A history of the Yoakum, Yocom, Yocum, Families. H. C. Smith, M
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30 May 1842: John B. Magman served as security on two bonds, one payable to Peter Fitzpatrick for $136 and the other payable to Samuel Piersall for $75. Each bond was payble three months from this date. If Able paid his debts promptly, his 100A (on which he lived) would be returned to him. Montgomery County, Kentucky, Deed Bk 20 p130. 20 Sept 1842: deed from Abel Yocum to William Ragan, both of Montgomery County, Kentucky, for $290 150A, including land on Slate Creek Abel now lives on. Montgomery County, Kentucky, Deed Bk 20 p300. 15 Oct 1842: Abel Yocum was indebted to William Ragan for several notes: first, $180, dated 15 Oct 1842; second $290.52, now included in former mortgage; third, one note included in the farm mortgage of $225. To secure these notes, Abel conveyed 150A of land included in the former mortgage and 113½A, which Abel held the title bond of Stephen Yocum, dated 27 Oct 1827. Also 10A more or less, which Abel held the title bond of Mitchell H. Woodward, date 3 Feb 1835. Also, the land upon which Abel lived and some personal property (including a looking glass). Montgomery County, Kentucky, Deed Bk 20 p279. Sept 1844: Abel had mortgaged his land on Slate Creek and certain personal estate to William Ragan. William Scobee, executor of Benjamin S. Davis, deceased, was a creditor to Abel. Abel's land was sold to George Black, of Montgomery County, Kentucky, for $915, about 100A more or less, being the land conveyed by George Yocum to Abel Yocum on 26 Feb 1825. Montgomery County, Kentucky, Deed Bk 22 p195. Feb 1846: deed from Abel, George Sr., and Rebecca Yocum to William C. Shubert and John N. Shubert, all of Montgomery County, Kentucky, for $280 132A on Slate Creek, being a part of a survey granted to William Calk and John Kay by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Montgomery County, Kentucky, Deed Bk 22 p81. 4 Mar 1846: note from Abel Yocum to Margaret Frame. Abel says that he is indebted to George Black and that Black owns the farm that Abel once owned and still lives on. Black agreed that if Abel refunded the money which Black paid for the land, that he will deed it back. Abel borrowed $275 from Frame and will pay her back, with interest. Montgomery County, Kentucky, Deed Bk 22 p21. Jane Yocum (daughter of George Washington and Rebecca (Powell) Yocum) 1810: born Montgomery County, Kentucky. 1850: died. ========= Amelia “Millia” Yoakum (daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (See) Yoakum) 1764: born Ft. Harness, Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. 6 Nov 1782: married Hampshire County, West Virginia, by Rev. Valentine Powers to Jacob Randall (1759 Hampshire County, West Virginia-14 Dec 1840) son of Abel and Catherine (Reineks) Randall. 3 Oct 1784: daughter Elizabeth Randall born; married Henry Cowger; died 1858. 12 Sept 1786: daughter Catherine Randall born; married Aaron Claypool. Child: 1. Ruth Claypool born 4 Sept 1804, mentioned in Jacob Randall's will. 10 Mar 1788: Jacob enlisted and served six months as private and three months as enisgn under Captain Moses Hinton. 1 Sept 1788: daughter Ruth Randall born; married John Cowger. 15 Sept 1790: daughter Margaret Randall born; married Leonard Dasher. 7 Nov 1792: daughter Rebecca Randall born; married Isaac Dasher; died 29 July 1844. 28 July 1795: daughter Amelia Randall born; married _______ See. 11 Mar 1798: daughter Jemima Randall born; died 29 June 1857; married cousin John Pope (29 June 1791-24 May 1867) son of Peter and Tabitha (Yoakum) Pope. Children: 1. Amelia Pope born 6 Jan 1817; died 21 Aug 1854. 2. Peter Pope born 27 Sept 1818; died 26 Sept 1899. 3. Jacob Pope born 3 Mar 1821; died 26 Mar 1854. 4. John Pope born 29 July 1823; died 24 Mar 1911. 5. Ruth Pope born 24 Oct 1826; died 30 Dec 1906; married _______ Newham. 6. Mary Pope born 10 July 1829; married _______ Mapes. 7. Erasmus Abel Pope born 12 Dec 1831 Virginia; died 29 Apr 1898; married June 1864 in Ohio to cousin Melinda Rebecca Cowger (7 June 1844-9 Aug 1917) daughter of Noah Cowger (born 17 Oct 1816) and Elizabeth Dice (born 5 Aug 1820). Children: 1. Lizzie Jemima Pope born 16 Feb 1865; married O. W. Barton. 2. William Curtis Pope born 26 Aug 1867. 3. Minnie Ella Pope born 18 Feb 1870; married Macy Harbour. 4. Hannah Cora Pope born 20 Aug 1872; 9 Mar 1914; married John Baer. 5. Simeon Abel Pope born 25 May 1875. 6. Jacob Edward Pope born 25 Mar 1877. 7. Charles Pleasant Pope born 6 Feb 1882; died 1921. 8. Henry Pope born 6 Feb 1834; died 12 Jan 1904. 9. Harvey Pope born 5 Sept 1836. 10. George Pope born 10 Apr 1839; died 25 Dec 1929. 11. William Addison Pope born Hardy County, Virginia, 29 Dec 1841; died 12 Oct 1900 Pottawattamie County, Iowa; buried Oakland Cemetery; married Hardy County, Virginia, 8 Sept 1864 to Elizabeth Hertzler (_______-29 Nov 1865 Virginia). M/2 Hardy County, Virginia, 13 Oct 1869 to Paulina Dietrick (22 Mar 1851-21 June 1923; buried Oakland Cemetery). Moved to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, in 1875 at the site of the present Hancock, Iowa. Later, he moved to a farm purchased near the present Oakland, Iowa. His first wife died in Virginia, leaving one daughter. Evelyn Louise Berlin, William's granddaughter wrote: “This William Pope family, my mother's folks, were unusually interesting. They were of high religious standards; were witty and humorous (always)---often ridiculous, always precious and loveable and dear. They did treasure the memory of their ancestors and tried to set good examples for their descendants (wasted effort). None of them ever did anything outstanding, yet all of them kept good, close knit homes. They were hard workers, very artistic and clever with hand work, fine carpenters, etc.” Children: First wife: 1. Katherine Pope born West Virginia, 29 Nov 1865; married _______ Marshall. Lived in Iowa. Second wife: 1. Ida Blanche Pope born Grant County, West Virginia, 31 Jan 1872; died 20 Dec 1947 Oakland, Iowa; married Steven Wendell Rounds. 2. Daniel Webster Pope born Pendleton County, West Virginia, 2 June 1873; died California 20 Aug 1942; married Oakland, Iowa, to Jennie Hayes. 3. Llewellyn Virginia Pope born Hardy County, West Virginia, 27 Oct 1874; married Oakland, Iowa, to Thomas Heyer. Lived Inglewood, California. Child: 1. Lulu V. Heyer; lived Inglewood, California. 4. William Penn Pope born Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 19 Apr 1877; died Mason City, Iowa, May 1955; married Jennie Inman. 5. James David Pope born Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 20 Jan 1880; died Council Bluffs, Iowa, 27 Feb 1926; married Suza Sprinkle. 6. Margaret Jemima Pope born Oakland, Iowa, 9 Mar 1882; died Momence, Illinois, 30 Oct 1957; married 14 May 1902 Clarence Edwin Kearney (16 Feb 1881-24 Mar 1961 Genoa, Nebraska) son of George and Missouri Ann (Ferris) Kearney). Children: 1. Eldin Laverne Kearney born Oakland, Iowa, 7 Dec 1903; married 1926 to Ruth Pharmann. Lived Kankakee, Illinois. 2. Evelyn Louise Kearney born Oakland, Iowa, 7 Oct 1905; married 24 Jan 1923 to Alvin John Berlin (1 Sept 1895 Sweden-_______) son of John and Mary (Benson) Berlin. Lived Genoa, Nebraska. Children: 1. John Alvin Berlin born 9 Sept 1923; married Grand Island, Nebraska 10 June 1950 Vera Jo Warner. Lived Columbus, Nebraska. 2. Eldin Eugene Berlin born Genoa, Nance County, Nebraska, 8 Feb 1925; married Genoa, Nance County, Nebraska, 17 Oct 1950 Norma Jean Thomazin, daughter of Edgar and Hazel (Busseiman) Thomazin. 3. Allene Lorraine Berlin born 9 Jan 1932; married 2 Nov 1950 Philip Marshall Wake, son of Thomas and Edna (Marshall) Wake. 4. Richard Allen Berlin born 21 Oct 1933; married 18 June 1957 Frances Ann Paprocki, daughter of Frank and Helen (Kolonoski) Paprocki. 5. Sharlene Florence Berlin born 24 Dec 1937; married Palestine Baptist Church, Genoa, Nebraska, by Rev. George W. D. Boyd, 27 Dec 1955 to Raymond Mors Afrank, son of Chris and Hanah (Mors) Afrank (both from Holland). 6. Margaret Louise Berlin born 27 Nov 1941. 3. Willard Pope Kearney born 18 June 1909; married Tucson, Arizona, to Iva Snavely; m/2 Margaret Ellington. 4. Glayda Marie Kearney born 1 June 1911; died Momence, Illinois; married Robert Simpson; m/2 Harold Kinstner. 5. Gilbert Clarence Kearney born 29 Mar 1913; married Dorothy Irwin. 6. Gerald Edwin Kearney born 24 Dec 1916; married Violet Shroatburger; m/2 Wilma Buchannen Smith. 7. Virgil Victor Kearney born Loretto, Nebraska, 15 Apr 1919; died Bradley, Illinois, 1 May 1955; married Leona Booth. 8. Eula Lorraine Kearney born 29 July 1920; married Gerald McKinney; m/2 Jack Eicher. 9. Douglas Dean Kearney born 1 June 1925; married Aletta Long. 7. Joseph Ray Pope born Oakland, Iowa, 8 Dec 1884; died Albion, Nebraska, 16 Oct 1961; married Avoca, Iowa, 15 Mar 1905 to Birdie May Cleveland. 8. Daughter Pope born 8 Mar 1888; died 11 Mar 1888. 9. Ernest Munsing Pope born Oakland, Iowa, 26 Dec 1890; died Atlantic, Iowa, 18 Feb 1943; married Oakland, Iowa, to Emma Randolph. 27 Jan 1801: daughter Asenath Randall born; died Sept 1858; married George See. 1 Oct 1803: son Abel Randall II born; died 1881; married 22 May 1827 Mary Gayly. Children: 1. Jacob Randall born 5 Mar 1828. 2. George Randall born 31 Oct 1829. 3. Asenath Tabitha Randall born ?Hardy County, West Virginia, 17 Oct 1831; died York, Nebraska, 25 Feb 1920; married Maryland 10 May 1849 to the Rev. John Wesley Pope. Children: 1. A. O. Pope. 2. Mary Pope. 3. John Wesley Pope, Jr. 4. Harvey E. Pope. 4. Mary Randall born 18 Feb 1833. 5. Isaac Randall born 3 Sept 1834. 6. Margaret Randall born 23 May 1836. 