Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Philemon Yancey

Male 1735 - 1789  (54 years)


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  • Name Philemon Yancey 
    Birth 1735  St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 Jun 1789  St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia - inventory Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I135320  Tree1
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2024 

    Father Lewis Davis Yancey,   b. 1689, Essex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1788, St Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Winifred Cavenaugh,   b. 1710, St. Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1788, St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F26546  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
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      1783-1791 Culpeper County, Virginia Will Book C; [Dorothy Ford Wulfeck];
      Inventory and Appraisal of Estate of Philemon Yancey, decd Recorded 15 June, 1789. Made by James Duval, Henry Duval, James Slaughter, Jr.
      Administrator's Account of Estate of Philemon Yancey, John Strode, admr. Recorded 15 June, 1789.
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      1765-1769 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book E (Part 2); [John Frederick Dorman]; Page 534-35.
      19 May 1768. Lewis Tapp and Ann his wife of Culpeper County to Philemon Yancey of same. For £17 current money. 117 acres, part of 500 acres given to Lewis by his father ... along Richard Yancey's line ... along Borne's D) line ...
      Lewis Tapp
      19 May 1768. Acknowledged by Lewis.
      21 July 1768. Ann wife of Lewis Tapp acknowledged her right of dower.
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      1765-1769 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book E (Part 3); [Mike Marshall]; Page 706.
      Yancey to Yancey Indenture
      This indenture made the 24th day of February 1769 between Philemon Yancey and his wife of the County of Culpeper of the one part and Richard Yancey the said county of the other part. Witnesseth that Philemon Yancey and Unity Yancey his wife in consideration of 36 pounds current money of Virginia in hand has sold to Richard Yancey 117 acres, part of a tract of 500 acres belonging to Lewis Tapp and is bounded as followeth; beginning at a poplar on a branch running North 30° West 57 poles to a pine, thence North 39° West along the said Richard Yancey’s line 26 poles to two pines, thence with the said Yancey’s line North 60° West 140 poles to three pines, thence along Bourne’s line North 60° East 230 pole over a branch to one dead and one live pine, thence South 5° West 236 poles to the beginning. In witness whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and fixed their seals the day and year first above written.
      Signed sealed and delivered in presence of
      Samuel Clayton, Jr. Philemon Yancey
      Henry Pendleton
      James Pendleton
      At a court held for the County of Culpeper on Friday the 16th day of June 1769 this indenture of feoffment from Philemon Yancey and Unity Yancey his wife to Richard Yancey together with the memorandum of livery of Seizin and receipt endorsed was proved by the oath of Samuel Clayton, Jr., Henry Pendleton and James Pendleton, witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
      Teste Roger Dixon CLK

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      1773-1775 Culpeper County, Virginia Deed Book G; [Antient Press]; Page 327-328
      KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I PHILEMON YANCEY of Culpeper for sum of Eighty pounds current money to me in hand paid by ROBERT PATTEN Merchant of Culpeper and Factor of Messrs. WILLIAM CUNNINGHAME and Company have sold unto said Robert Patten as Factor the following Negroe Slaves Viz. Doll and her child Matt to have said Slaves with their increase. In Witness whereof said Phileomon Yancey hath set his hand and Seal this ( ) day of April 1774.
      In presence of ROBERT PATTEN, Philiman Yancey
      COLIN Mc DONALD, JOHN JAMESON
      At a Court held for Culpeper County August the 15th 1774
      This Bill of Sale ordered to be recorded.

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