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Stover Linwood Yeatts/Yates

Stover Linwood Yeatts/Yates

Male 1905 - 1980  (75 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Stover Linwood Yeatts/YatesStover Linwood Yeatts/Yates was born 4 May 1905, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of John Richard Yates/Yeatts, Jr. and Mary Frances Reynolds); died 28 Oct 1980, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Highland Burial Park, Danville, Virginia.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Richard Yates/Yeatts, Jr.John Richard Yates/Yeatts, Jr. was born 24 Oct 1867, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of John Richard Yates/Yeatts, Sr. and Abitha Jane Wright); died 7 Mar 1957, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

    John married Mary Frances Reynolds 26 Sep 1894, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of William 'Barton' Reynolds, Sr. and Ruth Ann "Rutha" Oakes) was born 21 Oct 1871, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 19 Oct 1936, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Frances ReynoldsMary Frances Reynolds was born 21 Oct 1871, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (daughter of William 'Barton' Reynolds, Sr. and Ruth Ann "Rutha" Oakes); died 19 Oct 1936, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=089-1914-001#img
    Sarah Philpott Reynolds Heirs

    Children:
    1. Elsie Yeatts was born 16 Aug 1898, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 3 Sep 1963, Wake County, North Carolina; was buried , Highland Burial Park, Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
    2. Lucille Yeatts was born 14 May 1907, Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 13 Feb 2000, Ringgold, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.
    3. Nancy Lee Yeatts was born 22 May 1900, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 29 Apr 1985, Falls Church, Virginia; was buried , Lebanon United Methodist Church Cemetery, West Moreland County, Virginia.
    4. Ernest Samuel Yeatts was born 5 Sep 1902, Chatham, Virginia; died 20 Apr 1975, Martinsville, Virginia; was buried , Highland Burial Park, Danville, Virginia.
    5. Ophel Wade Yeatts was born 10 Aug 1895, Rondo, Virginia; died 18 Mar 1957, Roanoke, Virginia; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Roanoke, Virginia.
    6. 1. Stover Linwood Yeatts/Yates was born 4 May 1905, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 28 Oct 1980, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Highland Burial Park, Danville, Virginia.
    7. Harvey Atwell Yates was born 27 Aug 1910, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 20 Oct 1984, Pinellas, Florida.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Richard Yates/Yeatts, Sr.John Richard Yates/Yeatts, Sr. was born 12 Apr 1840, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of Willis Christopher Yates/Yeatts and Mary Ann Bennett); died 8 Jun 1925, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Yeatts Family Cemetery, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.

    Notes:

    Yeatts, John R. -- A native of Pittsylvania County, enlisted in the Civil War on June 22, 1861 at Richmond in Company C, 46th Virginia Infantry, Wise Legion. On May 19, 1862, he was promoted to Captain of his company (which was known as the 'Pigg River Invincibles'). He was reported as present and on duty throughout the war until June 17, 1864, when, in the fighting around Petersburg, Capt. Yeatts received a gunshot wound in the arm and side. He returned to duty in the autumn of1864 and served to the end of the war. On April 12, 1865, he was paroled at Appomattox. "

    John married Abitha Jane Wright 29 Nov 1866, Near Green Pond, Henry Co., Virginia. Abitha was born 6 Feb 1846, Pullens, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 9 Mar 1930, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Abitha Jane WrightAbitha Jane Wright was born 6 Feb 1846, Pullens, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 9 Mar 1930, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.
    Children:
    1. 2. John Richard Yates/Yeatts, Jr. was born 24 Oct 1867, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 7 Mar 1957, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    2. Dr. Willis Christopher Yates/Yeatts was born 9 Jan 1871, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 30 May 1957, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.
    3. Mary Elizabeth Yates/Yeatts was born 25 Apr 1869, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 16 Jun 1909, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Walker-Yeatts Cemetery Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    4. Nancy Lee Yates/Yeatts was born 4 May 1873, Pigg River Township, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

  3. 6.  William 'Barton' Reynolds, Sr.William 'Barton' Reynolds, Sr. was born 27 May 1827, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of John Devin Reynolds and Sarah Ann "Sally" dna Philpott); died 25 May 1890, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; was buried , Worlds, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    1880 VA Census Pittsylvania County, Callands District,
    Heritage Quest Series T9, Roll 1384, Page 49: HH/Fam 67
    Line 25-33 Barton 52, Ruthey 51, Hallie 18, James A. 16,
    John T. 13, Henry (Hughey) 11, Marie F 8, Roxanne 6,
    William 6.

    By 1880 Nannie, Bett, and Sally are out of the home.
    Hallie's age is wrong.