7. Abel Randall III born 3 July 1838. 8. Benjamin “Ben” Randall born 1840; married Dora _______. 10 May 1806: son Silas Randall born; married Elizabeth Rohrabaugh. 19 Feb 1808: daughter Tabitha Randall born; died 3 Mar 1836; married John Snyder. 3 June 1811: daughter Mary June Randall born; married John Britton. 1824: Jacob received a Revolutionary War pension in Hardy County, West Virginia. 8 Mar 1828: died. 1841: Amelia applied for a widow's pension in Hardy County, West Virginia, which she received. Supported data was filed by Jacob Rarabaugh, John Davis, Jacob Fisher, and Jonas Green (West Virginia History, Vol. VI, p99). Amelia and Jacob lived at Service, Virginia. ========= Jacob Yoakum (son of Jacob and Elizabeth (See) Yoakum) 1767: born Ft. Harness, Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia (born Virginia, age 70-80 in the 1830 Census). The igi gives his birthplace as Nelson County, Kentucky. 5 Feb 1795: married Nelson County, Kentucky, by James Chambers, to Eve Ambrose (possibly Marie Eve Ambrose) (1767-_______) sister of Matthias Ambrose (Nelson County Marriages, Kentucky State Historical Society, 1922, v 20, Illinois State Library). The igi gives the marriage date as 5 Aug 1795 and 5 Aug 1797. 5 July 1796: son Jacob born. 20 Aug 1797: son Ambrose born. 7 July 1800: census, Nelson County, Kentucky. ca 1800: daughter Elizabeth C. born. no date: daughter Catherine C. born. ca 1806: daughter Eliza born. ca 1808: daughter Fannie born. ca 1810: daughter Mary Jane born. 1812: son Thornton Samuel born. ca 1814: daughter Sarah born. 19 Nov 1816: Jacob Yoacum and Eve, his wife, of Nelson County, Kentucky, conveyed 75 acres of land (left him by will of his father, Jacob Yoakum) to Ben. Bunn of Bourbon County, Kentucky. Deek Bk 7 p639. 3 July 1817: Jacob Yoacum gave bond when an infant to Peter Higgins for his undivided share of a tract of land formerly the property of his deceased father, Jacob Yoacum, and devised to him by his father's last Will and Testament as his bond with Michael Yoacum fully and now arrived at the age of a man, doth confirm this former bond now in the possession of Peter Higgins and acknowledge Peter a receipt in full and Jacob doth make a deed to said Peter, etc. Deed Bk 7 p739.
5 July 1796: born Nelson County, Kentucky. =========
20 Aug 1797: born Nelson or Grayson County, Kentucky. The igi gives 29 Aug 1797 Nelson County, Kentucky. no date: married Susan Hall (5 May 1800-26 Apr 1852). no date: daughter Mary Jane born. no date: ?daughter Alta born. no date: moved to Hardin County, Kentucky. 27 Aug 1828: son George Washington Brush born. 1826: moved to Wayne County, Illinois. 1827: moved to Coles County, Illinois. 1829: lived Paradise Township, Coles County, Illinois. 10 Feb 1831-29 Aug 1832: served as first sheriff of Coles County, Illinois. 27 Jan 1834: died; buried Yocum or Cunningham Cemetery near Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. Ambrose and Susan had five children. Birth and death dates are from a historical film of Coles County, Illinois, in the Genealogical Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Also Western Christian Advocate, DAR May 1947 p349. Mary Jane Yocum
29 Sept 1831: married Cole County, Illinois, Nathan Ellington. Possibly Fanny M. Yocom. ========= George Washington Brush Yocum (son of Ambrose and Susan (Hall) Yocum) 27 Aug 1828: born Hardin County, Kentucky. 20 Mar 1849: organized a prairie voyage to California. 30 Aug 1849: arrived at Hangtown, California. Apr/May 1850: went to Georgetown, California, and started a saloon and general store. Fall 1850: moved to Nevada City, California, where he mined and teamed for two years. no date: married Eunice Armina Dean or Davis, of Ohio. no date: daughter Susan E. born. 8 Feb 1856: son Albert Eugene born. May 1859: son George Dryden born. no date: moved to Pine Grove. no date: moved to St. Louis, where he mined and carpentered for several years. no date: wintered at Shasta, California. no date: went to Sawyer's Bar and mined for four years. no date: moved to Hoopa Valley, California, where he ranched for five years. 1865: appointed by Austin Weyler as special agent of Indian affairs in Round Valley, California. no date: moved to Arcata, Humboldt County, California. ca 1873: m/2 Florence Leonard (1852-1934). 21 Jan 1874: son Leonard born. 1 Nov 1875: son Nathan Ellington born. 20 Aug 1877: daughter Alta Belle born. 6 May 1884: son Herbert J. born. Nov 1884: moved to New River, California, where he worked in mining. no date: was a Justice of the Peace for some years. 1895: elected County Supervisor. January 1917: died Humboldt County, California. “George Washington Brush Yocom is the oldest son of Ambrose and Susan Hall Yocom and was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, on August 27 of the memorable year when General Jackson was elected president, 1828. This was the same county wherein Abraham Lincoln was born, and Lincoln was the only president with whom Mr. Yocom was personally acquainted. At the age of three years his parents removed to Charleston, Coles County, Illinois. This county Abraham (Ambrose) Yocom helped to organize and was its first Sheriff. Here he resided until he was nearly 21 years old. In that state at that time the schools were few and far between and a good part of the intervening years, between 10 and 20 years of age, was spent in farm labor. In 1840 he entered partnership with three others in securing a wagon and four yoke of oxen for a prairie voyage to California. The start was made on March 20. Shortly after starting this wagon was joined by thirty or forty others. The train was then organized with captains, lieutenants, sergeants, corporals and officers innumerable. Everything went along smoothly for a few days and then owing probably to too many officials the train was disbanded. Yocom's wagon was accompanied by three others from the same place of starting and this party made the trip. This was the year when everybody carried too much provisions. At one place on the Platte river, Yocom saw at least three cords of bacon which had been piled up and left by a large Missouri train. The following year a great many came illy provided and it was necessary to sent relief to them. The members of Yocom's train were not molested by the Indians although some of the members insisted on a watch being kep on the stock every night. According to G.W.B. he was not afraid of Indians and when it came his turn to stand guard he invariably crawled under a sage brush and went to sleep. The train arrived at Hangtown on August 30th where they remained until the following April or May. Claims in that locality at that time were fifteen feet square. All had been taken up except a triangular piece in the bend of the creek containing about half a claim and this was taken up by Yocom and Kelly. It was necessary to strip four feet of top dirt before pay ground was reached. The first day after this was reached, a rocker was used and four pounds of gold was taken out, a larger amount than Mr. Yocom has ever taken out in one day since. AFter this ground was worked out a claim was taken up on Cedar Ravine about a quarter of a mile from Hangtown, out of which never less than two ounces per day was taken and once as high as $200 to the man. An average day's work was three to four ounces. This was abandoned in the spring to go prospecting better. In April or May 1850, Mr. Yocom went to Georgetown and started a saloon and general store. This was conducted until fall when he went to Nevada City where he mined and teamed for two years. Thence he went to Pine Grove and St. Louis where mining and carpentering was his occupation for a couple of years. Then after wintering at Shasta, he went to Sawyer's Bar and mined for four years. Tiring of mining he next went ranching for five years in Hoopa valley. In 1865 he was appointed by Austin Weyler as special agent of Indian affairs in Round Valley. Then he moved to Arcata, in Humboldt County, where he resided for twenty-four years. The first year he rented a farm and became an agriculturalist. Then he bought a blacksmith shop which was conducted for two years. About this time the Arcata Ferry and Wharf business had about reached its lowest ebb and Mr. Yocom, seeing the possibility of making it a success and a paying investment, purchased it. By indomitable will and energy and good business judgment he soon made it a very valuable property. The road was extended to reach three saw mills who desired to reach tide water with their timber. At first this method of communication was a tramway and the motive power a horse. Later, iron rails were used, these were in turn replaced by steel. A locomotive was purchased in Philadelphia, and Mr. Yocom had become a railroad magnate. After conducting the business for twelve years he sold out for $60,000 and came to New River in November, 1884, since which time he has been engaged in mining. For some years he was Justice of the Peace in New River. Three years ago he was elected to the office of County Supervisor, a position he is filling to the utter disquiet of all the tricksters and ringsters who believe in making raids upon the county treasury. For 32 years Mr. Yocom has been a member of Anniversary Lodge, No. 85, I.O.O.F., of Arcata.” From the Siskiyou News, Yreka, California, 8 Jan 1898. Susan E. Yocum (daughter of George Washington Brush and Eunice Armina (Dean) Yocum) 26 Apr 1874: married Edward A. Light. 15 Mar 1875: daughter Carrie Light born; married Thad Bolt. 17 Dec 1876: daughter Mary Eunice Light born; married George Harrow. 29 Apr 1879: daughter Ida Light born; married 1941 Albert Norman.
