Hi Diane, I am sending copies to AMERIND-US-SE-L, as there are YATES family members there as well. Bright Star Search Results Search Terms: YATES (28) Database: Virginia Biographical Encyclopedia Combined Matches: 28 Next Hits Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons of Cawson's, Prince George county, was born Dec. 2, 1708, was colonel of the Prince George militia, and long clerk of the county. He married (first) in 1739, Frances, daughter and heiress of Drury Bolling of Prince George county; and (secondly) Elizabeth, widow of Rev. William Yates and daughter of Edward Randolph. By his first marriage he had Col. Theodorick Bland of the revolution. Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons a native of Gloucester county, Virginia, was a student of William and Mary College, and in 1765 became subusher of the grammar school. He visited England for ordination as a minister, returning in 1768. He then became minister of Christ Church, Middlesex county. In 1775 he was chairman of the county committee of safety for Gloucester county. He married Elizabeth Yates and continued minister of Christ Church till his death in 1795. Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons son of John Walker of Ashborne-in-the-Peak, Devonshire, settled in Middlesex county. He married Catherine Yates, daughter of Rev. Bartholomew Yates, and Sarah Stanard, his wife, and had issue Sarah who married John Robinson, of "Hewick," and Clara who married John Allen. He died in 1745. His uncle, Richard Walker, was a merchant of Urbanna, Virginia. Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons was born in England, April 12, 1753; he came to America in 1775, and in 1776 was surgeon in the British army. After the war, having rendered himself popular with the American prisoners by his tender attentions, he settled in Fredericksburg and acquired a large practice. He married, January 1, 1781, Mrs. Catherine Thornton, widow of John Thornton, Esq., of Stafford county, and daughter of Bartholomew Yates, of Gloucester county. Died April 24, 1823. Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons Name: Rev. Bartholomew Yates Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons son of William and Katherine Yates, of Shackley, Donnington parish, England, was baptized August 24, 1676, and graduated at Brazenose College, Oxford, about October 12, 1698. He came to Virginia, February 2, 1700, and served first as minister of Sittenbourne and Kingston parishes. After three years he became minister of Christ Church, Middlesex county, and continued minister till his death. In 1723 he was a member of the board of visitors of William and Mary College, and in 1729 was elected professor of divinity. He married Sarah, widow of Tobias Mickleborough. He died July 26, 1734, leaving three sons, Bartholomew, William and Robert, distinguished like himself for their piety and beneficence as ministers. Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons Name: Rev. Batholomew Yates Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons son of Rev. Bartholomew Yates (q. v.), was born February 9, 1713; matriculated at Oriell College, Oxford, February 29, 1732; Bachelor of Arts, 1735; served Christ Church, Middlesex county, Virginia, from 1735 to 1767; visitor of William and Mary College in 1766. He married Elizabeth Stanard in 1741, and had issue (see Hayden, "Virginia Genealogies," p. 122). Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons Name: Rev. Robert Yates Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons son of Bartholomew Yates, was born in 1715; matriculated at Oriell College, Oxford, July 12, 1733, and graduated Bachelor of Arts, 1735. He was minister of Petsworth parish, Gloucester county, Virginia, from 1741 to 1761. He married Mary Randolph, daughter of Edward Randolph, and died in 1761. Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Search Results Search Terms: YATES (28) Database: Virginia Biographical Encyclopedia Combined Matches: 28 Previous Hits Next Hits Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons Name: Rev. Robert Yates Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons son of William Yates, of Shackley, in the parish of Donnington, England, was baptized October 30, 1673, and came to Virginia in 1699, where he was rector of Christ church parish, Middlesex county, until ill health caused his return to England in 1703. His vestry so highly esteemed him that they continued his salary for some time in hopes of his return. When he did not return, they elected his brother, Rev. Bartholomew Yates, as minister. Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons Name: Rev. William Yates Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume I IV--Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons son of Rev. Bartholomew Yates, was born December 10, 1720; educated at William and Mary College, at which he was elected usher of the grammar school, April 10, 1744; qualified as president of the college, March 10, 1761; rector of James City parish from 1745 to 1755; married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Randolph, and died between March and November, 1764. Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume II I--Fathers of the Revolution was born in Yorktown, December 26, 1738, son of William Nelson, president of the Virginia council. He received his preliminary education in Virginia under the Rev. Mr. Yates, of Gloucester county; later, in 1752, was placed in a preparatory school at Hackney, England. Thence he went to Trinity College, and was graduated at Cambridge, A. B. He returned to Virginia in 1761, where in 1762 he married Lucy, daughter of Colonel Philip and Mary (Randolph) Grymes, of Middlesex county. He was a member of the Virginia house of burgesses from 1761-1775 from York county, and in 1774, when that body was dissolved by Lord Dunmore, he was among the protestants against the action of the governor, urged the appointment of deputies to a general congress, and was returned to the next house. He was a member of the Williamsburg convention, August 1, 1774, and that of March, 1775, where he proposed to meet British aggression with armed opposition, and was appointed colonel of the Second Virginia Regiment by the convention