William L. Yelton from Putnam County, Indiana, enlisted in Company B of the 43rd Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry on September 10, 1861 as a Sergeant. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant. I do not have the book on the officers of the Indiana regiments; therefore, I cannot give you any more data. The 43rd Regiment served in Kentucky in 1861, along the Mississippi in 1862, in Arkansas in 1863-64 and back to Kentucky in 8164. Hope this helps. Phillip Faller Iris F Reily wrote: > Here is Carol's theory on the Yelton Photo, do any of you > know any different? This is exciting to find a photo of an > ancestor! Holler if you have access to Civil War records > for Indiana. Several cousins on this list are related through > the William/Mary Lockwood Yelton branch. > Iris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carol Plato <carol.plato@usa.net> > To: Iris F Reily <dmreily@compuserve.com> > Sent: Thursday, 08 February, 2001 10:16 AM > Subject: Re: [[YELTON] Fw: Yelton Photo] > > Dear Iris, > I'm working on the theory that the photo might be William Lockwood > Yelton, brother of Oliver Perry Yelton, son of William Yelton and Mary Lockwood. The State,Indiana, is right, Oliver had three > brothers in > the War, and the initials work. I don't have access to Civil War records, Indiana, 43rd Infantry. Anybody out there? > > "Iris F Reily" <dmreily@compuserve.com> wrote: > It's me again, Chris sent this URL. Scroll down to near > the bottom of the page and there is the Yelton photo. > Iris > > http://www.civilwarindiana.com/soldiers/reg043.html > > Here's a Yelton for ya! > > Chris > > ==== YELTON Mailing List ==== > YELTON FAMILY: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yelton/ > Webmaster: Cheryl G. Chasin > List Mom Iris F. Reily > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com

Here is Carol's theory on the Yelton Photo, do any of you know any different? This is exciting to find a photo of an ancestor! Holler if you have access to Civil War records for Indiana. Several cousins on this list are related through the William/Mary Lockwood Yelton branch. Iris ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Plato <carol.plato@usa.net> To: Iris F Reily <dmreily@compuserve.com> Sent: Thursday, 08 February, 2001 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [[YELTON] Fw: Yelton Photo] Dear Iris, I'm working on the theory that the photo might be William Lockwood Yelton, brother of Oliver Perry Yelton, son of William Yelton and Mary Lockwood. The State,Indiana, is right, Oliver had three brothers in the War, and the initials work. I don't have access to Civil War records, Indiana, 43rd Infantry. Anybody out there? "Iris F Reily" <dmreily@compuserve.com> wrote: It's me again, Chris sent this URL. Scroll down to near the bottom of the page and there is the Yelton photo. Iris http://www.civilwarindiana.com/soldiers/reg043.html Here's a Yelton for ya! Chris

It's me again, Chris sent this URL. Scroll down to near the bottom of the page and there is the Yelton photo. Iris ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris <chris@bionicbugs.com> Sent: Tuesday, 06 February, 2001 16:31 PM Subject: Yelton Photo http://www.civilwarindiana.com/soldiers/reg043.html Here's a Yelton for ya! Chris the Snoopster

Hi List, I thought maybe several of you might like to see these photos that Carol sent me a message about. I'm not sure if I'm breaking the rootsweb rules about commerce. I hope not, and I hope you enjoy looking at the pictures. Iris ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Plato <carol.plato@usa.net> To: Iris Reily <dmreily@compuserve.com> Sent: Tuesday, 06 February, 2001 15:48 PM Subject: Edgar Yelton:e-bay Hi Iris, Thought I would let you know that I discovered some photos up for auction on EBAY taken by my Grandfather, Edgar Allen Yelton. There are two: Item #554626912 and #554626909 and are of a fire in Victor, CO. 1899. They are starting at $100.00 each so I thought I would just print the photos! Maybe there is a wealthy Yelton that could bid on them..... Hope you take a gander. Carol Yelton Plato

