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Willis
Yates
and
Martha
Josey
parents
of
Harriet
Yates
McLeod
This
web
page
has
been
updated
in
May/June
of
2011.
The
original
intent
of
this
site
is
the
same
as
it
has
always
been;
to
provide
a
FREE
tool
for
researchers
to
help
each
other
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the
sharing
of
information
-
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helping
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it
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on
this
page
represents
the
combined
efforts
of
several
researchers.
I
have
verified
the
information
by
Wills,
Equity,
Deeds,
Census
and
Cemetery
Records
where
possible.
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source
is
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records:
!Source:
Lori
McLeod
Wilke;
"Walking
with
ghosts",
Research
2000
-
2011
Generation
One:
Willis
Yates
and
Martha
Josey
were
the
parents
of
Harriet
Yates
McLeod.
Not
much
is
known
about
Willis
Yates,
we
have
been
unable
to
determine
his
parentage
and
his
relationship
to
other
Yates
in
the
Sumter
and
Kershaw
area.
Willis
Yates
was
born
between
1770
and
1780
in
either
North
or
South
Carolina.
The
1850
census
in
which
it
is
assumed
that
he
was
the
informant
for
the
household,
North
Carolina
is
shown
as
his
birth
state.
In
1860,
Willis
had
obviously
passed
away
so
we
can
glean
no
information
in
that
year.
In
1880
however,
his
daughter
Harriet
Yates
McLeod
states
his
place
of
birth
was
South
Carolina.
I
have
not
yet
been
able
to
access
the
1870
census
records
of
many
family
members
-
apparently
an
entire
township
or
two
of
Kershaw
was
not
included
in
ancestry.com's
census
index.
Martha
Josey
was
born
between
1780
and
1790
in
North
Carolina
and
died
Jul
10,
1875
in
Kershaw
County.
In
Martha's
case,
just
as
with
Willis,
we
have
one
census
stating
South
Carolina
as
the
place
of
birth
and
another
stating
North
Carolina.
As
the
ancestry
of
Martha
Josey
is
quite
documented
by
the
House
of
Jossey/Josey,
we
know
that
her
father
appeared
in
Salem
County,
Sumter
District
about
1802
and
from
her
own
census
records,
we
know
she
was
married
by
about
1806.
Martha
came
into
South
Carolina
from
North
Carolina
already
a
young
woman.
She
was
the
daughter
of
William
Robert
Josey
(born
Aug
01,
1756
in
Nasomond
County,
Virginia
OR
North
Carolina
and
died
Aug
01,
1832
in
Sumter
County
South
Carolina)
and
Jane
Webb (born
about
1759
in
Kershaw
or
Sumter
South
Carolina).
The
exact
number
of
children
born
to
Willis
and
Martha
is
unknown
-
census
records
indicate
as
many
as
five
children
who
have
yet
to
be
identified.
In
particular,
the
1830
census
shows
several
unidentified
females
-
it
appears
a
possibility
that
another
family
is
living
with
the
Yates
in
this
year.
The
1850
census
shows
a
William
Yates
aged
44
and
a
John
A.
Yates
aged
34
living
at
households
756
and
757
while
Martha
and
Willis
are
in
household
755
-
these
may
be
sons
of
the
couple
and
I
have
included
them
here
as
possibly
so.
Future
research
will
include
a
search
for
the
estate
records
-
it
is
hoped
that
those
records
will
help
us
to
identify
which
of
the
Yates'
found
in
Sumter
and
Kershaw
Counties
of
South
Carolina
are
included
in
our
extended
family
as
throughout
the
years,
we
find
many
of
our
McLeod
family
marrying
into
a
Yates
family
-
intermarriage
between
connected
families
was
common
in
this
era
and
therefore,
there
is
a
great
likelihood
that
there
is
a
yet
unfound
connection.
If
you
can
provide
information
on
the
Yates
Families
of
Sumter
and
Kershaw
Counties
of
South
Carolina
please
Email
Was
Willis
Yeates/Yates
the
son
of
Samuel
Yates
of
Sumter
District
South
Carolina
(census
years
1790-1810)
Searches
of
the
1790
and
1800
censuses
of
Kershaw
and
Sumter
have
not
revealed
Willis
Yeates/Yates
-
Willis
was
born
between
1766
and
1784
-
in
the
1850
Kershaw
District
Census
he
stated
his
place
of
birth
was
North
Carolina;
he
also
gave
his
age
as
70
which
allows
us
to
narrow
down
that
broad
birth
year
range
to
about
1780.
Using
1780
as
his
approximate
birth
year
then
one
can
assume
he
would
first
be
found
as
a
head
of
household
in
the
1800
census
at
approximately
the
age
of
20
yet
he
is
not
found
in
the
1800
Sumter
or
Kershaw
District
Census
as
a
head
of
household
in
that
year.
It
would
appear
from
the
census
research
that
has
been
done
to
date,
Willis
and
Martha
Josey
married
about
1805
with
the
eldest
male
child
(possibly
William)
born
in
1806.
Therefore
it
could
be
assumed
that
Willis
was
still
in
his
parents
household
in
1800,
moving
out
and
becoming
head
of
his
own
household
in
1810.
This
assumes
of
course,
that
William
migrated
into
the
Sumter
area
of
South
Carolina
with
his
parents.