    Barton Reynolds is the youngest child in his family. His
    father, John Devin died when he was 4 years old. He
    married Ruth Ann Oakes and had a large family. Five of the
    children of William Barton Sr. and Rutha Oakes married
    first cousins.

    !ALT NAME:Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, Eggleston, Mary
    Frances Reynolds

    !ALT NAME:Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, Eggleston, Mary
    Frances Reynolds

    !ALT NAME:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

    !BIRTH:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

    !DEATH:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

    !BURIAL:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

    William married Ruth Ann "Rutha" Oakes 14 Dec 1852, Pittsylvania or Henry Co., Virginia. Ruth (daughter of William Burl "Billie" Oakes and Sarah Ann "Sally" Phraley) was born 12 Jun 1832, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia ; died 2 Feb 1891, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Ruth Ann "Rutha" OakesRuth Ann "Rutha" Oakes was born 12 Jun 1832, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia (daughter of William Burl "Billie" Oakes and Sarah Ann "Sally" Phraley); died 2 Feb 1891, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Janice Doss on Facebook 18 Mar 2014
    Curtis Reynolds is listed here as the son of Luther and with a sister named Bernice who had a twin who died at birth. Curtis ran the Cat and Fiddle Grocery in Danville just this side of Union Street Bridge, which was a really large store. He and his wife lived in Forest Hills. I don't know if you can read the upper right after Ruth Oakes' name (from Portugal)? Grandma Emma always said the Reynolds' were blond with blue eyes until one married a girl from Portugal??

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth M. "Bet" Reynolds * was born 31 Mar 1853, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia ; died 2 Aug 1926, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    2. Nancy Ann "Nannie" Reynolds * was born 3 Jun 1854, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia ; died 23 Jan 1924, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia ; was buried , Reynolds Cemetery Callands, Virginia.
    3. "Sallie Ann" Melissa Reynolds was born 2 Jul 1856, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died 2 Jul 1923, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia; was buried , Worlds Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    4. Hallie "Aunt Hair" G. Reynolds was born 19 Apr 1858, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died 16 Aug 1902, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia ; was buried , Adkins-Oakes Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    5. William Barton 'Will' Reynolds *, Jr. was born 22 Feb 1862, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia; died 22 Jun 1938, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    6. James Allen Reynolds was born 26 May 1865, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died 26 Oct 1938, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; was buried , Worlds Cemetery, Callands, Pittsylvania Co., VA.
    7. John Thomas Reynolds was born 1866, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1950, Madison Co., Illinois.
    8. Samuel Hughey Reynolds *, M.D. was born 22 Jan 1869, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 15 Dec 1939, St. Louis, Missouri; was buried , Saint Paul Churchyard St Louis County, Missouri.
    9. 3. Mary Frances Reynolds was born 21 Oct 1871, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 19 Oct 1936, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    10. Roxanna Anna "Roxie" Reynolds * was born 22 Mar 1874, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia ; died 18 Dec 1944, Farmville, Cumberland Co., Virginia; was buried , Brown's Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, Virginia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Willis Christopher Yates/Yeatts was born 1815, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of John Yates/Yeatts and Mary 'Polly' Mrs. John Yates/Yeatts); died 9 Nov 1899, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

    Willis married Mary Ann Bennett 21 Nov 1795, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Mary was born 1815, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 17 Jun 1878, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Ann Bennett was born 1815, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 17 Jun 1878, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    Children:
    1. 4. John Richard Yates/Yeatts, Sr. was born 12 Apr 1840, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 8 Jun 1925, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Yeatts Family Cemetery, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.

  3. 12.  John Devin ReynoldsJohn Devin Reynolds was born 22 Feb 1783, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of Joseph M. Reynolds and Margaret "Peggy" Devin); died 18 Mar 1831, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; was buried , Worlds Cemetery, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia .

    Notes:

    DAR Patriot Index Lookup
    PHILPOT, CHARLES THOMAS; A090845
    Child/Child : SARAH PHILPOTT m. JOHN DEVIN REYNOLDS
    Service: MARYLAND Rank: SERGEANT
    Birth: 11-20-1753 CHARLES CO MARYLAND
    Death: 2-29-1836 HENRY CO VIRGINIA
    Pension Number: *S5924
    Service Source: *S5924
    Service Description:
    1) CAPTS ENEAS CAMPBELL,MONTJOY BAILY
    2) COL JOHN GUNBY
    Chancery Court record dated Aug 1805
    DOD apparently listed in chancery suit

    ['Modern' headstone replaced by Mrs. Ruth Marlowe, (Ruth Mae
    Reynolds) granddaughter, along with a marker for Allen
    Gilmer Reynolds and wife Martha Ann Jackson.-mfe]

    Sarah Ann Philpott
    Buried: Worlds Cemetery, Callands, Pittsylvania Co., Va.
    Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston
    Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh


    John Devin Reynolds is the 2nd son of Joseph M. Reynolds and his wife, Margaret Devin. Named for his Uncle John, and his Mother's Maiden name [Devin], he was born in 1783. He died 18 Mar 1831. His death was not an easy one. He writhed in agony from what we know today, as kidney stones, and after 9 days, finally succumbed to his exhaustion. His wife, described his agony and mortification in a letter to her daughter, Herodias in Missouri.