Thank you for trying. Here is where I have visited: Pendleton, Campbell, and Kenton Co Courthouses, Kenton and NKU libraries, and the new history library. Elise >From: "Iris F Reily" <dmreily@compuserve.com> >Reply-To: "Iris F Reily" <dmreily@compuserve.com> >To: "elise markham" <lisettemarkham@hotmail.com>, "YELTON-List" ><YELTON-L@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [YELTON] Look-ups >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 23:17:40 -0500 > >Dear Elise, >I'm sorry, I can't find David or Albert Hays. And, the only >Susan E. Kendall I found was the following: > >"Susan E. Kendall b. Oct 1849 M. 16 Sep 1869 d. 7 Nov 1922 >m. Dr. Asa Bruton Nickell b. 1838 d. 1913 >Married and died in Morgan KY" > >I'll keep David Hays in my "seek" file. I know this must be >maddening as my Casper Frederick is my brick wall. I >just know he has to be somewhere!!! Oddly enough it >is about the same time frame. > >Can anyone on the list help Elise? >Iris > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Dear Elise, I'm sorry, I can't find David or Albert Hays. And, the only Susan E. Kendall I found was the following: "Susan E. Kendall b. Oct 1849 M. 16 Sep 1869 d. 7 Nov 1922 m. Dr. Asa Bruton Nickell b. 1838 d. 1913 Married and died in Morgan KY" I'll keep David Hays in my "seek" file. I know this must be maddening as my Casper Frederick is my brick wall. I just know he has to be somewhere!!! Oddly enough it is about the same time frame. Can anyone on the list help Elise? Iris

Mariah Louisa Yelton, daughter of Wm Columbus Yelton and Nancy Taylor, md. Aaron Ross Griffing. Daughter, Louisa Matilda Griffing md Samuel Washington Hays, son of David H Hays and Susan/Susannah Kendall. They are all found in Campbell/Pendleton/Kenton Counties of KY. This David Hays is my brick wall. He is born ca 1820, marries 18 Aug 1843 in Pendleton Co, KY. In the marriage records he is Alfred H in one record, David H in another. However, the 1850, 1860, 1870 Census has him as David Haze, Hayes, Hays. It states he was born "KY". I find one other David Hays who comes from Shelby Co early in 1820's to Pendleton Co. He md Sarah Moon/Moore. The Griffings, Taylors, Yeltons, Hays are all intermarried. Susannah is living with the Manns when she marries, but she is from Sterne Kendall line, whose children also md these people. Please look up my David Hays! Elise Hays Markham >From: "Iris F Reily" <dmreily@compuserve.com> >Reply-To: "Iris F Reily" <dmreily@compuserve.com> >To: YELTON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [YELTON] Look-ups >Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:07:07 -0500 > >Hi Everyone, >Well, I didn't get the book I was after on e-bay so I'm not >able to do look-ups from there, however..... > >Just today I received Discs 1 throught 15 of the Pedigree >Resource File series put out by the LDS. Give me a few >days to orient myself and then I will do look-ups for anyone >on the list. > >Please send me only one or two names at a time and >give me as much information (b., d., place, etc) as you >can so I'll be able to tell if I have found the right family for >you. > >Happy hunting, >Iris > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Mariah Louisa Yelton, daughter of Wm Columbus Yelton and Nancy Taylor, md. Aaron Ross Griffing. Daughter, Louisa Matilda Griffing md Samuel Washington Hays, son of David H Hays and Susan/Susannah Kendall. This David Hays is my brick wall. He is born ca 1820, marries 18 Aug 1843 in Pendleton Co, KY. In the marriage records he is Alfred H in one record, David H in another. However, the 1850, 1860, 1870 Census has him as David Haze, Hayes, Hays. It states he was born "KY". I find one other David Hays who comes from Shelby Co early in 1820's to Pendleton Co. He md Sarah Moon/Moore. The Griffings, Taylors, Yeltons, Hays are all intermarried. Susannah is living with the Manns when she marries, but she is from Sterne Kendall line, whose children also md these people. Please look up my David Hays! Elise Hays Markham >From: "Iris F Reily" <dmreily@compuserve.com> >Reply-To: "Iris F Reily" <dmreily@compuserve.com> >To: YELTON-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [YELTON] Look-ups >Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:07:07 -0500 > >Hi Everyone, >Well, I didn't get the book I was after on e-bay so I'm not >able to do look-ups from there, however..... > >Just today I received Discs 1 throught 15 of the Pedigree >Resource File series put out by the LDS. Give me a few >days to orient myself and then I will do look-ups for anyone >on the list. > >Please send me only one or two names at a time and >give me as much information (b., d., place, etc) as you >can so I'll be able to tell if I have found the right family for >you. > >Happy hunting, >Iris > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Hi everyone, Chris just sent me a URL for a map showing the distribution of the surname YELTON. I assume it will work with other surnames as well. <<Try this site: http://person.langenberg.com/ >> <<Go to the "surname distribution map" and input "Yelton".>> This is really fun! Enjoy! Iris