Along
that
line
of
research,
there
is
indication
that
he
MAY
have
been
the
son
of
a
Samuel
Yeates/Yates
who
is
found
in
Claremont
County
in
1790
and
in
Salem
County,
Sumter
District
in
1800.
In
1810,
the
first
census
in
which
we
find
Willis
and
Martha
Josey
Yates,
this
Samuel
Yates
was
their
next
door
neighbor.
Was
Samuel
Yates
the
father
of
Willis
Yates
or
did
Willis
Yates
come
into
South
Carolina
alone,
as
an
adult?
Samuel
Yates Census
Year:
1790;
Census
Place:
,
Claremont,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
M637_11;
Image:
0136.
1
male
16
and
older
/
3
males
under
16
/
2
females
of
any
age
(neighbors
Addison
Scarborough
and
Is.
Roberts
-
other
neighbors
were:
Micajah
Stokes,
William
Robertson,
Shadrack
Ellis,
John
Singleton
Jr.
and
Sr.,
Lewis
Peebles
Samuel
Yates Year:
1800;
Census
Place:
Salem,
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina;
.Roll:
49;
Page:
608;
Image:
182.
2
males
0-10
/
2
males
16-26
(Willis
Yeates/Yates?)
/1
male
45+
/
3
females
0-10/
1
female
16-26
/
1
female
45+
Neighbors:
William
Robertson
(see
1790
and
1810),
Thomas
Bartlett,
Biggers
Singleton,
Daniel
Sparrow,
William
Ellum,
Uriah
Lee
(several
households
away)
SAMUEL
YATES -
Year:
1810;
Census
Place:
Salem,
Sumter,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
61;
Page:
490;
Image:
377.00
-note:
on
the
same
image,
the
next
page
is
page
495
-
image
is
actually
15
of
15
3
males
aged
16-25
born
1785
-
1794,
1
male
aged
45+,
2
females
aged
10-15
born
1795
-
1800,
1
female
aged
26-44
born
1766
-
1784
neighbors:
Willis
Yates
(next
household
after
Samuel's)
Allen
Barnes,
Jesse
Woodard,
Williss
(William)
Robertson,
Lewis
and
Jacob
McClendon,
Stucky,
Asa
Lee,
John
and
James
Crosswell,
Henry
Parrish,
Thomas
Chatham,
Thomas
and
William
Bateman,
WILLIS
YEATES
Year:
1810;
Census
Place:
Salem,
Sumter,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
61;
Page:
490;
Image:
377.00.
-
image
is
actually
15
of
15
2
MALES
0-10
{William
born
1806/(--?--)
}
1
MALE
AGED
26-45
WILLIS
YATES
B.
1766-1784
,
1
FEMALE
AGED
16-26
MARTHA
BORN
1785-1794
It
appears
from
the
index
at
ancestry.com
that
Samuel
died
between
1810
and
1820
as
he
is
not
found
in
that
years
census
of
Sumter
or
Kershaw
Districts.
Deed
and
Equity
research
will
be
made
regarding
SAMUEL
YATES
to
determine
if
there
is
a
family
connection.
Records
of
Willis
Yates
and
Martha
Josey
Year:
1820;
Census
Place:
Sumter,
Sumter,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
M33_121;
Page:
107;
Image:
187.
2
males
0-10
(Jesse
Lazarus
Yates?
born
1820
/John
A
Yates?
born
1816
2
males
10-16
(William
Yates
Jr.
born
1806/(--?--)
1
male
26-45
Willis
Yates
Sr.
2
females
0-10
born
1810-1820
(Harriet
Yates
McLeod
and
(--?--)
1
female
26-45
(Martha
Josey
Yates)
3
involved
in
agriculture
neighbors
Wilson's,
Felix
Ellis,
D.
Boykin
Jr.,
A.
Dickson,
Asa
Singleton,
Stokes,
Kennedy
No
other
Willis
or
William
Yates
found
in
Sumter
in
this
year.
The
only
identifiable
child
in
this
census
is
Harriet
Yates
-
one
of
the
males
aged
0-10
might
be
Jesse
Lazarus
Yates,
however,
his
birth
date
is
August
13
1820
-
was
he
born
by
the
taking
of
this
census?
Year:
1830;
Census
Place:
,
Sumter,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
172;
Page:
85.
Two
William
Yates
in
Sumter
1
male
5-10
(Jesse
Lazarus
Yates)
b.
1820
-1825
1
male
10-15
(John
A.
Yates?)
b.
1815-1820
1
male
15-20
b.
1810
-
1815
(2nd
unnamed
male
in
the
1820
census
aged
10-16?)
1
male
50-60
(Willis
Yates)
2
females
0-5
(born
1825-1830
-
One
likely
to
be
Sarah
"Sally"
born
in
1828)
1
female
5-10
(1820-1825)
not
represented
in
any
other
census
-
2
females
10-15
(Harriet
Yates
McLeod
aged
13
and
2nd
unnamed
female
in
1820
aged
0-10)
2
females
15-20
(
born
1810
-
1815
-
NOT
REPRESENTED
IN
1820
HOUSEHOLD
)
1
female
40-50
(Martha
Josey
Yates)
neighbors:
William
Weldon,
W.
Wheeler?,
Isaic
Lenoir,
Richardson,
Harbin
Davis,
John
McCoy,
Johanna
Arrants,
Wm
Arrants
It
appears
from
this
census,
viewed
from
the
perspective
of
what
is
known
of
the
family,
that
there
may
be
an
entire
second
family
living
in
this
household
in
this
year.