8 Feb 1856: born. 7 Mar 1920: died unmarried. ========= George Dryden Yocum (son of George Washington Brush and Eunice Armina (Dean) Yocum) May 1859: born near Eureka, California. 1 Jan 1881: married Clara A. Light (9 July 1862-_______). 28 Aug 1881: son William Eugene born. 11 Oct 1887: daughter Juanita born. 6 Apr 1906: died. =========
28 Aug 1881: born Humboldt County, California. 1 Sept 1906: married Myrtle Nace (3 Sept 1880-_______). 26 July 1910: daughter Georgia Eugenia born. 31 Jan 1912: son William Eugene born. 12 Jan 1958: died. Georgia Eugenia Yocum (daughter of William Eugene and Myrtle (Nace) Yocum) 26 July 1910: born. 6 Oct 1934: married George White Barrington (1907-_______). ========= William Eugene Yocum (son of William Eugene and Myrtle (Nace) Yocum) 31 Jan 1912: born Humboldt County, California. 26 Aug 1933: married Evelyn Land (16 Apr 1913-_______). 28 July 1934: daughter Audry Ann born. 8 Nov 1939: son William Eugene III born. 13 Nov 1961: died. Lived Oakland, California. William Eugene III Yocum Audry Ann Yocum (daughter of William Eugene and Evelyn (Land) Yocum) 28 July 1934: born. 3 July 1954: married William Davis Grey (13 June 1931-_______). ========= Juanita Yocum (daughter of George Dryden and Clara A. (Light) Yocum) 11 Oct 1887: born. 10 Oct 1909: married Herman Leslie Anderson (2 Aug 1884-_______). 3 Sept 1910: daughter Helen Hernita Anderson born; married 1929 Lemuel C. Harter; m/2 15 July 1942 William Dale Adams (25 July 1905-_______). Child: 1. Barbara Ruth Harter born 11 Mar 1930. 2 Aug 1919: son Herman Leslie Anderson born; married Marie Tierney. =========
21 Jan 1874: born Arcata, Humboldt County, California. 27 Jan 1906: married Harriet Helen Anderson (2 Sept 1883-_______). 8 Jan 1907: son Herbert Anderson born. 16 Jan 1908: daughter Elenore Anderson born. 10 June 1911: daughter Shirley Anderson born; died 26 Jan 1914. 17 Jan 1962: died. After Leonard's death, Harriet lived in Santa Rosa, California. Shirley Anderson Yocum ========= Herbert Anderson Yocum (son of Leonard and Harriet Helen (Anderson) Yocum) 8 Jan 1907: born Humboldt County, California. 4 Feb 1932: married Florence Ann Hamlin (1 Oct 1913-_______). 23 Aug 1957: died. Lived Washington, D.C. Judith Ann Yocum; Stephen Anderson Yocum Robert Leonard Yocum (son of Herbert Anderson and Florence Ann (Hamlin) Yocum) 4 June 1934: born Humboldt County, California. 16 May 1959: married Yvonne Holifield (23 Nov 1933-_______). Lived Los Angeles, California. Richard Hamlin Yocum (son of Herbert Anderson and Florence Ann (Hamlin) Yocum) 17 Sept 1938: born Humboldt County, California. 7 July 1961: married Priscilla Lynn Lofthouse (5 Apr 1940-_______). 1962: lived Newport Beach, California. Sharon Lynne Yocum ========= Elenore Anderson Yocum (daughter of Leonard and Harriet Helen (Anderson) Yocum) 16 Jan 1908: born. 4 May 1936: married Sigurd Johnson (7 Sept 1896-11 July 1956). ========= Nathan Ellington Yocum (son of George Washington Brush and Florence (Leonard) Yocum) 1 Nov 1875: born. no date: married Lulu Carico. 29 June 1919: m/2 Amy Clonteel Storing. Alta Belle Yocum (daughter of George Washington Brush and Florence (Leonard) Yocum) 20 Aug 1877: born. Herbert J. Yocum (son of George Washington Brush and Florence (Leonard) Yocum) 6 May/5 June 1884: born. 20 Dec 1924: died. ========= Elizabeth C. Yocum (daughter of Jacob and Eve (Ambrose) Yocum) ca 1800: born (16-26 in 1820 census). 15 Sept 1825: married James T. Cunningham of Grayson County, Kentucky. He supervised the removed to Illinois from Kentucky.
1804: born. no date: married Miles H. Hart, son of Thomas Hart. 15 Nov 1834: son Ambrose Yocum Hart born Effingham County, Illinois; married 22 Jan 1857 Nancy Sexson. 12 Nov 1872: died.
ca 1806: born (10-16 in 1820 census). no date: married Jefferson Coleman. no date: son John Coleman born. no date: son Ed Coleman born. no date: daughter Eliza Coleman born. 16/17 Feb 1850: ?m/2 Coles County, Illinois, by C. F. Scranton, J. P. to Ebenezer L. Kelly (possibly married 2 Apr 1843).
ca 1808: born (10-16 in 1820 census). Mary Jane Yocum (daughter of Jacob and Eve (Ambrose) Yocum) ca 1810: born. no date: ?married Joshua B. Akers. 23 Sept 1839: m/2 Coles County, Illinois, P. H. or T. H. Odell. The igi gives both the 23rd and the 28th as marriage dates. =========
1812: born Hardin County, Kentucky. 1831: lived Paradise Township, Coles County, Illinois. 3 Sept 1835: married Coles County, Illinois, Emily Morgan (1797 Kentucky-17 Feb 1855 Illinois). igi ca 1836: son Francis Marion born. ca 1838: daughter Mary born. 9 Nov 1841: son William Moffatt born. no date: son Thomas C. born. 9 Sept 1849: m/2 Coles County, Illinois, by James P. Harris, J.P. to Margaret Bolin (1829-_______). igi 1854: son James born. 1857: daughter Alice born. no date: son Elmer born. no date: daughter Mary Jane born. 1 Aug 1870: lived Coles County, Illinois. no date: moved to southern Missouri. no date: died Missouri. Susan Yocum, widow of Ambrose Yocum (brother of Thornton) was listed with this family in the censuses of 1840 and 1850 of Coles County (p342, line 42). Also listed with the family was Ida Humphreys (1863-_______). Mary Yocum; James Yocum; Alice Yocum =========
1834: born Coles County, Illinois. 29 Dec 1859: married Coles County, Illinois, Mary Jane Floyd. igi 25 July 1866: m/2 Coles County, Illinois, Emily C. Tillman (1844 Kentucky-ca 1901 Arkansas). igi 1879: son Ottis Elmer born. 1901: died Scott County, Arkansas. Francis Marion was a name given in many Yocum families of this period.
1879: born Carroll County, Arkansas. 1897: married Scott County, Arkansas, Lila? Elizabeth Brigance? or Brimmence (1880 Scott County, Arkansas-1936 Sebastian County, Arkansas) daughter of John Henry Brigance and Mary Ann Lister. 1917: son Arnold born. 1938: died Sebastian County, Arkansas.
1917: born Logan County, Arkansas. 1934: married Franklin County, Arkansas, Lois Helen Hayes (1913 Pope County, Arkansas-_______) daughter of Edwin Hayes and Ollie Belle Merrill. 2 Oct 1945: son Kenneth Harold born. Kenneth Harold Yocum (son of Arnold and Lois Helen (Hayes) Yocum) 2 Oct 1945: born Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 23 Nov 1968: married Della Marie Corn (24 July 1947-_______) daughter of Ralph Pearl Corn and _______ Marie Parker. Reference: Della Yocum, Rt. 5, Box 246, Sapulpa, OK 74066. This information was taken from a pedigree chart with very small lettering, hence the incomplete information. =========
9 Nov 1841: born Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois. no date: was in Denison, Grayson County, Texas, where he became acquainted with Benjamin Franklin Yoakum, a descendant of Valentine Yoakum, who later became a railroad magnate in New York. 5 June 1866: married Phebe Ann Trimble (5 Dec 1846 Lawn Ridge, Coles County, Illinois-18 Oct 1915). The igi gives the marriage date as 6 June 1866. 27 May 1867: son William Henry born. no date: moved to McDonald County, Missouri, near the present town of Goodman. 21 Jan 1869: son Clinton born. 21 May 1871: daughter Nellie born. 26 Feb 1873: child Eliza or Elisha J. born near Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri; died 8 Mar 1873 near Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri. 27 Oct 1874: son Charles Edward born near Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri; died 6 Nov 1875 near Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri. 11 Jan 1876: daughter Gracie born near Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri; died 28 Oct 1881 near Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri. 11 Nov 1878: son Hiram Milton born near Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri; died 21 July 1879 near Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri. 29 Nov 1881: son Ernest born. 22 Feb 1884: son Thomas Thornton born. 15 Dec 1889: daughter Mabel(le) born. Gracie Yocum; Hiram Milton Yocum; Eliza or Elisha J. Yocum; Charles Edward Yocum =========
27 May 1867: born Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois. no date: moved to southern Missouri. 1 Mar 1892: married Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri, to Emma Maria Michael. 12 Jan 1893: son Earl Thornton born. 4 Mar 1894: son Cornelius “Neil” Moffatt born. 8 Nov 1895: daughter Matilda Ann born. 9 May 1898: son Dewey Ross born. 28 Oct 1900: son Frank Morgan born. 4 Nov 1902: son Leslie Vinton born; died 5 Apr 1903. 13 Feb 1904: son Floyd Elmer born. 1 Sept 1906: daughter Nellie Lee born. 20 Mar 1909: son Glen Clinton born. 22 June 1911: son Alfred Lawrence born. 9 Aug 1914: daughter Ella Lorene born and died. 8 Feb 1948: died. Cornelius Moffatt Yocum; Leslie Vinton Yocum; Alfred Lawrence Yocum; Ella Lorene Yocum ========= Earl Thornton Yocum (son of William Henry and Emma Maria (Michael) Yocum) 12 Jan 1893: born Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri. 20 Dec 1919: married Ruth Ann Nutting (5 Dec 1892-_______). 9 Feb 1922: daughter Helen Margaret born. 9 Dec 1920: son John William born; died 14 Apr 1936. 14 Nov 1926: daughter Velma born; died 17 Nov 1926. Earl was engaged in various occupations, including that of salesman. He lived in Lancaster, California. John William Yocum; Velma Yocum Helen Margaret Yocum (daughter of Earl Thornton and Ruth Ann (Nutting) Yocum) 9 Feb 1922: born. 26 June 1945: married Ralph Richard Sills, of Iowa. Served in U.S. Navy. ========= Matilda Ann Yocum (daughter of William Henry and Emma Maria (Michael) Yocum) 8 Nov 1895: born. no date: married Orval McIntire. no date: son Dale McIntire born. no date: son Raymond McIntire born. no date: son Everett Lee McIntire born. no date: twin daughter Maxine McIntire born. no date: twin daughter Lorene McIntire born. no date: daughter Pauline McIntire born. Lived Baxter Springs, Kansas. Dewey Ross Yocum (son of William Henry and Emma Maria (Michael) Yocum) 9 May 1898: born Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri. 15 May 1918: married Pineville, Missouri, to Fern Alice Blair. 14 Mar 1919: daughter Hazel Elaine born. 9 Oct 1922: daughter Mildred Genevee born. 17 Jan 1925: daughter Nellie Marie born. 29 May 1927: son Charles Ross born; died 29 July 1946. 25 Jan 1936: daughter Rita Sue born. Lived Fredonia, Kansas. Charles Ross Yocum Hazel Elaine Yocum (daughter of Dewey Ross and Fern Alice (Blair) Yocum) 14 Mar 1919: born Neosho, Newton County, Missouri. 11 June 1938: married Paul Seaman.