Dear Mimi and all, Martha sent this the other day and I just realized it couldn't get through because it was sent in html formatting. I hope this helps. Thanks Martha you have a very interesting site! Iris ----- Original Message ----- From: mhrath <mhrath@webtv.net> To: Iris F Reily <dmreily@compuserve.com> Sent: Thursday, 18 January, 2001 16:43 PM Subject: Re: Yelton/Banks Hello Iris/Mimi and Cousins, Yea, its been awhile since I have been heard from,but all is not lost,I have been trying to make a website on our family,all thro Im not very knowledgeable when it comes to the internet,I do have some inforemation to offer,I am giving you an url to look over,here it is; http://home.talkcity.com/GaiaWay/mhrath244/Third.html If you have any questions please let me know,any new info is appreciated. Cousin Martha -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Genealogy & MoreRathbone/Rathburn/Rathbun HistorianRathbone/Rathburn HomepageSilver Family WebsiteFamily LineageSilver/McMahan PageSilver/Wilson PageDavis/Dalton HomepageHall/Davis Related Photo'sDavis/Dalton/Yelton/HafnerYelton Family WebsitePhotopoint Photo'sAllen/Turner HomepagePhipps/Hall HomepageCoats Of Arms WebsiteTigerman56 HomepageTigerman56 Elvis PageWrestling HomepageSPF's WebsiteSPF's Hompage2Storm's HomepageSignature Codes

Dear Roslyn, I don't think that either James is your Jefferson. We have will records on these I think as the children were placed into guardianships. They were to be raised by James brother John, but Mary asked the court one year later to have someone else named guardian. I believe James married to Elizabeth (?) is a son of William. James, born abt 1785 in Amherst Co., VA is the one that was for a time confused with the James born 1749 who died in 1842. However, there is no indication that he was ever called Jefferson. Sorry about that, Iris Descendants of James YELTON 1 James YELTON b: Abt. 1785 in Amherst Co., VA d: 06 Sep 1838 in Pendleton Co., KY .. +Elizabeth (?) d: Aft. 1838 m: Abt. 1805 in NC 2 John H. YELTON b: 29 Apr 1809 in NC d: 19 May 1870 in Campbell Co., KY .... +Judith Minerva TAYLOR b: 23 Mar 1802 in KY m: 01 Jan 1829 in Pendleton Co., KY . 2 James YELTON, Jr b: 1821-1838 d: Bef. 1838 .... +Susan CASTATOR m: 15 Oct 1827 in Pendleton Co., KY ... 3 James YELTON b: Aft. 1827 ... 3 Mary YELTON b: Aft. 1827 More children and grandchildren if you need them for James and Elizabeth.