There
are
a
total
of
7
females
besides
Martha
Josey
Yates
in
this
household
-
four
of
these
seven
females
were
born
between
1810
and
1820
yet
in
the
1820
census
only
2
females
are
represented
as
being
born
in
that
year
range.
The
females
aged
15-20
appear
to
be
too
young
to
have
been
married
and
widowed
and
therefore
back
in
the
household
-
it
is
possible
that
at
least
one
of
these
females
could
be
a
wife
of
the
male
aged
15-20
but
the
identity
of
the
second
is
unknown
-
there
may
be
grandchildren
in
this
census.
Second
William
Yates
-
possibly
son
of
Willis
and
Martha
Josey
Yates
William
Yates
aged
20
-
30
born
1800
-
1810,
1
female
aged
0-5
born
1825
-
1830
(Caroline),
1
female
aged
20-30
born
1800
-
1810
(Elizabeth)
neighbors:
John
Holland,
Brown,
Isaic
Woodard,
Willis
Josse?
(Martha's
brother
or
father?),
John
Doughity,
B.
Brown,
Sarah
Boykin,
N.
McLeaird
William
YEATES
in
ancestry.com
1830
index
-
same
man
as
second
William
Yates
above.
1840
sumter
census
Year:
1840;
Census
Place:
,
Sumter,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
515;
Page:
32
Enumerated
by
William
S.
Richardson,
accessed
using
ancestry.com
online
subscription
on
August
29
2007
Willis
Yates
1
male
aged
5-10
(--?--)
born
1830
-
1835,
1
males
15-20
(Jesse
Lazarus
Yates),
1
males
aged
60-70
(Willis),
1
female
aged
5-10
(Margaret
Yates
Goff),
1
female
10-15
(Sally),
1
female
15-20
(--?--)
unidentified
female
in
the
10-15
age
range
in
1830),
1
female
40-50
(Martha
Josey
Yates)
note:
Harriet
Yates
is
found
married
to
Alexander
McLeod
-
she
was
23
and
married
in
1838
so
the
unidentified
female
aged
15-20
would
NOT
be
Harriet.
Neighbors:
Dan'l
Davis,
Darling
Davis,
Thomas
Davis,
Kennedy,
Johanna
Arrants,
Hendrix,
Peepels,
Corbett,
Byther,
ALEXANDER
MCLEOD
(Harriet
Yates),
Rueban
Bradley,
Source
Citation:
Year:
1850;
Census
Place:
Kershaw,
Kershaw,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
M432_854;
Page:
119;
Image:
236.
household
755
Wm
Yates
Age:
70
Estimated
birth
year:
abt
1780
Birth
Place:
North
Carolina
Gender:
Male
Martha
Yates
Age:
61
Estimated
birth
year:
abt
1789
Birth
Place:
South
Carolina
Sarah
Yates
Age
22
Estimated
birth
year:
abt
1828
Birth
Place:
South
Carolina Marg
Yates
Age
18
Estimated
birth
year:
abt
1832
Birth
Place:
South
Carolina
neighbors:
household
744
Norman
Gillis
aged
45
father
of
James
A.
Gillis
who
married
granddaughter
Margaret
Yates?,
household
756
Wm
Yates
aged
44;
household
757
John
A.
Yates
aged
34
(Wm
Yates
-
could
be
a
son
of
Martha
and
Willis
-
she
would
have
been
aged
17
in
1806
the
year
of
his
birth
-same
for
John
A.
Yates);
previous
page:
household
751
Gates
Goff;
Year:
1860;
Census
Place:
Division
4,
Kershaw,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
M653_1221;
Page:
111;
Image:
222.
page
numbered
77
Martha
Yates
aged
72
Planter
RE
300
PE
250
Mary
Yates
aged
26
Seamstress
(born
1832)
this
is
probably
Margaret
"Peggy"
and
not
"Mary"
-
Margaret
married
John
Goff
in
February
of
1861
neighbors:
Simmons,
Campbell,
Shedd,
Thomas
English,
A.D.
Barnes,
Edwin
Barnes,
J.R.
Corbett
Year
1870
-
Martha
is
among
many
of
our
extended
family
who
appear
to
have
been
left
out
of
the
indexing
at
ancestry.com
-
she
died
in
1875
so
this
would
be
her
last
census
enumeration.
Obituary
of
Martha
Josey
Yates
Marriages
&
Deaths,
Baptist
Newspapers,
SC,
1866-1887
Died,
on
the
10th
of
July,
1875,
in
Kershaw
County,
near
Camden,
Mrs.
Martha
Yates,
widow
of
the
late
Willis
Yates.
Her
maiden
name
was
Josey,
and
she
was
raised
in
Sumter
County,
near
Bishopville.
She
united
with
the
Baptist
Church
nearly
forty
years
ago
and
was
baptized
by
the
Rev.
N.
Graham.
She
connected
herself
with
the
Antioch
Church,
Kershaw,
in
1846,
by
letter.
Her
children
say
she
was
about
ninety
years
of
age.
Children
of
Willis
Yates
and
Martha
Josey
1.
(--?--)
Yates
-
MALE
-
born
between
1804
-
1810
-
1820
CENSUS
-
2
males
aged
10-16
-
birth
years
1804
-
1810
POSSIBLY
SAME
MALE
AS
SHOWN
BELOW
WILLIAM
YATES
-
if
born
in
1810
2.
