This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Yates Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/2662 Message Board Post: CROFTON George YATES, a negro, was swimming in the Empire Coal Company's pond Thursday and drowned before he could get aid. (Source: Earlington Bee, Thur., June 24, 1897)