Yeakey, Captain Henry^{[1, 2]}

1773 - 1853  (79 years)

• Name	Yeakey, Henry
  Title	Captain
  Born	11 Sep 1773	, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Apr 1853	Cook Cemetery near Fords Ferry, Crittenden, Kentucky
  Died	24 Apr 1853	, Crittenden, Kentucky   [3]
  Person ID	I11925	McClure-Harris
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2005

  
  

  Family ID

  F4045

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  Family	McClure, Mary E.,   b. Abt 1777, , Washington, Virginia ,   d. 12 Oct 1818, , Barren, Kentucky  (Age 41 years)
  Married	06 Jun 1795	, Clark, Kentucky
  Children	1. Yeakey, John,   b. 11 Apr 1795, , Barren, Kentucky ,   d. 06 Dec 1814, , , Kentucky  (Age 19 years)  [Birth]   2. Yeakey, Unknown,   b. Abt 1796, , Barren, Kentucky ,   d. Bef 1820  (Age < 23 years)   3. Yeakey, Samuel,   b. 14 Feb 1801, , Barren, Kentucky ,   d. 26 Sep 1814  (Age 13 years)  [Birth]   4. Yeakey, Henry,   b. 07 Dec 1803, , Barren, Kentucky ,   d. 29 Apr 1859, , Crittenden, Kentucky  (Age 55 years)  [Birth]   5. Yeakey, Alice,   b. 11 Sep 1806, , Barren, Kentucky ,   d. 22 Jan 1863, , Crittenden, Kentucky  (Age 56 years)   6. Yeakey, Isabella,   b. 05 Aug 1808, , Barren, Kentucky ,   d. 21 Jul 1869, , Crittenden, Kentucky  (Age 60 years)  [Birth]   7. Yeakey, Levi,   b. 31 Mar 1810, , Barren, Kentucky ,   d. 31 Jan 1863, , Crittenden, Kentucky  (Age 52 years)   8. Yeakey, Mary,   b. 11 Jan 1813   9. Yeakey, James McClure,   b. 29 May 1814
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2004
  Family ID	F3965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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 --------------- 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. ----------- Crittenden ;Co., Ky Cemetery Records--Henry Yeakey b 24 Apr l774, age79 yrs. ============================================= 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

  
  

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