Possibly
-
William
Yates
born
1806
in
Sumter
South
Carolina
died
after
the
1850
Census
of
Sumter
County
-
found
living
in
household
756
(Willis
and
Martha
at
household
755).
Married
by
1827
to
Elizabeth
(--?--)
born
about
1808.
Possibly
the
second
male
aged
10-16
in
the
1820
household
of
Willis
and
Martha
Josey
Yates
Wm.
L
Yates
in
Kershaw
1840
-
img
37
page
19
2
males
0-5
1
male
5-10
(Charles)
1
male
30-40
(William)
1
femal
0-5
(Harriet
Yates)
2
females
5-10
1
female
10-15
(Caroline)
1
female
30-40
(Elizabeth)
neighbors:
Johnson,
N.B.
Arrants,
Noles
Year:
1850;
Census
Place:
Kershaw,
Kershaw,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
M432_854;
Page:
119;
Image:
236.
William
Yates
aged
44
born
1806
(could
be
their
son)
Elizabeth?
Yates
aged
42
born
1808
Caroline
aged
23
born
b.
1827
Charles
aged
18
b.
1832
Harriet
aged
14
b.
1836
There
are
four
missing
children
in
this
census
-
2
males
born
1835-1840
(aged
0-5
in
1840)
-
would
be
between
10
and
15
in
this
census
2
females
born
1830
-
1835
(aged
5-10
in
1840)
would
be
between
15
and
20
in
this
census
3.
Unidentified
Male
Yates
born
between
1810
and
1815
possibly
the
same
male
aged
10-16
in
1820
-
if
born
in
1810
aged
15-20
in
1830
census
of
Willis
and
Martha
Josey
Yates
4.
(--?--)
Yates
-
female
born
between
1810
and
1820
-
represented
in
1820/1830
and
1840
census
of
Willis
and
Martha
Josey
5.
John
A.
Yates
born
1816
in
Sumter
South
Carolina
died
after
the
1850
Census
of
Sumter
County
-
found
living
in
household
757
(Willis
and
Martha
at
household
755).
Married
abt.
1836
to
Milly?
(--?--)
born
between
1816
and
1828
(see
census
below)
-
Possibly
one
of
the
males
aged
0-10
in
the
1820
household
of
Wilis
and
Martha
Josey
Yates
Email
from
Ernie
Hatchell
June
12
2011:
John
Alfred
(10
Nov
1814-1
Feb
1872),
m
1st
unknown
w
son
Willice
(wallace),
m
2nd
Mildred
Baker
(20
Sep
1831-20
Feb
1910),
both
buried
Antioch
Church
Cemetery,
kershaw
Cty,
SC.
w
issue
Emma,
James,
William,
Daniel
Stogin,
John
R.,
Henry,
Samuel
Durham,
my
great
grandmother
Marthe
Elizabeth,
Lawrence
F.
John
A
Yates
Year:
1840;
Census
Place:
,
Kershaw,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
512;
Page:
371.
Image
39
note:
the
image
has
page
20
handwritten
on
it
and
371
printed.
-
1
male
aged
20-30
born
between
1810
and
1820
1
female
aged
15-20
born
between
1820
and
1825
neighbors:
Shadrack
Rogers
Jr.,
Porret,
Bulloch,
Corbett,
Angus
McCaskill
Year:
1850;
Census
Place:
Kershaw,
Kershaw,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
M432_854;
Page:
119;
Image:
236.
John
A
Yates
aged
34
born
1816
Milly?
aged
24?
(should
be
25-
30
years
old
in
this
census
-
aged
15-20
in
1840)
Mary
aged
14
(not
present
in
1840
census
-
age
should
be
10)
Willis
aged
8
born
1842
Ema
aged
3
born
1847
Jms
aged
1
born
1849
Year:
1860;
Census
Place:
Sumter,
Sumter,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
M653_1227;
Page:
123;
Image:
254.
Post
Office
Bradford
Springs
John
A
Yates
Age
45
Birth
Year:
abt
1815
Birthplace:
South
Carolina
Milly
Yates
25
(if
1850
age
was
correct
should
be
34)
Mary
Yates
18
(should
be
about
nineteen) Willis
aged
8
in
1850
is
missing
in
this
census Emma
Yates
15
(aged
3
in
1850
-
should
be
aged
13
in
this
census)
James
Yates
12
(could
be
the
William
shown
aged
1
in
1850)
Daniel
Yates
10
(born
1850)
John
R
Yates
7
(born
1853)
Henry
Yates
4
(born
1856)
Durham
Yates
2
(born
1858)
neighbors
-
McBell?,
Rhames,
Brown,
Brown,
Burkett,
White
page
62:
William
Ross,
James
M.
Ross,
J.
H.
McLeod
(h/o
Mary
E.
McLeod
no
known
relationship
at
this
time)
6.
Harriet
Yates
born
Nov
06,
1817
near
Carters
Crossing,
Sumter
District
South
Carolina
died
Jul
01,
1902
in
possibly
Bishopville,
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina
(some
family
records
state
Bishopville
as
her
place
of
death,
I
have
found
nothing
that
confirms
this)
married
Mar
11,
1838
to
Alexander
E.
