Hi, Add "Yeton" to the possible spellings of Yelton. John Basil Yelton's name was spelled "Yeton" in some of the Civil War records. Cousin Phillip Faller Cheryl Chasin wrote: > Kae, > > I don't know of any actual name changes. However, the Yelton surname is frequently misinterpreted by transcribers, etc. as Yetlon or Yetton, I have also seen instances in the original censuses where the census taker spelled it Yelten or Yeltin. I think Yeldon is perfectly possible, but Yeldell may be a bit of a stretch. > > There is a Robert Yelton in the 1810 Census for Newberry District, SC. It shows him as 26-45, but I suspect him to be at the lower end of that range, as his wife is 16-26 and they have one child under 10. We don't really know exactly who this Robert Yelton is or how he connects to the rest of the family. In any case, I think he is too young to be your Robert. With that single exception, I know of no Yeltons in SC until very late in the 19th century, when some of the Rutherford County branch of the family moved to SC. > > Cheryl > ----- Original Message ----- > From: C48WILS@aol.com > To: CherylC470@att.net > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 12:53 AM > Subject: name changes > > I was wondering if the YELTON name was ever changed to YELDON or YELDELL. > I am looking for a Robert YELDELL married to Phoebe COSPER. They were in > Abbeville SC in the 1700's. > Thanks, > Kae > > ==== 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

Cousins, In wandering through the 1880 Census, I found David Yelton, b. ca. 1811 in NC and living in Fulton County, IN in 1880. The census states that both of his parents were born in NC as well. The only other person in the household is his wife Mary, b. ca. 1822 in PA. I think this may be the same David Yelton who married Eliza Henry in Shelby County, IN on 17 Nov 1831 and was living in Fulton County in 1850 with his new wife, Malinda Lear, whom he married on 5 Mar 1850. There were two children by the first marriage, Mary E. (b. ca. 1832) and Robert (b. ca. 1834). I don't know if Mary is a third wife, or Malinda's middle name, or what. In any case, who is this guy? The 1850 Census gives his place of birth as Vermont, or at least that's what I though it said when I looked at it. If anyone has easy access to the census and can check this, I would appreciate it. My office moved, and I'm not two blocks from the National Archives any more. If he & his parents were really born in NC, he can't be a descendant of Charles. That leaves William & James as possible grandfathers. Because of the Shelby County, IN connection, I'm wondering if he could possibly be a son of Robert Yelton, Sr. by a wife before Catherine Castator. Robert was 38 when he & Catherine married, certainly old enough to have been married previously. And there's that Robert Yelton/Elizabeth Kersey couple from Iredell Co, NC that seems to vanish from the face of the earth. There's a Robert Yelton in the 1820 Census for Pendleton Co, KY, age 26-45. Robert Yelton, Sr. would have been 35 in 1820, so that fits. I don't have anyone else in my database who even comes close. The census shows an adult female, also 26-45. This can't be Catherine, as they did not marry until 1823. The household also includes 1 male 10-16, 3 females under 10, and 2 males under 10. David (the orginial subject of this increasingly verbose message) would have been 9 in 1820, so that fits. Of course, that leaves the problem of identifying the other children of this first marriage, not to mention identifying Robert's wife with some degree to certainty. Can any of Robert & Catherine's descendants (or anyone else for that matter) shed any light on this? Cheryl

Kae, I don't know of any actual name changes. However, the Yelton surname is frequently misinterpreted by transcribers, etc. as Yetlon or Yetton, I have also seen instances in the original censuses where the census taker spelled it Yelten or Yeltin. I think Yeldon is perfectly possible, but Yeldell may be a bit of a stretch. There is a Robert Yelton in the 1810 Census for Newberry District, SC. It shows him as 26-45, but I suspect him to be at the lower end of that range, as his wife is 16-26 and they have one child under 10. We don't really know exactly who this Robert Yelton is or how he connects to the rest of the family. In any case, I think he is too young to be your Robert. With that single exception, I know of no Yeltons in SC until very late in the 19th century, when some of the Rutherford County branch of the family moved to SC. Cheryl ----- Original Message ----- From: C48WILS@aol.com To: CherylC470@att.net Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 12:53 AM Subject: name changes I was wondering if the YELTON name was ever changed to YELDON or YELDELL. I am looking for a Robert YELDELL married to Phoebe COSPER. They were in Abbeville SC in the 1700's. Thanks, Kae