9 Oct 1922: born. 14 Nov 1941: married Fredonia, Kansas, to Paul LeCrone.
17 Jan 1925: born. 2 Oct 1941: married Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, to Charles Mathis.
25 Jan 1936: born. 16 Nov 1952: married Fredonia, Kansas, to Cheslerey Maxwell. ========= Frank Morgan Yocum (son of William Henry and Emma Maria (Michael) Yocum) 28 Oct 1900: born McDonald County, Missouri. no date: married Agnes Marker. 1923: son Robert L. born. no date: son Jack L. born. Lived Anderson, McDonald County, Missouri. Robert L. Yocum (son of Frank Morgan and Agnes (Marker) Yocum) 1923: born. 20 May 1946: married Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Patty A. Busey (1925-_______). Lived at Anderson, Missouri. Jack L. Yocum (son of Frank Morgan and Agnes (Marker) Yocum) Lived Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. =========
13 Feb 1904: born. no date: married Ona Collins. no date: son Willis born. no date: son Darrel born. no date: son Max born. no date: divorced. Willis Yocum; Darrel Yocum; Max Yocum Nellie Lee Yocum (daughter of William Henry and Emma Maria (Michael) Yocum) 1 Sept 1906: born. 14 June 1926: married Ivan Dobbs, by consent of Mrs. Yocum.
20 Mar 1909: born. 30 Jan 1932: married Nellie Jackson (1907-_______) by consent of her mother. no date: daughter Jean born. no date: son Roger born. no date: son Harold born. no date: son Gerald born. no date: son Donald born. Roger Yocum; Harold Yocum; Gerald Yocum; Donald Yocum ========= Clinton Yocum (son of William Moffatt and Phebe Ann (Trimble) Yocum) 21 Jan 1869: born near Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri, or Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois. 21 Jan 1923: died.
21 May 1871: born near Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri. The igi gives her birth date as 12 Jan 1871, Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kansas. 18 Nov 1936: died.
29 Nov 1881: born near Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri. 14/19 Apr 1942: died. ========= Thomas Thornton Yocum (son of William Moffatt and Phebe Ann (Trimble) Yocum) 22 Feb 1884: born near Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri. The igi lists Anderson, McDonald County, Missouri, as his birthplace. no date: married Carrie Baker. no date: son Rolland LeRoy born. Mar 1928: m/2 Los Angeles County, California, to Josie Emeline Hamilton (1 Jan 1909-_______). The igi gives Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, as the marriage place. Lived Los Angeles, California. After his marriage, Thomas farmed in Story County, Iowa. For ten years he was a salesman in Ames, Iowa. He worked in San Diego as a plant policeman for five years and, after 1946, was involved in building construction in California. =========
no date: married Opal Wilson. 1929: son Ralph born; died 1937. no date: daughter Beverly born. no date: daughter Virginia born. 1944: child ?Ravil born. 1951: died. Ralph Yocum; Virginia Yocum; Ravil Yocum Beverly Yocum (daughter of Rolland LeRoy and Opal (Wilson) Yocum) no date: married Dennis Ward. Three daughters. ========= Mabel(le) Yocum (daughter of William Moffatt and Phebe Ann (Trimble) Yocum) 15 Dec 1889: born near Goodman, McDonald County, Missouri. no date: married _______ Bracey. no date: son Clyde Bracey born; lived Los Angeles, California. no date: son William “Billy” Bracey born; died before 1961. no date: m/2 _______ Boice. =========
8 Dec 1883: married Coles County, Illinois, to Sarah Wagoner. Elmer Yocum (son of Thornton Samuel and Emily (Morgan) Yocum) 12 Nov 1886: licensed to marry Coles County, Illinois, to Bernice Fleming. Mary Jane Yocum (daughter of Thornton Samuel and Emily (Morgan) Yocum) 12 Oct 1884: licensed to marry Coles County, Illinois. =========
ca 1814: born. 3 Jan 1850: married Coles County, Illinois, by N. S. Wiley, J.P. to John M. Glasco. The igi gives both 3 Jan and 4 Jan as marriage dates. no date: son John Glasco born. no date: son Matt Glasco born. no date: child Kim Glasco born. no date: son George Glasco born. no date: son W. O. Glasco born. no date: son John Glasco born. no date: son Bruce Glasco born. no date: ?daughter Glasco born.
1773: born Ft. Harness, Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. 1790: married Mary “Polly” Higgins. 15 June 1793: Polly cannot conveniently travel to the court house in Moorefield, Hardy County, to make acknowledgement of indenture of sale to Joseph O'Bannon. Hardy County, West Virginia, Deed Bk. B p621. ca 1790: daughter born (age 16-26 years). ca 1798: daughter born (age 10-16 years). 1800: ?son George W. born. ca 1803: daughter born (under 10 years). 3 May 1803: Solomon and Polly Yocom of Rockingham County, Virginia, sold land to Joseph O'Bannon of Hardy County; ½A in Moorefield, part of lot #37 granted to Solomon Yocom by deed from Peter Higgins 9 Jan 1791. Deed Bk B, p8, Hardy County, (West) Virginia. 1805: daughter born (under ten years). 15 Oct 1806: deed from Edward and Mary Bradley to Solomon Yocum, all of Montgomery County, Kentucky, $200 for land on the waters of Somerset Creek. Montgomery County, Kentucky, Deed Bk 4 p80. 1807: tax list. 1807: son James born. Sept 1809: transaction between Joseph Thompson and Solomon Yocum. 1810: census Montgomery County, Kentucky. 1814: land transaction. 17 Apr 1820: deed from Samuel and Betsy McKee and Joseph and Anna Thompson, all of Montgomery County, Kentucky, to Solomon Yocum of Champaign County, Ohio, $1026.26 for 80A on road and 35 square poles, located on Tolens Branch, a fork of Somerset, part of a survey of 1,000A granted to James Moore 18 Mar 1874. Montgomery County, Kentucky, Deed Bk 9 p342. 17 Apr 1820: deed from Solomon and Polly Yocum of Champaign County, Ohio, to Joseph Thompson, of Montgomery County, Kentucky, $1026.75 for 80A and 35 square poles located on Tolens Branch, a fork of Somerset, part of a survey of 1,000A granted to James Moore 18 Mar 1784. Montgomery County, Kentucky, Deed Bk 9 p362. 1830: not listed in census Montgomery County, Kentucky. Reference: Anna J. Hubble, 3880 Hwy 93 W, Whitefish, MT 59937. Anna J. Hubble lists as children: George W. Yoakum, born ca 1800, Ohio, died 1848; Solomon Yoakum, born 1803; Michael Yoakum; John Yoakum.
