on 05 Aug 1808 in , Barren, Kentucky; died on 21 Jul 1869 in , Crittenden, Kentucky; was buried in Jul 1869.
7. Yeakey, Levi was born on 31 Mar 1810 in , Barren, Kentucky; died on 31 Jan 1863 in , Crittenden, Kentucky.
8. Yeakey, Mary was born on 11 Jan 1813.
9. Yeakey, James McClure was born on 29 May 1814.