Hi all, I may be way off base, but need a sounding board. I was looking over an old e-mail(January 00), and there is something from Cheryl about James Yelton, who died before James, Sr., wrote his will, leaving two minor children, James & Mary. Who was his wife? The only marriage rec. she could find in Pendleton co. that's about the right time period and otherwise accounted for is the mar. between James & Susannah Castator in 1827. Can anyone shed any light on this? Now, is it POSSIBLE that James Yelton is Jeffererson Yelton, the two children are Jefferson(died during the civil war) and Mary Jane Yelton from Susan Ann Eldridge? There is no date for the death of James, but Jefferson must have died shortly after Mary Jane's birth in 1848. Can someone tell me when he died? There was a Castator who m. John Dunn and Susan Ann eventually married William Dunn. (after Jefferson and Allen Wright). Just curious-I may be way off base in this, but they seemed to change names at the drop of a hat back then. I haven't really pinned down the young Jeff, but he could hve been their son-the date would have been right). Roslyn

Hi everyone, Connie and Roslyn are looking for information on a Gerald C. Dunn that at one time sent information to be published or that was published concerning mostly KY Yeltons/Dunns/etc. (See messages below) If any of you can help with any of this please let me know and also Connie and Roslyn. Both are also members of the Yelton List. I did look up the archive of the "purged papers mentioned in Roslyn's message and sent her a copy of it. I also suggested that Beth Shields and Kathy Weiss may know more about these lines than I do. ----- Original Message ----- From: David and Connie Jeremiah <dcjeremiah@earthlink.net> To: Iris F Reily <dmreily@compuserve.com> Sent: Tuesday, 23 January, 2001 20:51 PM Subject: FW: [DUNN] Gerald C. Dunn Iris, Can anyone on the Yelton list help with this request. Thanks, Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: The McLendon's To: DUNN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 1/23/2001 7:39:01 PM Subject: [DUNN] Gerald C. Dunn Is anyone of the list related to Gerald C. Dunn? He had a family record of the James Yelton family which was published by someone in a newsletter and she was purging her lists. she had no further information on the Yelton family, but did have 4 pages of info from James Yelton, m. 13 Nov 1743 to Charles E. Yelton who was b. in 1858 in Grants Lick(Ky.) There was also a page compiled by a lady from the Gosney family attached to this paper which is also part of the family. Other names mentioned were Castotor, Kendall, Taylor. Roslyn(McLendon)