McLeod born
Apr
06,
1815
on
the
Horsepen
Branch
tributory
of
the
Beaverdam
Branch,
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
died
Mar
30,
1895
probably
in
DeKalb
Township,
Kershaw
County,
South
Carolina.
Both
buried
at
Antioch
Baptist
Church,
Kershaw
County
South
Carolina
7.
Jesse
Lazarus
Yates
born
August
13
1820
near
Carter's
Crossing
in
Sumter
County
South
Carolina died
bef.
September
17
1880
Rafting
Creek,
Sumter
County,
South
Carolina
buried
September
17th,
1880
Pisgah
Baptist
Church,
Sumter
County
married
December
?
1847
in
Kershaw
County
South
Carolina
Harriet
Elizabeth
Myers
born
July
18,
1826
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina
and
died
May
26,
1895
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina
Jesse
L.
Yates
indexed
as
Jos
L
Yates Year:
1850;
Census
Place:
Kershaw,
Kershaw,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
M432_854;
Page:
118;
Image:
234.
Jesse
L.
Age:
30
born
1820
Harriet
age
23
(Harriet
Myers)
born
1827
Martha
age
1
born
1849
neighbors:
Elisha
Holland,
Andrew
Stuckey,
Peter
Myers
(brother
of
Harriet?),
Thomas
Atkinson,
Thomas
Smith,
Ranson
Lewellen,
Next
page
Gates
Goff
Jr.
and
Sr.,
following
page
Willis,
William
L.
and
J.
A.
Jesse
Lazarus
Yates
Year:
1860;
Census
Place:
Division
4,
Kershaw,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
M653_1221;
Page:
119;
Image:
238.
son
of
Willis
and
Martha
Josey
Yates
Jesse
L.
Yates
aged
39
Farmer
Harriet
Yates
aged
33
Martha
Yates
aged
10
born
1849
Mary
Yates
aged
8
born
1852
Zimmerman?
aged
6
born
1854
Magaret
A
aged
3
born
1857
Neighors:
C.J.
Shriver,
Lauchlin
McKinnon,
Charles
Perkins,
Thomas
Davis
III
Last
Will
and
Testament
of
Jesse
L.
Yates
(dated
20
September
1870)
In
the
name
of
God
Amen.
I
Jesse
Lazarus
Yates
of
the
State
of
South
Carolina,
Sumter
County
being
of
sound
mind
and
memory
and
concerning
the
uncertainty
of
this
frail
and
transitory
by
therefore
declare
make
ordain
publish
and
declare
this
to
be
my
last
Will
and
Testament.
That
is
to
say
I
commit
my
Soul
to
almighty
God;
who
gave
it
to
my
body
to
the
ground.
After
all
my
funeral
expenses
and
all
my
lawful
debts
are
fully
paid
and
discharged,
the
residue
of
my
Estate,
real
and
personal
I
give
and
bequeath
to
my
beloved
wife
Harriett.
I
give
and
bequeath
all
my
Estate
real
and
personal
to
have
and
to
hold
during
her
natural
life,
and
at
her
death
I
give
and
bequeath
to
my
youngest
daughter
Soprano,
one
fourth
……….
of
my
land
in
no
access
to
be
situated
and
includes
my
………and
settlement,
also
all
my
household
and
Kitchen
furniture.
To
my
other
three
children
I
give
and
bequeath
to
them
the
balance
of
my
Estate,
share
and
share
alike
equally
that
any
of
them
be
living.
If
they
be
deceased
their
share
will
go
to
the
heirs
of
their
body
that
may
then
be
living.
In
witness
hereof
I
have
hereunto
subscribed
my
name
and
affixed
my
seal
the
twentieth
day
of
September
in
the
year
of
our
Lord
one
Thousand
Eight
Hundred
and
Seventy
…….and
I
nominate
Thomas
McLeod
my
Executor.
Will
witnessed
by
a
Thomas
McLeod
Possible
identity
of
the
Witness:
Thomas
A
McLeod
b.
about
1836
d.
bef.
1880
-
This
Thomas
was
the
son
of
John
N.
and
Kitsy
Davis
McLeod
and
was
the
husband
of
Sarah
Victoria
Holland.
He
was
the
nephew
by
marriage
of
Jesse's
sister
Harriet
Yates
McLeod.
Obituary
of
Jesse
Lazarus
Yates
Died
-
On
the
16th
{illegible
word},
at
his
home
near
Rafting
Creek,
Mr.
J.L.
Yates
who
was
born
on
the
13th
of
August
1820
near
Carter's
Crossing
in
Sumter
County.
When
a
young
man,
he
removed
to
Kershaw
County
with
his
father.
He
was
{married
-?}
there
on
December
1847,
and
located
on
a
farm
eight
miles
east
of
Camden,
where
they
lived
for
many
years
-
until
his
father's
death.
The
deceased
was
a
soldier
in
Capt.
DePass's
artillery
company
during
the
late
war
and
served
to
the
end.
He
and
his
wife
at
the
same
time
were
united
to
the
Antioch
Church
of
Christ
in
September
1864.
He
was
a
man
of
meek
and
quiet
spirit,
and
discharged
the
duties
of
a
Christian
in
faithfullness
to
God
and
man.
He
was
a
good
neighbor,
indulgent
parent
and
a
loving
companion
and
manifested
a
friendly
and
social
spirit
to
mankind.
A
few
years
before
his
death,
he
moved
to
the
neighborhood
of
Rafting
Creek,
where
he
lived
until
his
death.
