YANCEY.
Jeremiah Yancey was the first of the name who settled in
Albemarle. He purchased land on Moorman's River in
1765, and during the next few years patented several small
tracts on Buck's Elbow. He died in 1789. His wife's name
was Margaret, and his children were Robert, Charles, Mary,
the wife of David Rodes, Elizabeth, the wife of John Wood,
Jechonias and Joel. Jechonias married Mildred, a sister of
Jesse Wood, Cull, was appointed a magistrate in 1807, and
died in 1820. His children were Jeremiah, a soldier of the
United States army, who died in 1828, William, Charles,
David, Martha and Joel. Joel, the brother of Jechonias,
married Martha, daughter of David Rodes, and in 1811
removed to Barren County, Kentucky.
Charles Yancey, who was a prominent man in the early
part of the century, was the son of Robert Yancey, of Buckingham.
An energetic man of business, he conducted a
tavern, store, mill and distillery at what was afterwards
May's, and still later Cocke's, Tavern. This was originally
the location of the postoffice called Yancey's Mills, and
though transferred to the more important centre of Hillsboro,
the old name is retained. Mr. Yancey was appointed
a magistrate in 1796, became Colonel of the Forty-Seventh
Regiment in 1806, and served as Sheriff in 1821. He was
twice married, first to Sarah, daughter of Robert Field, and
secondly to Jane Alexander. His children by the first marriage
were Jeremiah, Joel, Charles and Robert, and by the
second Jechonias, Sarah, the wife of J. W. Ralls, Alexander
K. and Jane. Jeremiah married Sarah, daughter of Claiborne
Rothwell. He and his brother Joel built the mill on
Lickinghole near Crozet about 1820, and sold it in 1822 to
Philip S. Pleasants. Alexander K. married Sarah, daughter
of Col. John S. Farrar, transacted business as a merchant
in Hillsboro, and died in 1889.
