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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1817 - 1887 (69 years)
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| Name |
Yancey, Albert Galatin [1, 2, 3] |
| Title |
Dr. |
| Suffix |
M.D. |
| Birth |
3 Sep 1817 |
North Carolina  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Medical Doctor |
| Reference Number |
3445 |
| Death |
9 Aug 1887 |
Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Burial |
First Baptist Church of Yanceyville, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Person ID |
I3403 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Father |
Yancey, James, b. Abt 1768, Orange County, North Carolina d. 27 Oct 1829, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age ~ 61 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Johnston, Zilpah, b. 1786 d. 1843 (Age 57 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
24 Jun 1811 |
Caswell County, North Carolina [4] |
| Reference Number |
26118 |
| Notes |
- Groom: James Yancey
Bride: Zelphah Johnston
Bond Date: 24 Jun 1811
Bond #: 000019401
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 004256
County: Caswell
Record #: 01 358
Bondsman: Alex Murphey
Source: Ancestry.Com North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
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| Family ID |
F1794 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Miles, Mary Graves, b. Abt 1823, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 7 Feb 1898 (Age ~ 75 years) |
| Marriage |
1843 |
Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Reference Number |
26133 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Yancey, Eliza Catherine, b. 30 Jun 1844, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 21 Apr 1927, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 2. Yancey, William Judson, b. 18 Feb 1846, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 2 Jan 1911, Wake County, North Carolina (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Yancey, Delilah Graves, b. Abt 1849, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Yancey, Mary B., b. Abt 1850, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 5. Yancey, Emma, b. 25 May 1851, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina d. Jun 1885 (Age 34 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 6. Yancey, Albert Galatin Jr., b. 20 Aug 1854, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 27 Jan 1930 (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 7. Yancey, Annie E., b. Abt 1856, Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 20 Jul 1932, Fulton County, Georgia (Age ~ 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F1644 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |
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| Notes |
- Dr. Albert Galatin Yancey (1817-1887)
(for larger image, click on photograph)
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His 1848 home in Yanceyville was transformed into the White Apartments.
However, Ruth Little, then Little-Stokes, showed little interest in this building. Here is her description:
"H. S. Turner-White Apartment ca.1840. 2-story Greek Revival style house, one of a group found in the district, which was overbuilt ca. 1930 as an International Style apartment house."
Source: "An Inventory of Historic Architecture Caswell County North Carolina," Ruth Little-Stokes (1979) at 199.
The H. S. Turner to whom she refers has not been identified.
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PS The deal with Ruth Little-Stokes was for Tony P. Wrenn to be shown as co-author, but she stiffed him.
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Yanceyville Doctors: Special Relationship
We have been discussing Yanceyville's medical doctors and asked about a non-medical link among/between three of them: Stephen Arnold Malloy (1872-1944); William Oliver Spencer (1863-1938); and Albert Galatin Yancey (1817-1887). There is no evidence that any of these practiced together, and only Dr. Yancey is a Caswell County native.
Drs. Malloy and Spencer married sisters (Nannie Emma Kerr and Mary Graves Miles Kerr, respectively). The maternal grandfather of these sisters is, you guessed it, Dr. Albert G. Yancey.
Footnote: A third sister, Martha Frances Kerr, married Milton and Yanceyville merchant Alexander Hamilton Motz (1885-1973). His building on the Square in Yanceyville still stands.
Source: May 11, 2016 Post to Caswell County Historical Association Facebook Page.
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The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina - 1985
[Entry number] 836
Dr. Albert Galatin Yancey was born September 8, 1817, the second son of James Yancey and Zilpah Johnston Yancey. The Yancey home was about 5 miles south of Yanceyville. His father died in 1829 when he was only 12 years of age. His mother served as his guardian. Dr. Yancey was a grandson of Bartlett Yancey Sr. and Ann Graves Yancey. Following in the footsteps of his maternal grandfather, Dr. Lancelot Johnston, Caswell's first surgeon, he pursued the study of medicine. He attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia [University of Pennsylvania].
Dr. Yancey was a great grandson of James Yancey of Granville Co., of John Graves (Sr.) who settled in Orange, now Caswell about 1752 coming from Spotsylvania Go. VA, and of Thomas Rice Esq. who had migrated from Hanover Co. VA.
After his medical education he returned to Yanceyville and entered medical practice with Dr. N. M. Roan. He married 1843 Mary Graves Miles (a 2nd cousin) and in 1848 they built their home on Main St. in Yanceyville across from the home of his in-laws the Abner Miles'. His home is now the front older section of the White Apartments. He built a medical office in his yard and practiced independently. A member of the Baptist Church, the minutes show Dr. Yancey was a deacon and usually in attendance at the monthly sessions.
In the 1930's the house of Albert Galatin Yancey and Mary Graves Miles was converted to an art deco apartment building of six units (White Apartments). See: Yanceyville Historic District Walking Tour
Many probate records of Caswell County show medical bills paid to Dr. Yancey indicating a large practice. He was county coroner and had the tasks of holding inquests over the bodies of John Stephens after his courthouse murder, also over the body of Stephen's mother. He testified at both trials. He and his daughter Eliza Catherine attended the funeral of Stephens at the Methodist Church.
Dr. Yancey died in August 1887. His wife Mary lived until February 7, 1898. Interments were at Yanceyville Baptist cemetery.