Hi everyone, This is a new search engine by GenCircles that searches of Ancestry/Rootsweb message boards plus GenForums. Genealogy Message Searcher: http://images.gencircles.com/message/searcher They also have a "Global Tree" at http://www.gencircles.com/globaltree/ These both came from other lists that Kathy L. and I are on. I used the first URL and typed in Yelton and got 343 messages from Ancestry and GenForums message boards. The messages were from 1998 through 2001. Have fun! Iris

Cousins, In the 1880 Census for Vernon County, MO is the following family: Benjamine Yelton age 40, b. IN, parents both b. VA Martha Yelton age 26, b. IL William Yelton age 7, b. MO Etha Yelton age 5, b. MO (this is a girl) I think this must be Benjamin F. Yelton, brother of Oliver Perry Yelton and son of William Yelton & Mary Lockwood. According to the Vernon County GenWeb site, B.F. Yelton is mentioned on p. 298 of a history of Vernon County. I e-mailed a lookup request, and learned that he was mentioned as being a Federal soldier from Kansas who was wounded in a battle with bushwhackers at the Riggs house. This item also says that he was, at the time of the writing, a citizen of Nevada (presumably Nevada, MO, which is in Vernon County). Does anyone have any further information on this family? Cheryl

Hi everyone, Kathy sent me this and it is really beautiful. I'll just send you the URL where it is quoted as there are some other sites there you may find interesting. This one however, speaks to why we "do" genealogy. Thanks Kathy! "The Story Teller" written by Tom Dunn and quoted at the following URL: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~julieann/the_story_teller.htm Iris dmreily@compuserve.com

Cousins, In the 1880 Census for Morgan County, MO, on p. 230C, we find Hugh Smily, age 66, with his wife Martha (56) and daughter Minnie (15). Also in the household is a grandaughter, Myrtle YELTON, age 9. The census states that she was born in Missouri, that her father was born in Ireland (!) and her mother was born in Missouri. I checked the census at ancestry.com, and it really does say Ireland. Interestingly, Martha Smiley's father is also stated to have been born in Ireland. Maybe the census taker just made a mistake. But even if he did, who was Myrtle's father???? Cheryl

Cousins, In the 1910 Census for Madison County, NC Thomas J. Yelton stated that he had been married four times. At that time, he was married to Sarah Rejettie Howell. The 1900 Census shows him with a wife named Cornelia. I just found him the 1880 Census for Cocke County, TN, married to a Rachel Clemons and the two of them living with her mother. Does anyone know who the fourth wife was? Did he have children by anyone other than Sarah? Cheryl

If any of you are researching the Ellis lines here is an interesting site: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/a/r/Brandie-L-Parker/index.html?Welcome=992059757 To contact Brandie - wurdluvr@mindspring.com Hope this helps someone, Iris

Hi Everyone, Kathy Lund sent this URL which should take you to these two Obituaries. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/ncsearch.htm I do have complete copies of them both, so if you want more information, please let me know. The briefest of info is also available here: YELTON, Clyde Jr; 62; Asheville NC; Asheville Citizen-Times; 2000-4-28 <http://obits.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi?Surname=yelton+clyde&type=Keyword&Start=0> YELTON, Claude W; 72; Bakersville NC; Asheville Citizen-Times; 2001-1-5; <http://obits.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi?Surname=yelton+claude&type=Keyword&Start=0> Thanks Kathy, Iris

Hi List, Jerrie Cole sent me a copy of this Obituary today. I'm trying to find out if I can send the whole thing to the list (copyright, you know). However, I am sure it is OK to send you all the address so you can find it yourselves. Let me know if you have any trouble finding it. The Asheville Citizen-Times of July 16, 2001 The URL: < http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/obits.pl?a=d&id=2879 > Or, you may have to use this URL: < http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/obits.pl > and then type in Yelton in the search field. I also found it here: http://www.mitchellnews.com/ for July 18, 2001 It begins: ESTELLE YELTON GOUGE BAKERSVILLE - Estelle Yelton Gouge, 93, of Route 3, Burnsville, died Sunday, July 15, 2001..... She fits in this way: Original James & Isabel Yelton James & Mary Yelton John & Polly Deck Yelton James & Mary Canup Yelton John & Lydia Garland Yelton William M. & Phoebe Garland Yelton (had 11 Children) Martha Yelton (may have been married to G.Vance, not sure) Lee & Estelle Yelton Gouge (--?--) & Earlene Gouge Robinson The address for the newspaper is Asheville Citizen-Times 14 O Henry Ave., Asheville, NC 28801 Phone (828) 252-5611 Hope this helps someone. If you need help finding it let me know. Iris