He
was
a
great
sufferer
in
the
body
for
several
years
before
his
death,
but
bore
it
with
great
fortitude
and
Christian
resignation.
He
leaves
a
wife
and
four
children,
together
with
many
relatives
and
friends,
to
mourn
their
loss,
but
he
died
as
he
had
lived
-
in
hope
of
eternal
life.
When
his
wife
asked
him,
just
before
his
departure,
what
she
could
do
for
him,
he
said
"nothing";
but
for
her
and
his
children
to
meet
him
in
heaven,
where
he
was
going.
His
remains
were
carried
to
the
cemetery
of
Pisgah
Baptist
Church,
Sumter
County
on
the
17th
of
September
1880
and
there
buried
in
presence
of
a
large
assembly
of
relatives
and
friends,
the
burial
service
being
performed
by
Rev.
J.
E.
Rodgers,
past.
"Servant
of
God
,
well
done,
the
battle
fought,
the
vitory
won"
"The
righteous
but
hope
in
his
death,
blessed
are
the
dead
who
die
in
the
Lord"
Friend.
Children
of
Jesse
and
Harriet
Some
of
the
following
information
found
at: Rootsweb.com
WorldConect
Some
of
the
following
information
except
otherwise
noted
found
at
Camden
Archives,
Meyers
Family
File,
June
30
2003
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
-
copies
made
that
date
show
the
address
of
the
submitter
but
not
the
name-
please
email
for
proper
credit)
1.
Martha
Elizabeth
Yates
b.
October
18,
1848
d.
January
7,
1920
buried
Pisgah
Baptist
Church,
Sumter
Co.
married
November
25,
1869
to
James
A.
Gillis
born
Aug
10,
1845
and
died
Feb
08,
1939-
son
of
Norman
Gillis
Birth:
1804,
Cumberland
Co.
,
N.C.
Death:
After
1860
in
Sumter
County,
age:
56
married
9
Sep
1841
to
Mary
Jones
information
on
Norman
Gillis
provided
by
Michael
Steven
Gillis
(neighbor
in
1850
to
Willis
Yate
and
Martha
Josey
(see
records
above)
GET
INFORMATION
-
Name:
James
Gillis
Home
in
1880:
Rafting
Creek,
Sumter,
South
Carolina
Age:
34
Estimated
birth
year:
abt
1846
Birthplace:
South
Carolina
Relation
to
head-of-household:
Self
(Head)
Spouse's
name:
M.
E.
Father's
birthplace:
South
Carolina
Mother's
birthplace:
South
Carolina
Occupation:
Farmer
Marital
Status:
Married
Race:
White
Gender:
Household
Members:
Name
Age
James
Gillis
34
M.
E.
Gillis
30
Ja.
L.
Gillis
9
Ellen
S.
Gillis
7
James
E.
Gillis
4
neighbor
to
Uncle,
Jesse
Lazarus
Yates
Year:
1900;
Census
Place:
Raften
Creek,
Sumter,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
T623
1543;
Page:
16A;
Enumeration
District:
122.
James
Gillis
54
Martha
E
Gillis
50
Ellen
S
Gillis
26
Year:
1910;
Census
Place:
Rafting
Creek,
Sumter,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
T624_1465;
Page:
8A;
Enumeration
District:
113;
Image:
708.
James
A
Gillis
Age
in
1910:
65
Estimated
birth
year:
abt
1845
Birthplace:
South
Carolina
Relation
to
Head
of
House:
Head
Father's
Birth
Place:
South
Carolina
Mother's
Birth
Place:
South
Carolina
Spouse's
name:
Martha
Home
in
1910:
Rafting
Creek,
Sumter,
South
Carolina
Marital
Status:
Married
Martha
Gillis
58
Ellen
S
Gillis
35
Known
Children
of
Martha
Elizabeth
Yates
and
James
A.
Gillis
i.
Ja.
L.
Gillis
born
1871
Year:
1910;
Census
Place:
Rafting
Creek,
Sumter,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
T624_1465;
Page:
8A;
Enumeration
District:
113;
Image:
708.
ii.
Ellen
S.
Gillis
born
1873
Year:
1910;
Census
Place:
Rafting
Creek,
Sumter,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
T624_1465;
Page:
8A;
Enumeration
District:
113;
Image:
708.
iii.
James
Edward
Gillis
b.
May
12,
1876
d.
Feb
08,
1939
married
to
Sarah
Alwilda
Hurst
b.
Jul
04,
1878
d.
Jun
04,
1929
daughter
of
Samuel
F.
Jr.
Hurst
and
Allie
Amanda
WilsoN
Children
of
James
Edward
Gillis
and
Sara
Alwilda
Hurst
a)
James
Heyward
Gillis
b.
Oct
25,
1907
d.
Nov
07,
1967
Memorial
Park,
Lancaster,
SC
married
May
25,
1925
to
Eva
Mae
Spears
b.
Apr
29,
1905
d.
Jul
01,
1951
Memorial
Park,
Lancaster,
SC
b)
Oleta
Modelle
Gillis
b.
Aug
19,
1910
d.
unknown
i.
Bessie
Marie
b.
abt.
1900
d.
1973
Email
June
10th
2011
-
Donna
Harris
ii.
Golda
Email
June
10th
2011
-
Donna
Harris
iii.
