John YATES

Abt 1715 - Bef 1778  (~ 63 years)

• Name	John YATES  [1]
  Born	Abt 1715	Nansemond County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Land Grant	25 Jun 1747	Brunswick County, Virginia   [2]
  	204 acres on the south side of Dan River.
  Land Grant	15 Jul 1760	Halifax County, Virginia   [3]
  	154 acres adjoining his old surveyed land on the south side of Dan River.
  Land Grant	01 Mar 1773	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [4]
  	348 acres on the south branch of Dan River adjoining land of Wilson, Hughs &c.
  Reference Number	8293
  Will	24 Oct 1777	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [5]
  	THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN Yates Pittsylvania County, Virginia D & W 5, page 439 Made: 24 October 1777 Recorded: 23 April 1778 I, John Yates of the County of Pittsylvania County and Colony of Virginia, being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory do first give my soul to God and my body to be buried in a decent manner at the discretion of my executors hereafter named and now I dispose of my worldly estate as follows to wit. First, I leave unto my beloved wife, Elizabeth Yates, during her life all of my estate, real and personal, and after her decease the Negroes and land to be divided as follows: First I give unto my eldest son John Yates and his heirs a part of my land where on I now live, beginning at my corner tree on Hugh's Creek and taking the full mouth of the land up Dan River to a branch at the lower end of my plantation and a Negro man named Bob. ITEM: I give unto my son George Yates and his heirs another part of the land whereon I now dwell beginning where my son John's land ends, and running with the branch to the back line likewise a part of a survey last made adjoining where I now dwell and extending up to Thomas Watts line but the land on the river is to extend upwards to a branch that runs below Gibson's plantation and with the said branch to the back line and a Negro man named Sam and all my Smith's tools. ITEM: I give unto my son Elijah Yates and his heirs forever all the remainder of the tract of land, whereon I now dwell beginning at the branch below Gibson's and running up the river including all the remainder of the two tracts whereon I now dwell and a Negro Judith. ITEM: I give unto my daughter Hannah Shelton, wife of William Shelton and her heirs two Negroes married Big Cate and her daughter Chloe. ITEM: I give unto my daughter Ann Gibson and her heirs one Negro girl named Esther. Likewise I give unto her and her heirs forever all the remainder of a tract of land whereon she now dwells adjoining a made line between her and the plantation where Thomas Watts lived allowing one hundred acres to the plantation where Thomas Watts lived. ITEM: I give unto my daughter Martha Watts and her heirs one hundred acres of land whereon she lived and all the stock of horses, cattle, hogs and sheep and all my household furniture and a Negro woman called Little Cate to be divided among my children at the discretion of my wife at or before her decease. I also appoint my wife Elizabeth Yates and William Shelton executors of this my last will and testament revoking and annulling all other wills and this only to be taken for my last will as witness my hand and seal this twenty fourth day of October in the year 1777. his JOHN X Yates mark Sealed and acknowledged in presence of George Rop Tom Elliot Thomas X Wright At a Court held for Pittsylvania County the 23rd day of April 1778 The within last will and testament of John Yates deceased was exhibited into court by Elizabeth Yates and William Shelton executrix and exor. herein named and proved by the oaths of the two of the witness thereto and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of the said executrix and exor. who made oath according to law certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form of law giving security whereupon they together with JOHN WILSON the security entered into bond acknowledged the same according to law. Teste WILL TUNSTALL clk. The Last Will and Testament of John Yates, III, transcribed by Robert Wayne Yates, Sr., Garland, Texas, on 18 April 1997 from a copy sent by Donald Yates, Newport News, Virginia.
  Died	Bef 23 Apr 1778	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [5]
  	John's will was recorded on 23 Apr 1778.
  Person ID	I8293	Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2013

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1718,   d. 1795, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Married	Y  [1, 5]
  Children	1. George YATES   2. Elijah YATES   3. Hannah YATES Married: William SHELTON   4. Ann YATES Married: Richard GIBSON   5. Martha YATES Married: WATTS   6. John L. YATES,   b. Abt 1737, Brunswick Couny, Virginia ,   d. 1799, Caswell County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Family ID	F1618	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S727] The Bear Went Over the Mountain, Yates, Donald N., (Donald N. Yates, Princeton, NJ, 1995), p. 23. [S367] Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, (1623-1993), Land Office Patents No. 28, 1746-1749 (v.1 & 2 p.1-730), p. 89. [S367] Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, (1623-1993), Land Office Patents No. 34, 1756-1765, p. 645. [S367] Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, (1623-1993), Land Office Patents No. 41, 1772-1773, p. 202. [S72] Abstracts of Pittsylvania County, Virginia Wills, 1767-1820, Compiler: Lela C. Adams, (Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina, 1986), p. 21, Will of John Yates.