Mary J. Yelton b. 1848 m. Thomas Deakins(Dickens) The 1880 Ky Soundex shows thomas and Mary in Trimble Co. Ky. , Thomas, 32, Mary 33, john, 6, Thomas, Loulie 1. Does anyone know anything about Mary J.? I believe she is the daughter of Jefferson and Susan/Sarah and have been hunting for their family forever. Susan's second marriage to Allen Wright in 1852(Carroll Co) says she is thhe widow of Jefferson Yelton. As Mary J. was b. in 1847-8 Jefferson must have died when she was a very young child Does anyone out there recognize any of the people here? Thanks very much, Iris, and everyone. Roslyn

Dear Cousin Iris: Hope all is well for you and yours! Below I have added some extracted court records. You may or may not already have it, I just wanted to share what I had. Hope to talk to you again soon, take care and have a great day! Cuz Deb Ancestry.com Scots-Irish in Virginia, Vol. 2, Search Terms: Yelton; Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia extracted from the original court records of Augusta County 1745-1800. Circuit court records, section "I" Judgements, page 150. Mays vs. Mays--O. S. 179, N. S. 63--Bill 10th February, 1809. Complainants are, viz: Benjamin, William, James, Richard, Mays. William Yelton and Sarah, his wife; Joseph Mays and Mary, his wife Hansley Carpenter and Rhoda, his wife, children and legal representatives of Robert Mays, deceased, late of Amherst County, who died in 1808, having made a will devising his whole estate to Susanna Mays (his widow, second wife), and Jesse, Pearce, Joseph B. Ballenger and Patty Mays, children by Susanna. Bill asked to have the will set aside. Will of Robert Mays of Amherst County, dated 3 Jun 1806. Recorded in Amherst, 18 Jul, 1808. Sons, Jesse, Pierce, Joseph B., Ballenger, wife, Susanna, daughter, Polly.

Cousins, I have another mystery for you. I've been going through the 1880 Census (LDS transcription) and I found a Mary Yelton in Columbia County, Washington Territory. She's 74 years old, a widow, and the census states that she was born in North Carolina and both her parents were born in South Carolina. The LDS transcription shows her as in the same household with M.G. Hagaman. I looked at the actual census on ancestry.com, and discovered that they actually in separate households, although immediately adjacent in the census. (This is the one flaw I've discovered in the LDS transcription. It doesn't give dwelling or family numbers, and sometimes it shows people as in the same household when they are not, or in separate households when they are actually in the same one.) M. G. Hagaman is male, age 40, and married, although he's alone in the census. He's also shown as born in NC. I have the 1850 NC census on CD, so I looked at that, and the only Hagamans or Hagermans I found were in Watauga County, NC. That's really interesting, because there was a Yelton family in Watauga County. And it has a Mary of the right age, Mary Ellen Ford who married Barnet Yelton. She moved with most of her children back to NC about 1847 when her husband died in Tennessee. The last record I have of her in NC is the 1870 Census for Watauga County. But if this is her, what on earth was she doing in Washington Territory, living in a household by herself? I can account for most of her children, and there is no connection with the Hagaman/Hagerman family that I know of. There's one daughter Susan A., who was born ca. 1836 and that I have nothing on. There's also an older daughter whose name I don't even know, but she was probably too old to have married a man born in 1840. Any thoughts??? Cheryl

Looks like the URL for the Yelton Message Board has been changed to: <http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.yelton> in case you are interested. If you go there click on Links & Announcements and if you have any links you think I should add, please let me know. Iris dmreily@compuserve.com

Hi Gwen, Click on Links & Announcements (right under List Messages) and my e-mail address is there. Also, I think if you print out my message it should print out on that too. I would be glad to receive any information you have and discuss it with you. I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon, Iris