1800: born Ohio. no date: married Nancy _______. 13 Feb 1840: deed from Elijah and Katherine Wools to George Yocom, all of Clay County, Indiana, $40 a certain tract estate of Jacob Yocom, W½ NE¼ S36 T13 R7W. Witnesses: John S. Yocum and Jonathan Yocom. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk D p566. 4 Feb 1841: deed from George Yocom to Samuel Yocom $150 40A NW¼ SW¼ S20 T13N R6W. Witnesses: John A. Hensley and John S. Yocom. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk E p535. 9 Oct 1844: deed from George Yocom, Jr. to John A. Hensley $100 40A NE¼ NE¼ S30 T13N R6W. Witnesses: Eliza Stewart and John Wyatt. Clay County, Indiana, Bk F p430. 9 Oct 1844: deed from John A. and Minerva Hensley to George Yocam $100 32A, all their part of the undivided lot of land that Jacob Yocam entered at Vincennes NW¼ NE¼ S36 T13N R7W. Witnesses: Eliza Stewart and E. Wyatt. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk G p32. 11 Oct 1857: deed from George and Nancy Yocom to Benjamin F. Shattuck $350 170A SE¼ NE¼ S31, SE¼ NW¼ S30, SW¼ NW¼ S31, SE¼ NW¼ (less 2A sold) S31 T13 R6W, NE¼ SE¼ S36 T13 R7W, NW¼ SW¼ S31 T12 R6, NE¼ SE¼ S36 T13 R7W. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk N p416. 13 Aug 1860: deed from George and Nancy Yocum to Pleasant Christopher $35, part of lot 12 Morris' addition to Brazil. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk P p11. 16 Aug 1861: George W. and Nancy Yocum to Eliza Christopher, NE corner lot 12 in Morris' addition to Brazil. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk P p620. no date: George W. and Elizabeth Yocum to Fanny Hogue $300, undivided 1/3 lot #11 and 12 in Harris addition to Brazil, except that sold to Ellen Christopher. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk V p536. Reference: Anna J. Hubble. This George may have been the son of a George Yocum. ========= James Yocum (son of Solomon and Mary “Polly” (Higgins) Yocum) 1807: born Montgomery County, Kentucky. no date: married Kentucky to Eliza _______ (ca 1810 Kentucky-_______). Could Eliza's name have been Carter, since Mary Carter (possibly Eliza's sister) lived with them in 1850? 1828: daughter Delila born. early 1830's: moved to Dick Johnson Township, Clay County, Indiana. 17 Mar 1831: deed from U.S. to James Yocum, Clay County, Indiana, E½ NE¼ S36 T13N R6W. 17 Nov 1831: deed from U.S. to James Yocum, Clay County, Indiana, E½ NE¼ S34 T13N R7W. 1832: daughter Jane born Clay County, Indiana. 1835: daughter Elzyra born Indiana. 1836: daughter Matilda born Indiana (a Matilda Yocum died 12 Feb 1916, Clay County, Indiana, age 80 Bk H-19 p8). 29 Sept 1836: deed from U.S. to James Yocum, Clay County, Indiana, NW¼ SW¼ S30 T13N R6W. 24 Sept 183_: deed from U.S. to James Yocum, Clay County, Indiana, SW¼ NW¼ S31 T13N R6W. 1838: son George W. born Indiana. 29 Dec 1838: deed from U.S. to James Yocum, Clay County, Indiana, SE¼ NW¼ S30 T13N R6W. 24 Feb 1840: deed from James and Eliza Yocom to William Wyatt, all of Clay County, Indiana, $150 32 34/100A NW¼ SW¼ S30 T13N R6W and SE¼ NW¼ S30 T13N R6W. Witnesses: John S. Yocom and Michael Burk. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk D p516. 24 Feb 1840: deed from Stephen and Ruth Crabb to James Yocom $330 42 43/100A SE¼ NW¼ S31 T13N R6W. Witnesses: J. S. Yocom and William C. Moore. Clay County, Indiana, Bk D p611. 1840: a James Yocum is listed in the 1840 census of Clay County, Indiana; 1 male age 0-5 (1835-1840), 2 males age 10-15 (1825-1830), 1 male age 30-40 (1800-1810); 1 female age 0-5 (1835-1840), 4 females age 5-10 (1830-1835), 1 female age 10-15 (1825-1830), 1 female age 30-40 (1800-1810). 1840: daughter Eliza born. 20 Feb 1843: deed from George G. and Barbara McKinley to James Yocom $100 NE¼ SE¼ S36 T13N R7W, near the National Road and James Yocom's line. Witnesses: Owen Thorp and Merul Thorp. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk E p433. 1843: daughter Mary A. born. 3 Mar 1846: deed from James and Eliza Yocom to Levi Newlin $40 2A, part of SE¼ NW¼ S31 T13N R6W. Witnesses: Thomas T. Hadden and Michael Burk. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk F p625. 6 Mar 1847: deed from Levi and Rachel Newland to James Yocom $25 2A, part of SE¼ NW¼ S31 T13N R6W. Witnesses: L. D. Higgins and H. R. Griffis. Clay County, Indiana, Bk G p646. 1849: son James K. P. born. 1850: census Dick Johnson Township, Clay County, Indiana; James, age 43, farmer, value of real estate $2000, born Kentucky; Eliza, age 40, born Kentucky; Delila, age 22, born Kentucky; Jane, age 18, born Indiana; Elzyra, age 15, born Indiana; Matilda, age 14, born Indiana; George, age 12, born Indiana; Eliza, age 10, born Indiana; Mary, age 8, born Indiana; James, age 1, Indiana; Mary Carter, age 24, born Indiana. 26 Feb 1851: wrote will. 14 June 1851: deed from James and Eliza Yocom to William Chew $72 SW corner 8½A, deed from G. G. McKinley to James Yocom on National Road, NE of SE¼ S36 T13N R7W. Witnesses: Owen Thorp and George W. Thorp. Clay County, Indiana, Bk I p197. 5 Oct 1852: Amos D. Yocum granted letters of administration with Isaac N. Norris and Edward William. Filed bond of $1000. Clay County, Indiana, Probate Bk 1852-60. Cause continued several times. Feb 1854: vouchers rejected, cause continued several times. 18 July 1855: deed from Eliza Yocum to Benjamin F. Shattuck $900 SE¼ SW¼ S31 T13N R6W, 42 93/1000 A; E½ NE¼ S36 T7W, 80A; SE¼ NW¼ S30 T13N R6W, 32 48/100 A; SW¼ S31 T13N R6W, 42 95/100 A; NW SW 30 T13N R6W, 3 24/100 A; N? SE S36 T13N R7W; NE off SE 36 T13N R7W; SE NW S31 T13 R6W. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk M p306. Aug 1855: Amos D. Yocum, administrator of James Yocum, deceased, vs. Delila Gibson et al. Applies to sell real estate as per property is not enough to pay debts. Nov 1855: administrator ordered to rent farm for one year instead of selling; report to next term. Feb 1856: Nathaniel Usher vs. Amos D. Yocom, administrator, plaintiff fails to prosecute his claim, debt recover costs from plaintiff, case dismissed. 23 Feb 1856: court held in Bowling Green decreed to sell land of infant heirs of James Yocam, Eliza Yocum, guardian, with Benjamin F. Shattuck, security. Mary A. was age 12 and James K. was age 7. They were heirs to SE¼ NE¼ S31 T13N R6W, SE¼ NW¼ S30 T13N R6W, SW¼ NW¼ S31 T13N R6W, SE¼ N¼ S31 T13N R6W, less 2 acress sold. Also part of NE¼ SE¼ S36 T13N R7W, part of NW¼ SW¼ S31 T12N R6W, and part of NE¼ SE¼ S36 T13N R7W, about 170A. Clay County, Indiana, Probate Bk 1852-57. 23 May 1856: deed to Eliza Yocum from John and Mary Daniels $30 10A off the SW corner NW¼ NE¼ S18 T12N R6W. Witness: Edw. S. Hussy. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk M p687. 23 May 1856: deed to Eliza Yocum of McLean County, Illinois, from James A. and Sarah Moore $700 SW¼ NE¼ S18 T12N R6W. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk M p687. Feb 1857: guardian of Mary and James Yocum guardianship granted and bond approved. 26 Feb 1857: petition to sell land; guardian files additional bond; sell at private sale. Deed to Benjamin Shattuck $300 170A SE¼ NE¼ S31 T13N R6W; SE¼ NW¼ S30 T13N R6W; SW¼ NW¼ S31 T13N R6W; and SE¼ NW¼ S31 T13N R6W (less 2A sold off). Also part of NE¼ SE¼ S36 T13 N R6W. Also part of NE¼ SE¼ S36 T13N R7W. To heirs: SW¼ NE¼ S18, also 10A off SW corner of NE¼ NE¼ S18 T12N R6W, $300 paid by heirs and natural love and affection, 26 Feb 1851. 26 Feb 1857: Eliza Yocum of Clay County, Indiana, to Mary A. and James R. Yocum, minor heirs of James Yocum, deceased, $300 and natural love, SW¼ NE¼ S18 T12N R6W. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk N p 111. May 1857: administrator files final settlement; case discharged. Clay County, Indiana, Probate Bk 1852-60 p346. 1860: census Jackson Township, Clay County, Indiana; Eliza, age 54, value of personal estate $120, born Kentucky; James K. P., age 10, born Indiana; Mary A., age 16, born Indiana. 31 Aug 1867: deed from Mary A. Yocum, James R. Yocum, and Lucinda Yocom to Sarah Jane Cox of Vigo County, Indiana, $600 50A SW¼ NE¼ and 10A off SW corner of NE¼ NE¼ S18 T12N R7W. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk X p541. Mary Carter (1826-_______) was listed with the family. James was in the Brazil area prior to 1834, ten years before the town was founded. His house was known as the Shattuck place. A William S. Yocom, son of Jane Wagle, was age 18 years 11 months 20 days on 27 Jan 1842 when he apprenticed himself to James Rarriden for 2 years and 9 days as a farmer with his mother's permission. Witnesses: Isaac Bell and Owen Thorp. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk E p248. Could this have been a son of James and Eliza? Owen Thorp was a witness of two deeds of this family and, according to the 1840 census, there were more male sons than we have listed above. Jane Yocum; Matilda Yocum
1828: born Montgomery County, Kentucky. no date: married _______ Carter. 25 Apr 1852: m/2 Vigo County, Indiana, John Gibson. 24 Aug 1862: daughter Phoebe Jane Gibson born Cloverland, Clay County, Indiana; died 28 Apr 1927 ?Universal, Indiana; buried Harpole Cemetery, near the Vigo and Clay County border; married William Ellmore Hane (16 Dec 1859 Cone Bluff, Vigo County, Indiana-5 May 1930 Park River, North Dakota). Child: 1. Rose Belle Hane(s) born 3 Mar 1879 Cloverland, Clay County, Indiana; died 20 Feb 1961; married 12 Apr 1903 William Dennis Flint (10 Sept 1881 Paris, Edgar County, Illinois-12 May 1927 Jamestown, North Dakota) son of Henry Lively Flint (born Greenbrier, Monroe County, West Virginia) and Mary Jane Ryan (born Ireland). Child: 1. Charles Wayne Flint born 2 Nov 1906 Vigo County, Indiana; married 21 Jan 1929 Mildred Wilma Falter. Child: 1. Betty Carol Flint; married William D. Brass; lived 6202 Southeast 21st Ave., Portland, OR 97202. no date: died; buried Harpole Cemetery, near the Vigo and Clay County border.
1835: born Indiana. 20 Feb 1863: married Vigo County, Indiana, by Thomas Davis, J.P., to Harmon Christopher (Bk CB p264) (possibly married 20 Feb 1853). no date: son Manuel born Brazil, Clay County, Indiana; married Anna Rigsby (7 Sept 1900-_______) daughter of Tom and Mary Rigsby of Rickcastle County, Kentucky. no date: son Pearl born.
1838: born Clay County, Indiana. 25 Oct 1862: married Clay County, Indiana, to Mariah Braun (Bk 2 p79).