    Because John's father, Joseph M. Reynolds had two wives, he enjoyed the company of 17 siblings. Eldest brother, Hugh is beginning his family in the same year his father produces his final heir.

    Absolute documented proof, and multiple dna matches, confirm the father of Joseph M. Reynolds, and grandfather of John Devin Reynolds, is Hugh Reynolds of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Pittsylvania County Virginia.

    John married Sarah Ann "Sally" dna Philpott 19 Jul 1808, Henry County, Virginia . Sarah (daughter of Charles Thomas Philpott and Elizabeth Garrett) was born 1 Oct 1784, Frederick County, Maryland; died Abt 1863, Pittsylvania County, Virginia C.S.A.; was buried , Worlds Cemetery Callands, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Sarah Ann "Sally" dna Philpott was born 1 Oct 1784, Frederick County, Maryland (daughter of Charles Thomas Philpott and Elizabeth Garrett); died Abt 1863, Pittsylvania County, Virginia C.S.A.; was buried , Worlds Cemetery Callands, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Sarah Ann Philpott is buried with her husband John Devin
    Reynolds in the Reynolds/Adkins Cemetery in Worlds, Pittsylvania County, Virginia


    Name:
    Sally Philpott is the sister of Cassandra Philpott who is a dna match on GEDMATCH to Mary Frances Reynolds.

    Notes:

    Married:
    !MARRIAGE:Boisseau, Mary Leigh, Boisseau, Mary Leigh

    Children:
    1. Herodias Philpott Reynolds was born 6 Nov 1808, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died 17 Oct 1877, Henry County, Missouri; was buried , Adkins Cemetery, Henry County, Missouri.
    2. Elizabeth Reynolds was born 27 Dec 1812, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 20 Nov 1826, Pittsylvania County, Virginia .
    3. John Philpott Reynolds was born 8 Aug 1809, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died Aft 1854, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; was buried , Adkins-Oakes Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    4. William Garrett Reynolds was born 2 Apr 1811, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died 23 Jan 1868, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; was buried , Pittsylvania County, Virginia .
    5. Charles Thomas Reynolds * was born 2 Oct 1814, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died 4 Feb 1882, Pittsylvania County, Virginia .
    6. Josiah Reynolds was born 28 Sep 1816, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died 24 Feb 1891; was buried , Lovelace Cemetery Mt. Herman, Pittsylvania Co., Va ..
    7. Allen Gilmer Reynolds was born 10 Oct 1818, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died 6 Jul 1887, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; was buried , Worlds Cemetery, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    8. Hugh "Hughey" Reynolds was born Abt 1824, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died 1 Apr 1889, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    9. Sarah Ann "Sally Ann" Reynolds was born Abt 1822, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died Bef 1859, Lafeyette County, Illinois ; was buried , Lafeyette County, Illinois .
    10. 6. William 'Barton' Reynolds, Sr. was born 27 May 1827, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died 25 May 1890, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; was buried , Worlds, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

  5. 14.  William Burl "Billie" OakesWilliam Burl "Billie" Oakes was born 7 Jan 1780, King William Co., Colonial Virginia (son of Daniel [G6L1-5TD] Oakes and Catherine, Mrs. Daniel Oakes Oakes); died 24 Mar 1846, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

    William married Sarah Ann "Sally" Phraley 10 Jul 1824, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Sarah was born 1801, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died 1868, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Sarah Ann "Sally" Phraley was born 1801, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ; died 1868, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    Children:
    1. Mary Oakes was born Abt 1826, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Martha Oakes was born Abt 1828, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Bef 1880, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    3. Elizabeth Kirby Oakes was born Abt 1837, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 1874, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    4. Zachariah Oakes was born Abt 1831, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. James Alfred Oakes was born 4 Sep 1829, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 16 Apr 1919, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Oakes Family Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    6. 7. Ruth Ann "Rutha" Oakes was born 12 Jun 1832, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia ; died 2 Feb 1891, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia.
    7. Pvt. John Randolph Oakes was born 1835, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 9 Oct 1912, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Hampton National Cemetery Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia.
    8. Christie A. "Chris" Oakes was born 1844, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.