Author: James Edward Mitchell
Ludwell Yancey, Pvt., enlisted in [Capt. John Gillison’s W.7530] company (Jan., 1777) raised for Culpeper Co., (10th) VA Regt. Continental Line at Valley Forge, PA, commanded by BrigGen’l. Edward Stevens and (Jan., 1778) LieutCol. Samuel Hawes VA Regt.
SAR Patriot #: P-325752
Ludwell Yancey’s (1757-1821) parents were John Yancey, Sr. and Mary Leighton, a dau. of Jacob Leighton of Augusta County (Co.) Virginia (VA). John Yancey, (Sr.) age 25, married in 1759 at Old Rappahannock and Essex Counties to Mary Leighton…, Handwritten note used…, Book 28, original source, Virginia Compiled Marriages for Select Counties, 1851-1929 < Ancestry.com> pg 139. Raleigh Travers Green wrote and published during 1900, Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia (VA) at Exponent Printing Office, Culpeper, VA. The Yancey Family was notably recorded in this book’s Part II, on pgs 81-83. Green stated that the first trace of this early (1642) Virginia family belonging to Ludwell’s grandfather, Lewis Davis Yancey, (Sr.) 1689-1784, directly descended from one of the four [Welchmen (pl.) -a Welshman] Charles, William, Joel and/or Robert Yancey, associated with Sir Wm Berkley, Governor of the English Virginia Royal Province between Feb. 1641 and Jun 1644.
Ludwell’s father, [John Yancey, Sr. (1734-1790) identical with SAR Patriot #: P-338195] furnished a Revolutionary War ‘publick’ claim from his farm residence at St. Marks Parish, Culpeper Co., VA for contributing a cask provided to the Continental Army during Mar 1781; source, Virginia ‘Publick’ Claims Culpeper County; Court Booklet I, pg 5 compiled and transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten.
Green’s 1900 publication, Notes on Culpeper County, recorded that John Yancey, Sr., after the War of the Revolution, settled in Rockingham Co., neighboring present day, Madison Co., formed 1792 from Culpeper Co., VA., with Ludwell’s brother, Layton Yancey [a Lieut. in (1st) Regt, Light Dragoons (R. L. D.) Continental Troop of Horse during the Revolution] and, who married Fanny (aka Frances) Lewis, a dau. of Thomas Lewis. Additional siblings from Mary Leighton and John Yancey, Sr. other than Ludwell, our subject and his brother, Layton Yancey, were identified by Green as John Yancey, Fanny and Polly Yancey. Ibid. Pg 81.
At approximately, age 20, Ludwell was recorded to enlist on 15 Jan 1777 for three (3) years’ service as a Pvt., and, “commander waggoner” in [Capt. John Gillison’s W.7530] company raised for Culpeper Co., (10th) VA Regt. Continental Line. The unit was ordered to Valley Forge, PA, commanded by [BrigGen’l. Edward Stevens (VA) S.1922] and (Jan., 1778) LieutCol. Samuel Hawes; then, transferred Aug., 1778 to (6th) VA Regt., Continental Line encampment at White Plains, NY and Camp Middlebrook in Bridgewater township, NJ until May, 1779 commanded by Col. John Green: source, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution: Alphabetical Register by John H. Gwathmey publ. at Baltimore by Genealogical Publ., Co., Inc., during 1979, pg 852.
Ludwell Yancey’s early family residence at (St. Marks Parish) Culpeper Co., VA, military service, marriage record to Elizabeth Jeffries and Ludwell’s record of death on 8 Sep 1821 at age 63-4 were accounted for in an online, Find A Grave Memorial #114196356, narrative created by Todd Whitesides, dated 22 Jul 2013.
A determination was made with a canvass of Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800 compiled by Clayton Torrence and publ., at Richmond, VA, printed by Genealogical Publ., Co., Inc., 1930, the surname: Jeffries was most commonly utilized for record within Virginia Wills, however, variant spellings included: Jefferis, Jefferiss, Jeffers, Jeffres, Jeffreys, Jeffrice, and Jeffrys. Elizabeth Jeffries Yancey’s father, was found on record, logically; James Jeffries, will recorded 1805, pg. 120 in Will Book E (1803-1809); source, An 18th Century Perspective: Culpeper County, compiled and edited by Mary Stevens Jones, publ., 1976 by the Culpeper Historical Society, Inc., Culpeper, VA, pg 34. Also, identified upon the same pg 34 were wills for two of Ludwell Yancey’s uncles, [Richard Yancey -1804, pg 57; see, (SAR Patriot) biography for P-338186] and, Charles Yancey -1805, pg 76; see, (SAR Patriot) biography for P-338206].
Lastly, noted for the reader’s interest was a separate search and finding of Virginia ‘Publick’ Claims Culpeper County, compiled and translated by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten; see, pgs 4, 23 and 37. John Jeffries, logically Elizabeth Jeffries brother, who appeared at a Court proceeding held in Culpeper on 19 Aug 1782 (with presence of [Lewis Yancey, (Jr.) SAR Patriot P-325750, et. al.] who furnished Mar 1781, 8 diats, and 1 gal. corn) to adjust claims for John Jeffries furnished Oct 1780 for grain; Apr 1781 for 4 days waggonage; and, Nov 1781 for 475# beef.