Cousins, Over the last several days, Iris, Jerrie, and I have been discussing Edy C. Yelton and we think we have made some real progress. Here is a summary of what we have so far, minus a couple of false trails I wandered down. As most of you who have been on this list for a while may know, Edy C. Yelton is one of our long-standing "Yelton Mysteries." She first appears in the 1840 Census for Wilkes County, NC as the head of a household that includes several children. She appears in several censuses after that (although we are missing a few) and she died in 1888. She's buried in Henderson Co, NC. Jerrie and Martha are two of her descendants, and there may be others on the list as well. We did not know whether Yelton was Edy's maiden name or married name, although her tombstone identifies her as "Mrs. E. C. Yelton." The inscription itself aroused my suspicions, as it is not common to see "Mrs." on a tombstone. I could not find anyone with the Yelton surname in indexes to earlier censuses for Wilkes County. When Jerrie asked me about the 1840 Census, I went back and looked at my notes again, and then did some online searching. I found one surname only index to the 1830 Census for Wilkes County that showed "Yelton" on p. 379. The AIS index at ancestry.com did not show any Yeltons in Wilkes Co for that year. Then searched for everyone on p. 379 and there was "Yitton, William R." Happily, Jerrie was able to look at the microfilm for 1830 right away, and it is undoubtedly William Yelton. The middle initial is very difficult to read, but at this point I tend to agree with Jerrie that it is not an R. It looks more like an A to me. It's definitely not a "J", as we might expect if this is the William James Yelton listed in Charles H. Yelton's family Bible. The 1830 Census provides the following information: William A(?) Yelton (head of household) 2 males under 5 years old; 1 male 20 to 30; 1 female under 5 years old; and 1 female between 20 and 30. The family information (numbers of children, etc.) is on the whole consistent with what we know about Edy's family except for the female under 5. The two daughters we know about were both born after 1830. However, the 1840 Census includes a female between 15 and 20. There could have been an older daughter who married before 1850 and whose name we don't know. The 2 males would presumably be Charles and James. In 1840, when Edy appears as head of household, she is located near some of the same people that the family is near in 1830. Pending further research, I think we can assume that Edy was William's wife. Of course, that raises some additional questions. 1. Who were William's parents? His age is consistent with that of William James Yelton, who was born 4 Jan 1807, thus making him about 23 when the 1830 Census was taken. However, that family Bible is not a contemporary record. The Bible itself was published in 1830, so any names and dates before that were obviously entered some time after the fact. The middle initial in the census is clearly not a J. 2. What was Edy's maiden name? The middle initial "C" is a clue, although it's not absolutely certain that this represents her maiden name. In the 1830 Census, Edy & William appear between Barbara Cope and William Chapman. Barbara Cope also appears near Edy in the 1840 Census. These two families would be a good place to start. I've already eliminated Edy Cottrell (dau. of Thomas Cottrell and wife of William Curtis) and Edith Curtis (dau. of Samuel Curtis and wife of John Roane). 3. Where & when did Edy & William marry? The date is approximately 1826-1828. I've looked on my GRS CDs and can't find anything in North Carolina or Virginia that looks even remotely possible. Of course, if they were married by publication of banns rather than a marriage bond, there wouldn't be any record to find. 4. Did William own any property at his death? If he did, a guardian would have been named for the children even though their mother was still living. This would also hold true if the children, while still minors, were left property in the will of a grandparent. The purpose of naming a guardian in these circumstances is not to raise the children, but to be responsible for their property interests. Does anyone have any other suggestions for further research? Does anyone have convenient access to Wilkes County records such as wills, guardian's bonds, etc.? Cheryl

Having gone to a new ISP, I just need to see if RootsWeb will accept messages from me. My address remains the same. Sorry to bother you all. Iris

Dear List, Well, the Resource Files aren't too complicated so whenever you are ready with your questions, I'll try my best. Do you all have this address for me? dmreily@compuserve.com Iris

I have just come across a wonderful website that I felt I had to share! This site has a storehouse of old photos and they are great! http://www.ancientfaces.com I didn't find any family, but that doesn't mean that someone else might not! Suzanne http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~csyelton .... in search of my roots!

I have just come across a wonderful website that I felt I had to share! This site has a storehouse of old photos and they are great! http://www.ancientfaces.com I didn't find any family, but that doesn't mean that someone else might not! Suzanne http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~csyelton .... in search of my roots!

Cousins, I made a big mistake (sort of) -- I bought a census subscription at ancestry.com and now I'm not getting much of anything else done as a I wade through the 1920 North Carolina Census. [Brief commercial message -- I believe I've received my money's worth on this. The images are pretty good, and you can zoom in to improve clarity.] I have managed to do a couple of minor corrections to the website, based on e-mail that Iris received. Over the next year or two, I would like (time permitting -- always an issue) to redo the website so that it is current and correct and so that the indexes are up to date as well. Because I'm finding so much good information in the 1920 Census, I'm going to start with descendants of John Yelton of Rutherford County, NC . If you have sent me anything on this family and it isn't reflected on the website as of today, please send it again. [Deb, this doesn't include what you sent on John Washington Yelton; I'm working on that right now.] Likewise, if you have new info (recent births or deaths, for instance), please send it along. Of course, I will continue the policy of not putting information about living people, other than names, on the website. Cheryl

Hi Everyone, Well, I didn't get the book I was after on e-bay so I'm not able to do look-ups from there, however..... Just today I received Discs 1 throught 15 of the Pedigree Resource File series put out by the LDS. Give me a few days to orient myself and then I will do look-ups for anyone on the list. Please send me only one or two names at a time and give me as much information (b., d., place, etc) as you can so I'll be able to tell if I have found the right family for you. Happy hunting, Iris