The Yanceys were parents of six children namely: Emma Yancey was unmarried and died young; Eliza Catherine Yancey married 1870 John Hosea McNeill Kerr (see article on them); William Judson Yancey married Beulah Strother of Wake County and resided in Raleigh having two daughters; Mary Yancey married Dr. Palmer of Halifax Co. VA and they resided near Turbeville having no issue; Annie E. Yancey married Howard Cobb and resided in Danville, VA, and there were two children Clyde who married Howard Davidson of Atlanta and Palmer Cobb who died a young man; Albert Galatin Yancey Jr. married Mary Bell Graves (daughter of Elijah Graves II) and they had one daughter Virginia Swepson Yancey who was unmarried.
See: 1850 US Census (Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina), which shows him owning real estate valued at $1,250.
An apartment building in Yanceyville was known as the White Apartments. The structure initially was the home of Dr. Albert Galatin Yancey but was converted in the 1930's to six apartments. Whether James Ansel White owned this building is not known. However, in later years his daughter, Sally Isabelle White, owned the property. See: Yanceyville Historic District Walking TourHistoric District Walking Tour
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Caswell County, North Carolina (Proved 1887)
In the name of God amen, I A. G. Yancey of Caswell County North Carolina being feeble of body but sound of mind do make and declare this to be my last will and testament in manner and form following. That is to say:
Item 1st - I will that my executrix here-in-after named pay all my just debts out of the first money that come to her hands as a part of my estate.
Item 2nd - I bequeath and devise unto my beloved wife Mary G. Yancey for and during her natural life all of my property of every kind and description and should the rents of the lands be not sufficient to furnish her a support, I hereby give her the right to dispose of such property as she may think best for this purpose I will further that my wife have the right to give off to my children such things as she may think proper for which such child or children as [____?] their gifts are to account for them in the final division of my property.
Item 3rd - I bequeath and devise unto my daughter Emma Yancey for and during her natural life subject to disposition contained in item seckond My dwelling house and lot in the town of Yanceyville and all of my house hold and kitchen furniture and after her death I will that property given her revert to my estate and constitute a part of it.
Item 4th - I will to my granddaughter, Polly Kerr, my [piano, portrait?].
Item 5th - After the death of my wife Mary G. Yancey I will that all my property conveyed to her for life be divided share and share alike between my children: Eliza C. Kerr, William J. Yancey, Mary D. Palmer, Emma Yancey, A. G. Yancey Jr., and Annie E. Cobb.
Item 6th - I nominate and appoint my wife Mary G. Yancey my executrix to this my last will and testament and I request that my son-in-law Howard A. Cobb assist my wife in the performance of her duties as such executrix. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand this the 14th day of July 1887.
A. G. Yancey
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Included in the 1840-1841 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine class were eight students from Caswell County, North Carolina.
Catalogue of the Trustees of the Trustees, Officers, & Students
of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Medical Class - Session 1840-41.
Matriculants.
Anderson, John Q. (Caswell, North Carolina)
Collins, Allen T. (Caswell, North Carolina)
Currie, Shelby S. (Caswell, North Carolina)
Price, James A. (Caswell, North Carolina)
Walker, James C. (Caswell, North Carolina)
Watt, William M. (Caswell, North Carolina)
Wright, Weldon E. (Caswell, North Carolina)
Yancey, Albert G. (Yanceyville, North Carolina)
For more, see: University of Pennsylvania.
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As age and infirmity had their effects on the artist [William Anderson Roberts], the number of his portraits declined. In 1874 he painted only the picture of Mrs. Bartlett Yancey [identity not established]. Between four and six each year continued through 1883, the last being that of Travis Wilson. Those of Dr. S. A. Richmond [possibly Dr. S. T. Richmond], Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Yancey [possibly Dr. Albert Galatin Yancey], and Dr. and Mrs. L. G. Henderson were charged off to doctors' bills. Many descendants of the subjects own and prize the portraits that Roberts painted.
Source: Plumblee, M. Q. "Roberts, William Anderson." Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Volume 5 P-S. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1994: 228-229. Print.
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: A G Yancey
Age in 1860: 6
Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
Gender: Male
Post Office: Yanceyville
Household Members: Name Age
A G Yancey 42 (Physician)
M J Yancey 37
E C Yancey 16
W J Yancey 12
M B Yancey 10
E Yancey 8
A G Yancey 6
A E Yancey 4
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Albert Yancey
Age in 1870: 52
Birth Year: abt 1818
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1870: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Yanceyville
Household Members: Name Age
Albert Yancey 52
Mary Yancey 47
Eliza Yancey 25
Mary Yancey 20
Emma Yancey 19
Albert Yancey 17
Anna Yancey 13
1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Albert Yancey
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818
Age in 1870: 52
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1870: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Yanceyville
1880 United States Federal Census
Name: A. G. Yancey
Home in 1880: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 62
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: M. G.
Father's birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Physician
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
A. G. Yancey 62
M. G. Yancey 57
Emma Yancey 29
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- Details: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 382-383 (Article #489 "The Miles Family" by Alice M. Reavis).
- Details: Thomas McNeill of Caswell County, North Carolina, His Forebears & Descendants, Ben L. Rose (1984) at 43.
- Details: 1850 US Federal Census.
- Details: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 332-333 (Article #412, "Alexander Kerr" by George Yancey Kerr).
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