Lewis Davis Yancey Sr., Public Service Culpeper

SAR Patriot #: P-325751

Note: Lewis Davis Yancey, Sr., and sons -Charles, John, Sr., John, Lewis Davis, Jr. and Richard Yancy are recorded for Virginia ‘Publick’ Claims Culpeper Co., compiled by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten, copied from original RevWar Claims bound within the Library of Virginia at Richmond. Lewis Davis Yancey Sr., Public Service Culpeper, Virginia ‘Publick’ Claims -  Nov. 1781 -310# stalled beef (and a son, Richard Yancey’s Claim for Oct. 1781 -600# beef)  St. Mark’s Parish; our subject  after the French and Indian War (1754-1763) was commissioned, Captain of a militia company raised in 1765-6 for Culpeper County (Co.) Colony of Virginia (VA); see, Find A Grave Memorial # 11309160.

Lewis Davis Yancey and “THE YANCEY FAMILY,” pgs 81-83 are documented within writer, Raleigh Travers Green’s 1900 publ., Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia: History of St. Mark’s Parish, Part Second, Family Genealogies, Chapter VI. The writer stated that Lewis Davis Yancey (1689-1784), married Mildred Kavanaugh, a dau. of Charles Kavanaugh of Irish parentage, who owned a large, VA estate tract. Green corroborated the Yancey family colonial St. Mark’s Parish, Episcopalian denomination.  St. Mark’s Parish was organized in 1731, with Robert and Francis Slaughter as its 1^st church wardens, Ibid.

A son, Lewis Davis Yancey (Jr.) * identical with SAR Patriot #: P-325750 was born (b.)  1762 at Culpeper County (Co.), Virginia (VA) formed 1749 from Orange Co., and formed in 1734 from Spotsylvania Co. His name was found recorded in the will of our subject, Lewis Davis Yancey (1689-1784) of Culpeper Co., source, publication entitled, Culpeper County Virginia: Will Books B and C, etc., published 1965 by Dorothy Ford Wulfeck, see pgs 69-70 for will -dated 17 Apr 1778 and proved 22 Apr 1788. Wulfeck recorded the Legatees, as wife [(wf.) Mildred] Winifred Kavanaugh Yancey. Property and/or personal estate of our subject, were set out to be divided among (nine) children, John; Richard (Henry); Charles; Philemon; Robert; James (characterized to be in parts unknown); Lewis (Davis Yancey, Jr.); Ann (Nancy) Yancey and Winifred Yancey Nalle (1742-1797). Executors: Sons -Lewis Yancey and Robert Yancey. Wit.: James Pendleton, Henry Pendleton and Elizabeth Yancey. Codicil, dated 2 May 1782. Proved 16 Jun 1788, altered bequests to sons, Robert Yancey and James Yancey showed they survived the Continental Army service during the War of the Revolution. Wit.: Birkett Davenport, et al.

In Green’s book, found after the Preface was a St. Mark’s colonial parish, Slaughter family sketch written by “Rev. Philip Slaughter, D. D.” After our subject’s death in 1784 his family burial ground was characterized and mapped, above (Robert) Beverley’s (Aka Beverly) boundary line up Muddy Run to Judge (Henry) Field’s Mills… continuing to Mountain Run. The Yancey family’s acreage or estate was named, “Arlington”.  Interestingly, the St. Mark’s Parish Episcopalian congregation theme associated our Yancey family with the historic Slaughter Family. A matched a record of association was found in Culpeper County Virginia: Will Books, Wulfeck, pg 75; see, “Inventory and Appraisal of Estate of Lewis D. Yancey, dec’d. Recorded 21 Sept., 1789. Made by James DuVal, Francis Slaughter, James Slaughter, Jr.”