Hi Connie, Margaret, Gwen and all, Descendants of William YELTON 1 William YELTON b: Abt. 1757 in Stafford Co., VA d: 05 Mar 1834 in Pendleton Co., KY . +Sarah 'Sally' MAYS b: Abt. 1765 d: Bef. 05 Mar 1834 m: 30 Sep 1784 in Amhurst Co., VA Father: Robert MAYS Mother: (--?--) (--?--) 2 James YELTON b: Abt. 1785 in Amherst Co., VA d: 06 Sep 1838 in Pendleton Co., KY .... +Mrs James (Elizabeth) YELTON d: Aft. 1838 m: Abt. 1805 in NC (HE IS NOT THE REV.WAR. PENSIONER) 2 Robert J. YELTON b: 1785-1795 in Pendleton Co., KY d: Aug 1836 in Shelby Co., IN .... +Catherine Polly CASTATOR b: 03 Feb 1796 in Pendleton Co., KY d: 18 Dec 1873 in Hazel Dell (N)Cem., Hazel Dell, IL m: 18 Mar 1823 in Pendleton Co., KY Mother: Susannah CASTATOR 2 Benjamin YELTON b: 1785-1813 d: Aft. 1834 .... +Nancy LAFFERTY m: 15 Mar 1821 in Pendleton Co., KY 2 John YELTON b: Abt. 1782 2 Nancy YELTON b: 1815-1820 d: Aft. 1834 .... +Jonathan CASH m: Bef. 1834 2 William YELTON, Jr b: Abt. 1788 in Amherst Co., VA d: Bef. 1834 .... +Mrs. William YELTON, Jr m: Abt. 1810 in prob. in NC 2 Elizabeth YELTON b: Abt. 1804 d: Bef. 1834 .... +Clifton LOVE m: 10 Jan 1822 in Pendleton Co., KY The ages of the first three boys; James, Robert and Benjamin are guesstimates (like that word??). They are based, as are some of the death dates, on facts found in William's Will. I hope this makes some sense. If not we'll try it again.... Meanwhile, please visit our cousin Laura Graham's Web Site for information on the Castator/Kirstaetter family. Here is the URL: < http://www.execpc.com/~laurag/gen/family.html > Iris dmreily@compuserve.com List Mom "Somedays the light bulb comes on - sometimes it doesn't!"

Hi Everyone, Lest you think I've gone bonkers (or more so than usual) I'd better explain. I am also the Administrator for the Yelton Message Board at Rootsweb/Ancestry/MyFamily. It seems that messages that are posted to that board are also posted to our Yelton e-mail list. Confused yet? It's called gatewaying and if there are objections, I can ask the staff to turn it off. I don't expect it to be too much of a problem, as I've been doing this as a volunteer for well over a year and the board has been pretty quiet. Recently there have been many changes in the boards due to merging boards from all three of the entities above. The kinks will get ironed out eventually, I hope. In case you would like to visit the message board here is the URL : < http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/surnames.yelton/25/next > Meanwhile, if there is a bit of extra traffic on the list - it could just be the boost we need to get researching again - right??? Take care and if you have any questions, please feel free..... Iris dmreily@compuserve.com List Mom

----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Chasin" <CherylC470@att.net> To: <JNoHoldsBarred@cs.com>; <' yelton-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 9:05 PM Subject: Re: [YELTON] Fw: Martha Elizabeth Seagle West > I don't think Thomas Jefferson Yelton is Martha's son at all. Charles > Yelton married Margaret Brooks 15 July 1856 in Lincoln County, NC. They > appear together in the 1860 Census for Buncombe County, NC. In the 1870 > Census, Margaret Yelton & Thomas are in a separate household from Charles in > Buncombe County, so I would assume the Margaret & Charles were separated or > divorced at that point. > > A recent message to the list states that Charles Yelton married Martha > Elizabeth Lewis West in Madison County on 24 Aug 1876. > > I think TJ was Margaret's son, not Martha's son. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <JNoHoldsBarred@cs.com> > To: <CherylC470@att.net> > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 7:47 PM > Subject: Re: [YELTON] Fw: Martha Elizabeth Seagle West > > > > I do know that my father is William Clarence Yelton. who is the son of TJ > or > > Thomas Jefferson Yelton. It is suspected that he could be the son of > Martha > > West before she married Charles Yelton. If so Charles adopted her son. > My > > Father was a "bastard" child and my grandmother was 21 years yonger > than > > TJ. Any help on this puzzle would help. > > > > Don YElton > > > > I have met the West from Utah and they do look like my kin. > > >

iris, I'd like to send you what we have on our Yelton lines but don't have your e-mail address. It's too long to put in a querry but I think I can send it via e-mail. I'm new at this so am just feeling my way along.