in July, 1775. On his election as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1775, he resigned his commission as colonel and served in Congress, 1775-77, signing the Declaration of Independence. He was a member of the Virginia constitutional convention of May, 1776. He resigned his seat in Congress in May, 1777, on account of illness, and in August, 1777, was appointed commander of the state forces, and raised and equipped a troop of cavalrymen, accompanying them to Philadelphia. He expended a large sum of money in this patriotic purpose, but as the troop was not called into service he was never repaid for his outlay except by the act of August 8, 1778, in which it was "resolved that the thanks of Congress be given to the Honorable General Nelson and to the officers and gentlemen for their brave, generous and patriotic efforts in the cause of their country." He was returned to Congress in 1779, and served a few months, but another sudden illness forced him to resign. When the invasion of Virginia was threatened in May, 1779, he organized the militia and at his own expense sent two regiments to the South. In June, 1780, when Virginia resolved to borrow $2.000,000 for the Continental treasury to provide for the maintenance of a French fleet, he secured a large part of that amount by personal endorsement, which he was obliged to pay. He was elected governor June 12, 1781; commanded the Virginia militia in the siege of Yorktown; ordered the artillery to open upon his own house, which he supposed was the headquarters of the British general; was present at the surrender of Cornwallis, and received the thanks of Washington in general orders. He retired from the office of governor, November 30, 1781, whereupon he was accused of maladministration for assuming dictatorial powers during the perilous term of administration. He was exonerated by the state legislature. He spent the remainder of his life in retirement and poverty, his fortune having been expended for his country, and no recompense was ever made by the government to his family. His grave at Yorktown, Virginia, was not marked, but his statue was placed in the group on the Washington Monument at Richmond. He died at "Offley," Hanover county, January 4, 1789. Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume II VIII--Prominent Persons Name: William Yates Gholson Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume II VIII--Prominent Persons born in Brunswick county, Virginia, December 25, 1807, son of Thomas and Ann (Yates) Gholson, and a cousin of Judge Samuel J. Gholson. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1825, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced his profession in Mississippi. He removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1845, and at once took a leading place at the bar. With Bellamy Storer, Sr., and Oliver M. Spencer he was appointed judge of the superior court, and the three probably were never surpassed. He was afterward supreme judge of the state for four years. He wrote a "Digest of the Laws of Ohio," and also published addresses on "Payment of Bonds of the United States;" "Reconstruction of the Southern States," and "Payment of the Principal of the Public Debt." He married Elvira Wright, of Missouri. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 20, 1870. Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume III III--Under the Confederacy, Military and Naval Offices. Name: John Yates Beall Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume III VII--Prominent Persons born at Charlestown, Virginia (now West Virginia), March 16, 1836, son of William Lucas, congressman from Virginia. In infancy he sustained a fall, causing a permanent spinal difficulty. He went from an academy to the University of Virginia, where he remained four years, and after graduation studied law under Judge John W. Brook, and entered upon practice in 1859, at his native place. The next year he located in Richmond, and was there when the civil war broke out. He was given a position on the staff of Gen. Henry A. Wise, in June, 1861, with whom he served throughout the valley campaign until October. On June 1, 1864 he ran the blockade to Canada, in order to assist in the defence of Captain John Yates Beall (q. v.), a college friend, in his trial as a spy. Captain Beall's trial was conducted by the famous New York lawyer, John P. Brady, the Federal department commander, General John A. Dix, refusing to allow Mr. Lucas to appear in the case. Mr. Lucas remained in Canada for some months, and while there wrote his famous poem, "The Land Where We Were Dreaming," which first appeared in the "Montreal Gazette," and was afterwards reproduced in many newspapers in England and the United States. After the war he returned to Charlestown (now in West Virginia), but the "test oath" provisions would not admit of his practicing his profession until 1870, when he formed a law partnership with Judge Thomas B. Green, afterwards president of the supreme court of appeals of West Virginia. In 1884-86 he was a member of the legislature, and in that body he was the important factor in defeating the election of a Standard Oil Company official as a United States senator, and his speech on that occasion was widely disseminated. On March 5, 1887, he was appointed United States senator by Governor Wilson. On December 5, 1889, on the death of Judge Green, of the supreme court of appeals, he was appointed to fill the position, to which he was elected at the end of the term. After leaving the bench he lived a retired life. In 1875 he delivered the ode at the semi-centennial anniversary of the University of Virtennial anniversary of the University of Virginia. He published "Memoir of John Yates Beall," "The Wreath of Eglantine, and Other Poems," "The Maid of Northumberland," "Ballads and Madrigals," "Nicaragua and the Filibusters." In recognition of his ample learning, and brilliant qualities as an orator and writer, the University of Virginia conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws. He married Evelina Tucker Brooke, daughter of Henry Laurens Brooke, and Virginia Tucker, his wife, daughter of Henry St. George Tucker, judge of the Virginia supreme court of appeals, and Evelina Hunter, his wife.