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 1807 - 1875 (67 years)
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| Name |
James Yancey |
| Birth |
20 Jun 1807 |
Clarksville, VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
13 Mar 1875 |
Old Elam Cemetery, Forest Park, GA |
| Person ID |
I5667 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Jr. Robert Yancey, b. Abt 1775, Mecklenburg County, VA d. 16 Apr 1853, Mecklenburg County, VA (Age 78 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Agnes Wilkinson, b. Abt 1773, Virginia, USA d. Sep 1854, Mecklenburg County, VA (Age 81 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
11 Oct 1796 |
Mecklenburg County, VA |
| Family ID |
F2148 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Penelope Griffin, b. 21 Jul 1807, Virginia, USA d. 22 Oct 1870, Old Elam Cemetery, Forest Park, GA (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage |
6 Mar 1828 |
Mecklenburg County, VA |
| Children |
| | 1. James Andrus Yancey, b. 4 Mar 1832, Georgia d. 22 Jul 1882, Clayton County, GA (Age 50 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Washington Beverly Yancey, b. 22 Jun 1830, Fulton County, GA d. 15 Sep 1853, Georgia (Age 23 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Marshall Orel Yancey, b. 15 Dec 1828, Fulton County, GA d. 7 Jun 1907, Clayton County, GA (Age 78 years) [natural] |
| | 4. Simeon Plummer Yancey, b. 6 Jan 1852, Clayton County, GA d. 6 Jan 1929, South Bend Cemetery, Fulton County, GA (Age 77 years) [natural] |
| | 5. Penelope Yancey, b. 20 Nov 1847, Fulton County, GA d. 2 Dec 1911 (Age 64 years) [natural] |
| | 6. Susan Agnes Yancey, b. 16 Aug 1844, Fulton County, GA d. 19 Jan 1898 (Age 53 years) [natural] |
| | 7. John Yancey, b. 31 Mar 1842, Fulton County, GA d. 21 Nov 1861, Williamsburg, VA (Age 19 years) [natural] |
| | 8. Scerenie Catherine Yancey, b. 29 Nov 1839, Fulton County, GA d. 23 Oct 1866 (Age 26 years) [natural] |
| | 9. Plonean Elizabeth Yancey, b. 30 Jan 1837, Fulton County, GA d. 24 Apr 1917 (Age 80 years) [natural] |
| | 10. Alexander Franklin Yancey, b. 24 Jul 1834, Fulton County, GA d. 14 Jan 1863, Richmond, Virginia, USA (Age 28 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F2151 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- James Yancey and Penelope Griffin
1807-1875
James Yancey, son of Robert Yancey Jr. and Agnes Wilkinson, was born June
20, 1807 in Clarksville, Virginia. Some family sources record his middle
name as Robert. However, apparently he never used this name in any of the
legal documents or land deeds known to exist. He married Penelope Griffin
on March 6, 1828, in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Penelope was the
daughter of Francis Griffin and Susan ________. Penelope was born July
21, 1807 in Virginia. James and Penelope came from Clarksville, Virginia
to Georgia before 1830. They were enumerated in the 1830 DeKalb County
census; however, no township was listed. It is believed that about 1833
they settled near Rough & Ready, Georgia. Rough & Ready was a stage coach
stop and tavern located between what is now Forest Park and Hapeville.
The settlement was near the border of Henry and Fayette Counties. In
1850, James and Penelope were recorded on the Fayette County census. In
1859, the area was annexed and Clayton County was formed. In 1860, they
were counted with the residents of Clayton County.
James and Penelope had 10 children - six boys and four girls. At least
three of their sons served in the Civil War. Marshall Orel Yancey, born
December 16, 1828 served in the Cavalry. Alexander Franklin Yancey, died
January 14, 1863 from a wound he received in the Battle of
Fredericksburg. John Yancey, born March 31, 1842, served in "The Clayton
Sharp Shooters" also known as Company E, Georgia Regiment. In a letter
written to John by his sister, we read...
"John you say them Yankees were going to drive you all away from there
but I hope you all will be brave men and not let them run
you away. John you must be brave and never run because I don't
want to never hear of you getting shot in the back."
Susan Yancey
[About 1861]
Southern women were not much different from the women of Sparta. These
Greek women reportedly told their men to either return from battle
wearing their swords or come back on them.
John was not shot in the back. He was shot in the left shoulder. While
traveling in a troop train near Williamsburg, Virginia, John was sitting
in the open door of a freight car. He had been warned by his comrades
that he was in an exposed position just as he was shot by a Yankee
sniper. This account is recorded in the family Bible of Simeon Plummer
Yancey. However, Confederate records indicate John Yancey "died from
disease". I am more inclined to believe the facts as recorded in the
family Bible. Thousands of men died of typhoid fever and officers tended
to lump the deaths together. John may have died of complications from the
wound. Typhoid fever or pneumonia may have ended what the Yankee bullet
started. John was nineteen years old.
James Yancey must have been very proud of his Southern heritage. In the
inventory of his estate, pictures of Robert E. Lee and Andrew Jackson
were listed as assets and valued at two dollars. In order to better
appreciate the worth assigned to these items, it should be noted that 200
feet of lumber was valued at two dollars and fifty cents.
Penelope Griffin Yancey died October 22, 1870. She raised a large family
and, although she only lived to be sixty-three, she saw four of her
children die. James Yancey died March 13, 1875. He was sixty-seven years
old. James and Penelope are buried in the Old Elam Cemetery. It is
located on Elam Church Road, near the intersection of Watts Road, in
Forest Park, Georgia.
The children of James Yancey and Penelope Griffin Yancey were:
Marshall Orel Yancey married (1) Theresa Bishop-Goewy
(2) Martha Yarbrough
Washington Beverly Yancey b. June 22, 1830 d. September 15, 1853
James Andrus Yancey married Rebecca Dalrimple
Alexander Franklin Yancey married Sally Beavers
Plonean Elizabeth Yancey married William Hardiman Ford
Scerinie Catherine Yancey b. November 29, 1839 d. October 23, 1866
John Yancey never married
Susan Agnes Yancey never married?
Penelope Yancey married Elijah Swinney
Simeon Plummer Yancey married Martha Elizabeth Thurman
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