An 18^th Century Perspective: Culpeper County publ., 1976 by Culpeper Historical Society contains a separate, surname Index (i-xxii), captioned, Appendix, Errata and Addenda, 1977, see: “Kavanaugh” and Old Martin Nalle House, 18^th c. Structures Still Standing, pg 114. The publ., An 18^th Century Perspective: Culpeper County, pg 36, recorded, “Notes From St. Mark’s Parish” by Rev. Philip Slaughter. He wrote that among names recorded with military service in the French and Indian Campaign (1752), were Col. Robert Slaughter, et al., Capt. John Slaughter, Lieut. John Field, Lieut. William Slaughter, Martin Nalle, William Nalle and Charles Yancey, et al. Among the Revolutionary officer surnames that were identified alphabetically on the page were brothers, John Yancey* and Lewis (Davis) Yancey (Jr.) *. Ibid.

With the Virginia, *American officers identified on the same page above, were Lewis Davis Yancey Sr’s sons, Charles* (1732-1805) and, Lewis Davis Yancey, (Yancy) (Jr.) * (1762-1851) US Pension Application W.2508, whose name appears below.  Lewis Jr.’s residence was furnished (1833) at Court located at Jasper Co., GA. A brother, (Captain) Richard H. (Henry) Yancey,* was recorded initially, a non-commissioned officer, 1^st Sergeant in Captain George Slaughter’s company raised 1777 for Culpeper Co., that became the (8^th) VA Militia Rgt., designated (Jan. 1777) Virginia Line within the Continental Army, attached to 1^st VA Bgde., assigned to American Forces of BrigGen’l Peter Muhlenberg; see, Philadelphia Campaign 1777: Taking the capital, 2007, Osprey Publ., Ltd., Midland House, Great Britain, pg 24.

Also, see: Bounty Land Records at Library of VA, Richmond relating to VA Service for Lewis Davis Yancey Sr.’s sons, Lewis (Davis) Yancey (Jr.) * a Light Dragoon, Scout, VA S.2070 and, SAR Patriot #: P-325750, above; [Light Dragoon (Cavalry) Captain] John Yancey * (1734-1790) VA S.2071; [Light Dragoon (Captain) Robert Yancey (1750-1824) died in Howard Co., MO, see: SAR Patriot #: P-325757 and US Pension Application S.35752, Service: VA, residence (1820) Woodford Co., KY; and, 9^th VA Regt., (Infantry, Corporal) James Yancey * (1752-1790) Bounty Land Record, above, VA S.2073, SAR Patriot #: P-325747]  and a nephew, Philemon Yancy* with VA military service, see: US Pension Application S.1274, advised the Court (1833) at Franklin Co., KY that he was a son of “Philemon Yancey, dec’d.” A search of records in the publ., Culpeper County Virginia: Will Books, Wulfeck, pg 74 determined an Inventory and Appraisal of Philemon’s father’s Estate was recorded on 15 Jun 1789 by John Strode, Administrator at Court in Culpeper. Philemon Yancy’s father was also recorded in the Will of Lewis Davis Yancy of Culpeper Co., on pgs 69-70. All sons and daughters were documented within the Will of Lewis Davis Yancy (Sr.) Proved at Culpeper Co., VA, Dated 17 Apr 1778 and Proved 22 Apr 1788.

In his late 90’s, Lewis Davis Yancy, Sr. (1689-1784) died at St. Mark’s Parish, Culpeper Co., and was buried at his family’s private burial ground with his wife, Mildred Kavanaugh, a dau. of Charles Kavanaugh – W. P. A. “Arlington” Cemetery.

Lastly, Raleigh Travers Green wrote (1900) that the 1^st trace of this early (1642) VA family belonging to Lewis Davis Yancey Sr., was “that four [Welchmen (pl.) -a Welshman] Charles, William, Joel and Robert Yancey, who came to Virginia in 1642, with Sir Wm Berkley,” Governor of English Virginia Royal Province -Feb. (?) 1641 /42-Jun 1644. Later, formed as Culpeper Co., above; source, A Hornbook of Virginia History, J. R. V. Daniel, publ. by The Division of History of the VA Dept. of Conservation and Development, Sep 1949, Colonial Governors (1607-1775) Under the VA Company of London, pg 5.