1840: born. 17 Mar 1863: married Clay County, Indiana, to Jeremiah Kirk (Bk 2 p99). igi
1843: born. 25 Apr 1858: married Clay County, Indiana, to William H. Little. 31 Aug 1867: deed from Mary A. Yocum, James R. Yocum, and Lucinda Yocom to Sarah Jane Cox of Vigo County, Indiana, $600 50A SW¼ NE¼ and 10A off SW corner of NE¼ NE¼ S18 T12N R7W. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk X p541. William could possibly have been married to Mary A., daughter of John Stewart and Elizabeth (Stewart) Yocum. Mary A., daughter of James and Eliza, would have been only age 15 at the time of her marriage and she was listed as Mary A. Yocum on an 1867 deed. ========= James K. P. “Dude” Yocum (son of James and Eliza (_______) Yocum) 1849: born Clay County, Indiana. no date: lived Brazil Township, Clay County, Indiana. 8 Apr 1865: married Clay County, Indiana, to Lucinda Carico (1847-_______) (Bk 2 p219). Igi 1865: son George born Clay County, Indiana. 1867: son Henry E. born Indiana (not listed in 1870 census). 1869: son Charles born Indiana (not listed in 1870 census). 11 Dec 1869: deed from James K. and Lucinda Yocum to Aris Cox, Jr. $600 10A SW¼ NE¼ S10 off SW corner of NE¼ NE¼ all in S18 T12N R6W 50A. Clay County, Indiana, Deed Bk 3 p49. June 1870: son John B. born. 9 July 1870: census Van Buren Township, Clay County, Indiana; James, age 20, daily laborer, born Indiana; Lucinda, age 23, born Indiana; George, age 5, born Indiana; John B., age 3 weeks, born June, born Indiana. no date: moved to Fulton County, Illinois. 24 Sept 1885: son Floyd Wesley born. 1887: son Jesse William born. George Yocum; Henry E. Yocum; Charles Yocum; John B. Yocum =========
24 Sept 1885: born Fulton County, Illinois. 23 Mar 1905: married Fulton County, Illinois, to Minnie Gertrude Peters (1888-_______). 14 Aug 1905: son Edwin Leo born. 6 Aug 1906: son Threll born. 22 Feb 1908: daughter Faye born. 13 Aug 1911: daughter born. 25 Apr 1913: son born and died. 1 June 1914: son Dale born. 1 May 1916: daughter Fern born. 6 Feb 1920: son Glenn born. Edwin Leo Yocum; Faye Yocum; Fern Yocum; Glenn Yocum Threll Yocum (son of Floyd Wesley and Minnie Gertrude (Peters) Yocum) 6 Aug 1906: born Fulton County, Illinois. 30 Oct 1926: married Fulton County, Illinois, Dorothy Van Middleworth (1908-_______). 7 Apr 1927: son Robert Lee born. 5 Oct 1929: son Billy Geane born. Robert Lee Yocum; Billy Geane Yocum Dale Yocum (son of Floyd Wesley and Minnie Gertrude (Peters) Yocum) 1 June 1914: born Fulton County, Illinois. 30 June 1937: married Fulton County, Illinois, Mildred Jones. ========= Jesse William Yocum (son of James K. P. and Lucinda (Carico) Yocum) 1887: born Fulton County, Illinois. 10 Jan 1910: married Fulton County, Illinois, Pearl Postin (1891-_______). 21 June 1910: son born. 12 Sept 1912: daughter born. 22 Jan 1914: son Roy William born. 9 May 1915: son Dale Lee born. 24 Sept 1920: daughter Maxine Mae born. 13 Apr 1925: son ?Dale Lee born. Maxine Mae Yocum Roy William Yocum (son of Jesse William and Pearl (Postin) Yocum) 22 Jan 1914: born Fulton County, Illinois. 28 Nov 1933: married Fulton County, Illinois, Marjorie Predmore (1914-_______). no date: child born. no date: child born. 12 Dec 1941: twin daughter Sandra Kay born Warren County, Illinois. 12 Dec 1941: twin daughter Anita Lorraine born Warren County, Illinois. Sandra Kay Yocum; Anita Lorraine Yocum Dale Lee Yocum (son of Jesse William and Pearl (Postin) Yocum) 9 May 1915: born Fulton County, Illinois. 1920: married Margaret Minnie Young. 10 July 1940: son Norman Lee born Warren County, Illinois. no date: child born. 15 Mar 1944: son Jesse Lee born. Norman Lee Yocum; Jesse Lee Yocum
1771: born Ft. Harness, Moorefield, Hardy County, Kentucky. 17 Feb 1792: married Nelson County, Kentucky, by James Chambers to Rosina Purcell. Witness: (brother) James Purcel. igi 1792: tax list Nelson County, Kentucky. 5 July 1800: Matthew Yocum granted 200 acres on Grave Creek, Hardin County, Kentucky. Kentucky Land Grants Bk 20 p405. 1825: died Liberty Township, Knox County, Ohio. Isaac Yoakum (son of Jacob and Elizabeth (See) Yoakum) 1777: born Ft. Harness, Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. no date: married Elizabeth _______.
no date: married Peter Pope. Valentine Youcam (son of Matthias and Eleanor (See) Yoakum) ca 1734: born Augusta County, Virginia. 1764: died Augusta County, Virginia. Valentine's will was written in 1764 and probated in 1768 in Augusta County, Virginia. He left no record of any family. Matthias Yoakum (son of Matthias and Eleanor (See) Yoakum) ca 1736/37: born Pennsylvania or Mercer County, Kentucky. no date: married ?Helene or Helena Dixon (ca 1741-_______) daughter of Ben Dixon. ca 1756: daughter Catherine “Caty” born. 1757/58: son Jonathan born. 16 Nov 1760: “Matthias M. Yoacum, in Bedford County, Virginia, was given Power of Attorney to sell to Alexander Boyd, paymaster to a Virginia Regiment, land on the Roanoke River.” This is believed to be Matthias, Jr., as Matthias Yoakum, Sr. was still in Bedford County, Virginia, at the time of the Chief Cornstalk Massacre on 17 July 1763 and was living on the Roanoke River, Botetourt County, and was witness to a will in that county 9 June 1773. (Annals of S. W. Virginia, p358). ca 1760/61: son Jesse born. 27 Apr 1761: deed from Michael Yoakum to Mathias Yoakum, both of Bedford County, Virginia, for 5 pounds 100A on both sides of Jones Fork (Bedford County, Virginia, Bk 1 p402). ca 1763: son Matthew (Matthias) born. ca 1765: daughter Sarah born. ca 1766: daughter Amelia born. ca 1768: son John born. ca 1770: daughter Mary born. 19 Feb 1773: deed from Matthias and Helene Yoakum to Michael, all of Bedford County, Virginia, for 112 pounds 180A on both sides of Jones Fork (Bedford County, Virginia, Bk 5 p86). ca 1778: son George born. Fall 1779: moved to Kentucky from Botetourt County, Virginia (source: Draper Mss.). 28 Dec 1784: m/2 Lincoln County, Kentucky (possibly Mercer County, Kentucky), to Leah (Williams) Duncan (1768-_______) daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Williams) Duncan. Benjamin gave bond and Elizabeth attested as to her age. The igi gives Mercer County, Kentucky, as the place of marriage. ca 1784: ?son William born. ca 1785: son Samuel born. 15 Mar 1785: Walter Baker vs. Mathias Yocum upon a caveat. Lincoln County, Kentucky, Court Order Book. 8 Sept 1785: Walter Baker vs. Mathias Yocum upon a caveat--“We of the jury find the improvement made by John Smith on the land mentioned herein to be the Eldest and of the law...thereon be for the plaintiff we find for him just claim as can be established to him under the...if for the defendant and we find for the defendant.” Lincoln County, Kentucky, Court Order Book. 10 Sept 1785: Walter Baker vs. Matthias Yocum upon a caveat for an improvement and settlement...defendant recover against plaintiff. Lincoln County, Kentucky, Court Order Book. 12 June 1786: on the motion of Thomas Swearingen, son and heir of Thomas Swearingen the elder deceased who was a complainant against Matthias Yocum defendant in chancery and with the consent of the said defendant he is admitted complaint in the said suit in the room of the deceased and it is further ordered that the complainant have leave to amend the original bill herein. Lincoln County, Kentucky, Court Order Book. no date: Matthias deeded land to son John (Mercer County, Kentucky, Deed Bk 9 p489). Maria Thompson Davis, in her History of Mercer and Boyle Counties, Kentucky, stated that Matthias Yoakum, Sr. had 12 sons and no daughters and named 6 of them; that Matthias Yoakum, Jr. had 12 sons and 3 daughters. She also said, “The Yocums were clever neighbors; great for log-rolling, but quarrelsome among themselves.” Another source states, “Matthias Yoakum, Jr. and his son Jesse amused themselves by standing behind trees and shooting at each other. A Jacob Yocum, son of Matthias, brought his younger brother Matthias into court in Mercer County, Kentucky, as having deceived him in the sale of a house. The case was adjudicated and a judgment of not guilty was rendered in 1792. Interview by John D. Shane with Mrs. Sarah Graham 9pp 12 CC 45-53: “McGary married Matthias Yocum's oldest daughter Caty for his second wife...Her brother Jesse Yocum before the battle of the Blue-Licks would fall out with his father, tree him and tell him to show his damned gourd. Were both behind trees. Matthias Yocum married a widow Duncan after first wife's death. Old Matthias Yocum's father had 12 sons. Felty, Coonrod, Phillip Powell, Matthias, John. Youngest died here--Presbyterian. He lived on Roanoke in Virginia. Had a 2nd wife and raised 12 sons and 3 daughters. Every one of them what I knew had farms, but Felty who was killed while they lived on Roanoke then the Indian frontier in Virginia. The Indians killed him and all the children in their own house but 2. She got away, but went back that night and laid in her husband's bosom all in a gore of blood. The old people came out with Matthias. Mr. Yocums were clever neighbors, great for log-rolling, but quarrelsome among themselves.” From Suzanna Mesta: “Matthias was one of the early settlers of Harrodsburg, Kentucky (the oldest town west of the Alleghenies). He settled for a time in Fort Harrod along with Captain James Harrod. Later on he was given a preemption of land--this was land given to the settler if he would clear it and raise a crop of corn. His land was four miles from Harrodsburg. This was in the year of 1776--1400 acres in all on Shawnee Run in Mercer County. There was a dispute over the land (someone else claimed it) but I believe Mathias finally won. Also Daniel Mitchell Yocum, who was my great grandfather and the great grandson of the above Mathias, through his mother, is related to Abraham Lincoln. The Yocums were an old and established family in Washington and Anderson County, Kentucky. My grandfather David Yocum was at one time sheriff of Anderson County. I do know that Mathias was given land in Indiana for military service.”