Raymond
Email
June
10th
2011
-
Donna
Harris
iv
Azalie
Email
June
10th
2011
-
Donna
Harris
2.
Mary
Matilda
Yates
b.
about
Abt.
1850
d.
unknown
married
October
17,
1875
to
George
Hancock
On
the
17th
of
October
1875,
by
Rev.
J.
E.
Rodgers,
Mr.
G.
Hancock
to
Miss
Matilda
Yates,
both
of
Sumter
CountyFull
Context
of
South
Carolina
Baptist
Deaths
and
Marriages,
1866-87
b.
about
1844
d.
unknown
Children
of
Matilda
Yates
and
and
George
Hancock
found
at
Camden
Archives,
Meyers
Family
File,
June
30
2003
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
-
copies
made
that
date
show
the
address
of
the
submitter
but
not
the
name-
please
email
for
proper
credit)
i)
James
Hancock
-
Occupation
Baptist
Preacher
in
Blackville
ii)
Lottie
Hancock
married
Unknown
Chandler
iii)
Maggie
Hancock
-
died
in
teens
1850
Sumter
District
Census
(found
June
2003
at
SC
Sumter
Genweb
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke)
41
1168
1168
Hancock
Gorden
38
M
W
Planter
.
SC
42
1168
1168
Hancock
Nancy
40
F
W
.
.
SC
.
.
X
1
1168
1168
Hancock
Jas
14
M
W
.
.
SC
1168
1168
Hancock
Elias
12
M
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
3
1168
1168
Hancock
Mary
A
10
F
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
4
1168
1168
Hancock
Thos
8
M
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
5
1168
1168
Hancock
George
6
M
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
(husband
of
Mary
Matilda
Yates)
6
1168
1168
Hancock
Sarah
4
F
W
.
Neighbors
at
#1167
were:
(probably
Gorden
and
Thomas
were
brothers)
35
1167
1167
Hancock
Thos
46
M
W
Planter
1,200
SC
.
.
.
.
.
36
1167
1167
Hancock
Margaret
47
F
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
37
1167
1167
Hancock
Wm
16
M
W
Laborer
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
38
1167
1167
Hancock
Susanah
16
F
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
39
1167
1167
Hancock
Andrew
J
11
M
W
.
.
SC
.
.
.
.
.
40
1167
1167
Hancock
Mary
J
4
F
W
.
.
SC
3.
Zimmerman?
Yates
b.
about
1854
1860;
Census
Place:
Division
4,
Kershaw,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
M653_1221;
Page:
119;
Image:
238.
4
Annie
Margaret
Yates
b.
abt
1857
d.
abt
1931
buried
at
Pizgah
Baptist
Church
Cemetery married
to
Charles
Samuel
Baker
(son
of
Daniel
Baker
and
Eliza
Yates)
b.
abt
1853
d.
abt
1904
buried
at
Pizgah
Baptist
Church
Cemetery
PARENTS
OF
CHARLES
SAMUEL
BAKER
Year:
1880;
Census
Place:
De
Kalb,
Kershaw,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
T9_1232;
Family
History
Film:
1255232;
Page:
54.4000;
Enumeration
District:
71;
.
Daniel
Baker
De
Kalb,
Kershaw,
SC
abt
1824
South
Carolina
Self
(Head)
Eliza
(YATES)
Baker
De
Kalb,
Kershaw,
SC
abt
1831
South
Carolina
Wife
Martha
Baker
abt
1862
South
Carolina
Daughter
Willie
Baker
abt
1870
Something
other
than
a
direct
relationship
(Other)
Florence
Baker
De
Kalb,
Kershaw,
SC
abt
1872
(All
the
following
information
except
otherwise
noted
found
at
Camden
Archives,
Meyers
Family
File,
June
30
2003
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
-
copies
made
that
date
show
the
address
of
the
submitter
but
not
the
name-
please
email
for
proper
credit)
Children
of
Annie
Margaret
Yates
and
Charles
S.
Baker
i)
Zinnamon
Lazaraus
Baker
b.
abt
1876
d.
unknown
married
to
Lizzi
Morris
ii)
Harriet
Annie
Baker
b.
abt
1880
d.
unknown
married
the
Rev.
Sam
B.
Hatfield
iii)
Mary
Eliza
"Mamie"
Baker
b.
abt
1883
d.
unknown
married
Brian
Frank
Hatfield
iv)
Scotta
Belle
Baker
b.
abt
1885
d.
married
to
Charles
Durham
Ives,
son
of
Charles
and
Sally
Hiatt
Ives
Belle
and
Durham
moved
to
the
Miami
Dade
area
of
Florida,
working
for
a
time
with
Durham's
first
cousin,
James
William
Ives
and
Madie
Hudson
Ives
in
the
Ives
Dairy
located
there.
Durham
was
a
first
cousin
of
Mary
Rosa
Ives
McLeod,
the
second
wife
of
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod
who
was
the
son
of
Harriet
Yates
and
Alexander
McLeod.
At
some
point,
Belle
and
Durham
opened
their
own
Dairy,
apparently
also
called
Ives
Dairy
which
closed
during
the
Depression.
Sources:
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.,
Kitty
McLeod
Barfield,
Jesse
McLeod
Horne,
Madie
McLeod
Ray,
and
Sallie
Brown
Partin.)
v)
Willie
Frank
Baker
b.