ca 1756: born. Sept 1786: married McGary's Station, Lincoln County, Kentucky, Major Hugh McGary (his m/2). Their home was on the site now occupied by the present County Court House. His first wife was the mother of James Ray. His first wife may have been a cousin of Andrew Jackson. Kentucky Registers Volume 43 (1945) p62: “Hugh McGary who, smarting under the continued attacks of his neighbors decided to leave the state. At that time McGary and his wife Catherine...” Filson Club Quarterly, v 9 p225, Draper Mss, Shane interview with Mrs. Sarah Graham (died 14 Oct 1844). Hugh McGary: “McGary married Matthias Yocum's oldest daughter Caty for his second wife. It was said he would go to see her, two miles off, while his first wife, who had been a widow Ray, mother of General James Ray, lay sick; and that one of the boys, Ray's, as it was thought, used to stop him in the road, back and forth, and appear to him as a spectre, wrapped up in sheets, and talk to him of it, as the spirit of his present wife. Twas said the widow Ray could manage McGary when a whole army could not do it. McGary picked up the shoes between his and Yocum's station, he just leaned down on his horse. After he married her (Caty Yocum) she would `mouth' or `tongue' him, when she got in one of her tantrums. He would watch sometimes half a day trying to slip 'round her; and if he got a fair catch on her, he would hold her till he got weary; and say to her `Oh, Caty! Ain't you most done? I'm so tired,' but still continued his hold till she would submit. `I've said all I want to say,' or `I feel right easy,' and then he would let her go. Filson Club Quarterly, v 10 p172, Draper Mss, Shane interview with Mrs. Hinds: “Hugh McGary was a creature without consideration, was by nature a savage. He married a Yocum. She had a bastard child, as well as he, when they married. He went to drive her bastard child off, she said, to drive off both, and they did.” v 3 p 231: “The people of Harrodsburg used to consider McGary as a bluestring, rather cowardly man.” p 20: Ft. Harrod, Harrodsburg, 1st four mothers to enter Western Wilderness: Mrs. Daniel Boone, Mrs. Hugh McGary, Mrs. William Dention, Mrs. Richard Hogan.
ca 1757/57: born. =========
ca 1760/61: born, probably Botetourt County, Virginia. 1780: served in the militia under Captain Hugh McGary in Colonel John Bowman's regiments. Went against the Shawnee Indians in General Clark's Expedition. Taken prison in the Blue Licks action and discharged at the end of the war. 16 Aug 1782: a Jesse Yocum fought to defend Bryan's Fort, 5 miles northeast of Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. A monument was erected by the DAR in 1896. Aug 1783: returned home to Kentucky. 12 May 1787: married Mercer County, Kentucky, to Diana (How) Denton (_______-1838) daughter of James How. igi ca 1788: ?daughter Ellender born. 1790: son Matthias born. ca 1792: daughter Polly born. no date: daughter Martha “Patsy” born. no date: daughter born. 1796: son Thomas D. born. no date: son Samuel N. born. 1800: census, Mercer County, Kentucky. no date: son John born. no date: son James born. no date: son Jesse Ray born. no date: daughter born. no date: daughter born. no date: daughter born. no date: daughter born. after 1808: moved to the Territory of Orleans, settling in the area near present-day Opelousas. 4 Apr 1810: deed from Jesse Yocum, of the Parish of St. Landry, to Dr. William Rogers, of the city of New Orleans, for $1800 about 9000 arpents of land and about this time moved to the southwest part of Natchitoches Parish (Ewaney Prairie) in present-day Sabine Parish. (Parish Clerk's Office, St. Landry Parish, Opelousas, Louisiana, from Index to Conveyances--Vendors). 15 July 1824: Jesse Yocum, age 64 years, father of Matthew, Thomas, John, James, and Jesse Ray, filed suit against Solomon Barrow in District Court in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, for accusing him of stealing a cow that belonged to Solomon and filed on him for the theft. Solomon moved to Texas at the end of 1824 and the suit was withdrawn in 1826 by Jesse. District Court Records in the Parish Clerk's Office, Natchitoches, Louisiana. B-37, #806. Dismissed 26 May 1828. 13 Jan 1833: received letter from James Ray, encouraging Jesse to apply for a pension. 19 Mar 1835: applied for pension. Mr. Edmund Quirk testified that he was well acquainted with Jesse and knew him in Kentucky in the militia. Jesse lived in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, at this time. 9 Nov 1840: Samuel M. Hyams certified that William J. Elam was a justice of the peace when he received a testimony from Mr. Edmund Quirk. 4 Jan 1841: pension rejected. Samuel N. Yoakum Mariah Thompson Davis stated in her History of Mercer and Boyle Counties, Kentucky, that Jesse Yocum and his father occasionally amused themselves by standing behind trees and shooting at each other. Jesse's story is best told in Collins' story of Jesse Yocum, in his History of Kentucky, v.2 p662, and in Major Hugh McGary's Payroll report found in the Frederick County, Virginia Records by Mrs. Josie Mae Clark. These are quoted below. “Following the Battle of Blue Licks: `Of the seven prisoners, four were killed by the Indians, as above, and the other three, Jesse Yocum, Lewis Rose, and Captain John McMurtry, were packed to the extent of their strength with the spoils of the day. With their captors, they were hurried next day across the Ohio River, at the mouth of Eagle Creek, seven miles below Limestone Creek (Maysville); thence passed Upper and Lower Sandusky, and the foot of the Miami Rapids (afterwards Fort Meigs), to Detroit, where they arrived on September 4th, and were delivered into the hands of the British. On the route, they were compelled several times to run the gauntlet, in Indian towns through which they passed. At one of them, Captain McMurtry was knocked down and fell senseless; the Indians jumped upon and stamped him, breaking several of his ribs. Jesse Yocum, by his skill in running close to the line of Indians, so avoided their clubs as to come out almost unhurt; and running up to a young Indian, by adroitness and great strength, picked him up and hurled him to the ground then, going up to another, all in a moment of time, he thrust his head between the Indian's legs and threw him over his head and jumping up, knocked his feet rapidly together in a manner novel to the Indians, crowed like a cock, and rallied them for being a pack of cowards. This singular exhibition of dexterity and spirit delighted the Indians, and an old chief promptly claimed Yocum as his man. But the gauntlet failed to satisfy the savage craving for fiendish cruelty, and the prisoners were condemned to be burned. Just as they were tied to the stake, and the torch was already applied to the fagots piled around, a storm of remarkable violence burst over their heads. The flashed of lightning increased in vividness; and louder and deeper rolled the thunder. Then the storm cloud broke, and the torrent from above extinguished the fires, the savages were struck with awe and reverence, and dared not relight them. The Great Spirit had interfered to save them, and would not permit them thus to die. Thereafter, they were treated with much more kindness and consideration.'” “On September 18th the prisoners were forwarded to Montreal, and rigorously confined for a month; thence to Mont du Luc Island, and imprisoned until July, 1783, when they were exchanged and sent to Ticonderoga, reaching Harrodsburg, Kentucky August 28th. They were received almost as men from the dead.” “Captain McMurtry was in several engagements afterwards, and fell in Harmar's Defeat in 1790. His name heads the list of honored dead of Kentucky engraved upon the Battle Monument.” “Major Hugh McGary who led the charge at Blue Licks was a brother-in-law of Jesse Yocum, husband of Millie Yocum, an older sister of Jesse. Their home was on the site of the present Mercer County Courthouse.” “Jesse married Diana (How) Denton in 1787. Her mother-in-law, Mrs. Denton, Mrs. McGary, and Mrs. Hogan were the three first white women in Kentucky.” “Later, J. Stevens, a nephew of Jesse, stated that `Jesse Yocum lives in Texas, if still alive.'” Frederick County, Virginia, Records: Pay roll, I. P. D. 188 of Jesse Yoakum, Pri. and others of the Militia of Lincoln County who were taken prisoners at Blue Lick, defeated on 19 day of Aug. 1782, and who was released at Crown Point about 18 day of July 1783, and continued their journey without wilfull delays and arrived at home 27 days following. Time in service 373 days, pay per months, 62/3 ($6.67), total 24-17-4. Lincoln County. This day John McMurty came before me and made oath that the above pay roll is just and given under my hands 28 Apr 1784. Family of Jesse Yocum ca 1760/61, as deduced from a statement of his nephew, J. Stevens, in an interview for the Draper Historical Collection of the University of Wisconsin, about 1840, who stated that Jesse had four children and, if still alive, lived in Texas. Jesse Yocum got a grant of 58 acres of land on March 27, 1829 in Southern Kentucky. The only descriptive point being `opposite Whitley County.' (Bk 2 p304, Kentucky Land Grants). However, Diana (How) Yocum had gotten a large tract of 1000 acres land apparently before her marriage to Jesse.
“I take up my pen to let you know that I have not forgotton you. I have not hear one word from you for many years until this summer Samuel Dennis on his way to see you showed me a letter from you to him, about then days ago he left my house on his way home in good health. By him I learned that you and family was still in the Land of the Living, my family is generally in good health except myself. I have been very much afflicted for many years but still keep on my feet. Our relations here are in a common state of health. Samuel Dennis tells me you had some thought of coming to see us once more if so it would be truly gratifying to me and perhaps be of some service to yourself. Congress has past a law paying all those who performed services in the old war, if you were here I have no doubt but you could get pay for your services particularly for the time you was a prisoner and for any other services which you can prove. John Gritton and myself will be good evidence for you, the law is about this if you have served two years previous to the end of the war you will be intitled to 96 dollars during life or in that proportion for a life time. There will be two years pay coming to those who can establish their claims, on the 4th March next I think if you intend coming up no matter how soon you come, I expect on that day to draw 2 years pay. If you come nothing on my part will be lacking to serve you, here is the only place you can make such proof as will be sufficient to establish your claim. My love to your wife and family and except for yourself my best wishes for your happiness through life.”