1887
d.
unknown
married
May
Hatfield
vi)
Charlie
Lee
Baker
b.
abt
1889
d.
abt
1071
buried
Sumter
Cemetery
married
Lottie
Taylor
Watts
b.
abt
1892
d.
abt.
1961
buried
Sumter
Cemetery
Children
of
Charlie
Lee
Baker
and
Lottie
Taylor
Watts
a)
Alma
Louise
Baker
b.
abt
1917
d.
unknown
married
Leroy
Landgrave
Smith
b)
Annie
Eugenia
Baker
b.
abt.
1919
married
Thomas
Frances
Hammett
c)
Sara
Margaret
Baker
b.
abt
1922
married
Frank
Blakely
Jernigan
d)
Charlie
Lee
Baker,
Jr.
b.
abt
1925
married
Euretha
Newton
e)
Malcolm
Douglas
Baker
b.
abt
1927
married
Jacqueline
Wade
Thames
vii)
Albert
Lucas
Baker
b.
abt
1891
married
Mary
Robertson
viii)
Lemuel
Bethea
Baker
b.
abt.
1894
d.
unknown
married
Lena
Chewning
ix)
Ila
Ruth
Baker
b.
abt.
1897
d.
unknown
married
Hovey
Robertson
x)
Maggie
Lou
"Lula"
Baker
b.
abt
1900
married
S.
Wilson
Hawkins
xi)
Carrie
Moddelle
Baker
b.
abt
1902
married
Ellie
Price
5.
Sophronia
Yates
b.
June
29
1866
d.
December
21
1905
buried
at
Pizgah
Baptist
Cemetery married
to
John
Frank
Baker
(s/o
Daniel
Baker
and
Eliza
Yates)
b.
abt
1847
d.
abt
1941
buried
at
Pizgah
Baptist
Cemetery
-
John
Frank
Baker
also
married
Lillie
Shalor
Children
of
Sophronia
Yates
and
John
Frank
Baker
Information
found
at
the
Camden
Archives,
Meyers
Family
File,
June
30
2003
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
-
copies
made
that
date
show
the
address
of
the
submitter
but
not
the
name-
please
email
for
proper
credit)
i)
Charles
Hamilton
Baker
b.
Oct
1884
d.
unknown
married
Cora
Hamilton
a)
Myrtle
Baker
married
to
B.B.
Holliday
-
B.B.
was
the
grandson
of
Martha
Elizabeth
Yates
and
James
Gillis
see
below
ii)
Annie
B.
Baker
b.
Mar
1888
married
Harrison
Boyt
iii)
Martha
E.
"Mattie"
Baker
b.
May
1892
married
Arnold
Hatfield
-
no
children
iv)
John
Baker
b.
Sept
1895
married
Mary
Jenkins
v)
Albert
Lee
Baker
b.
Oct
1899
married
Leila
Mae
Coleman
vi)
Edna
Marie
Baker
married
Harrison
Reese
Hall
vii)
Herbert
Baker
m.
Olla
Belle
Hawkins
(son
of
Lillie
Shalor
Baker)
8.
Sarah
"Sally"
Yates
b.
about
1828
d.
after
1880
when
she
is
found
unmarried
in
her
sister
Margaret
Yates
Goff's
home
-
see
below
9.
Margaret
"Peggy"
Yates
b.
May
01,
1832
d.
Feb
16,
1913
buried
Cedar
Creek
Baptist,
Lee
County,
South
Carolina
INTE:
Row-7
Plot-16
(76'
from
hwy
34
fence,
65'
from
Camden
fence)
married
Feb
28,
1861
to
John
Goff
b.
Jun
14,
1841
d.
Jun
12,
1919
buried
Cedar
Creek
Baptist, Lee
County,
South
Carolina INTE:
Row-7
Plot-15
(71'
from
hwy
34
fence,
65'
from
Camden
fence)
Charles
Miller
Source
Information:
1880
Census
Place
De
Kalb,
Kershaw,
South
Carolina
Family
History
Library
Film
1255232
NA
Film
Number
T9-1232
Page
Number
46D
John
GOFF
Self
M
Male
W
38
SC
Farmer
SC
SC
Peggy
GOFF
Wife
M
Female
W
45
SC
Keeps
House
SC
SC
Alice
GOFF
Dau
Female
W
17
SC
Assists
Mother
SC
SC
Margaret
GOFF
Dau
Female
W
15
SC
SC
SC
Mattie
GOFF
Dau
S
Female
W
13
SC
SC
SC
John
GOFF
Son
S
Male
W
11
SC
SC
SC
Viney
GOFF
Dau
S
Female
W
9
SC
SC
SC
Mary
GOFF
Dau
S
Female
W
4
SC
SC
SC
Sallie
YATES
Sister
in
Law
Female
W
40
SC
SC
SC
(age
incorrect
-
she
was
older
than
sister
Margaret
according
to
earlier
census
records
-
should
be
aged
49-50)
Children
of
Margaret
"Peggy"
Yates
and
John
Goff
i.
Alice
Goff
b:
ABT
1863
ii.
Margaret
Goff
b:
ABT
1865
iii.
Mattie
Goff
iv.
John
Goff
Jr.
b:
ABT
1869
v.
Viney
Goff
b:
ABT
1871
vi.
Mary
Goff
b:
ABT
1876
YATES
RESEARCH
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other
Yates
families
in
the
area
census
records
-
if
you
can
help
connect
the
families
please
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