ca 1788: born. 15 Nov 1802: married James Martin. ========= Matthias Yoakum (son of Jesse and Diana (How) Yoakum) 1790: born, probably in what is now Wayne County, Kentucky. igi 1819: son Richard B. born. 1820: daughter Lucinda born. 1820: listed in census of Lawrence County, Tennessee. 1826: daughter Jane born Alabama. 1827: son John born. 1828: daughter Martha born. no date: daughter Margaret born. 1835: son George L. born. 1836: daughter Susan born Alabama. 1839: son Matthias born Alabama. 1850: census #219 Franklin County, Alabama (no wife was listed in the census). between 19 Sept 1826 and 7 Apr 1827: murdered at Elisha Roberts' in San Augustine County, Texas, by a man reported to be named Charles Chandler. Also slain at the same time and place was James Collier, who was married to Martha “Patsy” Yocum, a sister of Matthias. Lucinda Yoakum; Jane Yoakum; Martha Yoakum; George L. Yoakum; Susan Yoakum; Matthias Yoakum
1819: born Alabama. no date: married Nancy _______ (1815 Indiana-_______). 1842: son Thomas born Alabama. 1844: son John born Alabama. 1845: son Isaac born Alabama. 1847: daughter Rachel born Alabama. 1849: son Mathias born Alabama. 1850: census #220 Franklin County, Alabama; Richard, age 31, farmer, $300, born Alabama; Nancy, age ?21, born Indiana; Thomas, age 8, born Alabama; John, age 6, born Alabama, Isaac, age 5, born Alabama; Rachel, age 3, born Alabama; Mathias, age 1, born Alabama. Thomas Yoakum; John Yoakum; Isaac Yoakum; Rachel Yoakum; Mathias Yoakum John Yoakum (son of Matthias Yoakum) 1827: born Franklin County, Alabama. no date: married Lucinda _______ (1830-_______). 1850: census: John, age 23, farmer; Matthias, age 80. 1854: daughter Caledonia L. born. 1856: daughter Matilda C. born. 1858: son Richard born. Caledonia L. Yoakum; Matilda C. Yoakum; Richard Yoakum Margaret Yoakum (daughter of Matthias Yoakum) 1860: census Franklin County, Alabama, listed with Elizabeth Strickland. =========
ca 1792: born. 1 Jan 1808: married Jeremiah Grey.
no date: married James Collier (James was murdered between 19 Sept 1826 and 7 Apr 1827 in San Augustine County, Texas, by a man reported to be named Charles Chandler (Forsythe D. Chandler). Also slain at the same time and place was Matthias Yocum, Martha's brother. Forsythe D. Chandler was the husband of Susan Collier, brother of James Collier). 7 Apr 1827: Forsythe D. Chandler, his wife, Susan Collier, of the Province of Texas, and Nathaniel Collier, of Natchitoches Parish, filed suit in the Sixth Judicial Court for the State of Louisiana and Parish of Natchitoches, against Martha Yocum of Natchitoches Parish for the return of a Negro woman slave for life, named Millie and her daughter, named Martha. ========= Thomas D. Yocum (son of Jesse and Diana (How) Yoakum) 1796: born Kentucky. 9 Jan 1814: married Opelousas, Saint Landry, Louisiana, Pamelia Peace (_______-before Jan 1846). She m/2 William Jolly. (Southwest Louisiana Records, Hebert; Church and Civil Records, V. 2 (1811-1830) Opelousas Court House, Marriage #3). 3 Jan 1815: enlisted in the 15th Regiment, Louisiana Militia, as a private in Captain Martin's Company of Infantry. 13 Mar 1815: discharged. no date: son Christopher born. no date: daughter Polly born. no date: daughter Carolyn born. no date: ???daughter Sydna L. born (a Sydna L. Yocum married David Cole 29 Apr 1838, Jefferson County, Texas. igi). 1820: census Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; 1 male age 0-10 (1810-1820); 1 male age 16-26 (1794-1804); 2 females age 0-10 (1810-1820); 1 female age 18-26 (1794-1804). no date: defendant in a civil suit (Natchitoches Parish). no date: defendant in a civil suit (Natchitoches Parish). no date: surety for court costs when one of the family sued someone (Natchitoches Parish). no date: involved in slave trades and land sales (Opelousas Parish). 22 Apr 1827: Patsy Collier, as principal, and Thomas D. Yocum and John Sibley, as sureties, paid $800 to retrieve two slaves, Millie and her child Martha, that had been seized under an order of sequestration against Patsy Collier in favor of F. D. Chandler. They promise to deliver the slaves to the sheriff if the judgment of the District Court in the Parish of Natchitoches rules against Patsy. Filed 19 July 1827, C. E. Geneaux, clerk. ca 1828: Thomas D. Yocum was granted claim #219, S½ of S10 and N½ of S15 T4N R12W of Louisiana meridian, 650 and 28/100A. This claim was reaffirmed 31 May 1906 by President T. Roosevelt. 25 Nov 1828: promised to pay Isaac Thomas and M. P. Flint $600 on 1 Jan 1829, with 10% interest after due date. The sum would be received in work horses, oxen, or mules delivered on the plantation of Thomas, near Alexandria. Natchitoches, Louisiana. 26 Nov 1829: proof made by Isaac Thomas and Micah F. Flint of the Parish of Ranides that Thomas D. Yocum owed them $500, with 10% from 1 Jan 1829, and that Yocum had permanently left the state of Louisiana. The sheriff was ordered to seize Yocum's property, to satisfy the debt. Yocum was ordered to appear in the Office of the Clerk of Natchitoches, Louisiana, in May 1830. 27 Nov 1829: property of Thomas D. Yocum transferred to Isaac Thomas and Michael Flint, lawyers, $427 for 640 arpents, land situated in the Sabine Settlement near the Ewaney Prairie. Book of Sheriff Conveyances v178, recorded 2 Oct 1833. 12 Feb 1830: the sheriff served a notice of the above transactions to Yocum's wife at his residence. 29 Mar 1830: Thomas applied to settle in the Mexican territories, in Nacogdoches, Texas. He stated that he was married and had six children, was a laborer, and a Catholic. He stated that he brought a family of 20 persons and chose lands on the Trinity River. (Incomplete Title, v 65 p130, General Land Office, Spanish Archives). 2 Mar 1835: granted title to land on the east bank of the Trinity River. Original title, v 20 p162, Spanish Archives, General Land Office, Austin, Texas. 17 Aug 1835: applied for additional land to comple the sitio of land that he owned. Original title, v 21 p915, Spanish Archives, General Land Office, Austin, Texas. no date: served on a jury in the District of Liberty. Liberty, Liberty County, and the Atascosito District, by Miriam Partlow. ca 1838: son Sam Houson Yocum born. 1840: tax roll: 1500 acres of land, 500 head of cattle, 7 slaves, and 30 horses. 12 Nov 1840: deed from Mary Ann Cottle to Thomas D. Yocum $50 for lot #125, block #34, residence on lot, 60 feet on Austin Street and 120 feet deep. Deed Records, Jefferson County Clerk's Office, Beaumont, Texas, vol. D pp128-129. ca 10 Sept 1841: died intestate. 19 Sept 1841: Pamelia requested that Isaac Applewhite be appointed admnistrator of Thomas' estate. 24 Sept 1841: Isaac Applewhite petitioned for an administrator of Thomas' estate. 1 Oct 1841: Pamelia Yocum, “consort of the late Thomas D. Yocum”, petitioned for an administrator to take charge of Thomas' large estate. Probate Section, Jefferson County Clerk's Office, Beaumont, Texas. 3 Oct 1841: Pamelia Yocum, J. G. Bingham, and J. C. Langham bound themselves as security to D. J. Otho Millard, Chief Justice of Jefferson County, Texas, for $40,000 for Pamelia to serve as administratrix of Thomas' estate. 16 Oct 1841: Pamelia Yocum, John Haley, J. C. Martin, David Choate, Sidney Collins, Charles J. Haley, and Archibald Smith bound themselves as security to D. J. Otho Millard for $40,000 for Pamelia to serve as administratrix of Thomas' estate. Witnesses: David Cole and John Choate. Probate Section, Jefferson County Clerk's Office, Beaumont, Texas. 17 Nov 1841: the Clerk of the District Court in Natchitoches Parish issued a certificate certifying that from 1810 to the present date, there were no records of Jesse Yocum being prosecuted for murder. This certificate was published in the 20 Apr 1842 issue of the Telegraph and Texas Register. (Russell H. Bridges). 13 Jan 1842: Pamelia requested that Thomas' estate be appraised. 30 May 1842: agreement to partition Thomas' estate made between Pamelia Jolly and William Jolly, her husband, on the one part and David Cole, John Choate, and James Cotton of the second part. Pamelia would have one fifth, the balance to be divided among Thomas' heirs. Pamelia would take a negro girl, Matilda, and her child at their appraised value as part of her share. Any advances made by Thomas to any of the heirs would be included. Pamelia would have the privilege of taking Old Jake and Letha at their appraised value, that David Cole would have Betsy and child, John Choate, Annie and Ruth, Polly would have Sarah, Sam, and Young Jake, as part of their portions. James Cotton agreed to take all of his portion in stock at its appraised value. Witnesses: L. B. Hadley and Isaac Applewhite. Probate Section, Jefferson County Clerk's Office, Beaumont, Texas. 15 Aug 1842: the administrator of Christopher Yocum's estate, A. W. Desmuke, to show cause if there should not be a partition of Thomas' estate. 27 Dec 1842: James Armstrong petitioned that the estate of Thomas D. Yocum owed him money and that there was not lawful executor or administrator and that the estate is about to be entirely wasted to the loss of the creditors. He petitioned that Semien E. Watson be appointed administrator. 27 Jan 1843: Josiah C. Martin and Sidney E. Collins stated that they are bound with Pamelia in the administration of Thomas' estate. They accuse her of maladministration and request that in February they be released from any further liability. They further request that she be removed as administratrix and a suit be filed against her. 27 Oct 1843: J. B. Woods, administrator of the estate of Thomas D. Yocum, declared that Thomas had debts of about $1,000 when he died. He suggested that the 1500 acre tract, known as his Pine Island Tract, and the house and two lots in Beaumont be sold to pay his debts. 6 Feb 1844: appraisers appointed to appraised Thomas' estate. 1500 acres 30 cents per acre: $450 and lots 125 and 135 in Block 34 in Beaumont: $65. Total: $515. 3 Mar 1846: Hiram L. Thompson, of Liberty County, Texas, stated that he was the guardian of Directory: ~nancy -> Hazel Hazel -> Downing (sometimes spelled Downey, Downring) ~nancy -> Fairfield County, Ohio. Partition Record #2, Need to get Page 268 Download 2.28 Mb. Share with your friends:
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