"JAMES YARBROUGH, who was the grandfather of Nathan Yarbrough had received a land bounty in Franklin County, Georgia. The father of Nathan Yarbrough, Groves Yarbrough, lived on this land for forty years. He and his wife were buried on this land. They had seventeen children, all of whom lived to be grown men and women. JAMES YARBROUGH served under General George Washington for 7 years and was barefooted at Valley Forge during that desperate winter we read about in history. He and his family left North Carolina and went to Georgia a few years after the war to settle the land given him for his services in the war.
The Cherokee Indians were troublesome to the white settlers, forcing them to seek shelter from the cold winter in a fort. The Indians became very quiet in the spring (1792), so JAMES, with his oldest son, Charles, and Several others, went out of the fort to clear some land in order to plant vegetables and corn for bread. A small band of Indians came upon them and killed JAMES and his son. The family then moved to South Carolina where the mother had friends and connections where they remained until the children grew up and some of them married. One of JAMES
YARBROUGH's daughters married a man by the name of Jess Bowden of Georgia. He was a member of the Bowden family who started the present town where Bowden College now is.
Judge Nathen Yarbrough was born March 1, 1810, in Franklin County, Georgia, on the land his grandfather obtained as a bounty in the Revolutionary war. He moved to Decatur, Georgia, in 1835 near where Atlanta now stands. In 1836 he went to Rome, Georgia, where he married Miss Margaret Lamkin in April, 1839. He was elected to the legislature from Floyd County, Georgia, in 1845. He had the town of Rome incorporated and was its first mayor and was the third post master" [Note: he was the third mayor - see below*]. "He held all the various offices of Floyd County including Sheriff of which positions he was efficient and faithful to every trust imposed upon him.
He moved to Texas in 1870, stopping at Hillsboro and the next year moved to Comanche where he resided until his death June 22, 1899. He was 89 years, 3 months, and 22 days old.
He had been a worthy mason fifty years. He joined the Baptist Church in 1858. He was a good citizen in all the walks of life. He raised one brother, one sister, and 9 children, four boys and five girls."
[*A HISTORY OF ROME AND FLOYD COUNTY show he was the 3rd mayor of Rome 1852 & 1853.]
WARREN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA RECORDS VOL II by Kerr 975.652K
Abstracts of Deed Book 1
page 69 DB-1, page 231. 19 November 1766. Joshua Yarbrough to Eley (Eli) Eley, both of Bute Co. 20 Pds:17Sh:6d. Va. money for 280 A. in Bute Co. on the Millstone Run, part of a grant from Ld. Granville 5 Dec. 1767 (as written, but certainly not the year of the grant). Wit: Green Hill, Melasoh Yarbrough, JAMES YARBROUGH. Ack: by Joshua Yarbrough, Bute January Court 1767, Ben McCullouch, C. C. Reg: 11 March 1767, by William Johnson, P.R. [See deed below.]
Abstracts of Deed Book 3
p. 142 DB-3, page 292. 17 December 1770. Eley Eley & Mary, his wife, to William Jackson, both of Bute Co. 70 Pds Va. money for 400 A in Bute Co. on Mill Stone Creek, from Sliding Rock Branch, adj. Green Hill. Wit: Green Hill, JAMES YARBROUGH, Edward Carlile. Ack: by Eley Eley & Mary, his wife, she first consenting in private examination. Bute August Court 1771. Ben McCulloch, C.C. Regt: 28 September 1771, by William Johnson, P.R. Marginal notation: 20th. (?) Day of Octr. 1772 Deld. to Green Hill.
Abstracts of Deed Book 5
p. 109 DB-5, page 219. 16 February 1775. Zachariah Yarbrough to James Barrow, both of Bute Co. on Sycamore Creek, to Great Fork Branch. Wit: Green Hill, Wm. Green, Proved by Green Hill, Esq., Bute February Court 1775, Ben McCulloch, C. C. Reg: 14 April 1775, as deed from Zachariah Yarbrough to "JAMES YARBROU"(?), by James Johnson, P.R.
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CEMETERIES & GENEALOGY Warren County, Georgia And Immediate
Vicinity by Daniel Nathan Crumpton
p. 172 22 Nov 1792 Book A Page 203-4 JAMES YARBROUGH sold land alongside John Zachary, James Thweatt, & Thomas Jones to James Golightly. Witnesses were Fanney Mitchell, H. Mitchell, & Matthew Rabun.
p. 214 30 Jan 1805 Book B Page 513 John Zachary sold land alongside JAMES YARBROUGH.
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Warren County, NC Deed Book 1 p. 231-2
Yarbrough to Eley Deed
The Cherokee Indians were troublesome to the white settlers, forcing them to seek shelter from the cold winter in a fort. The Indians became very quiet in the spring (1792), so JAMES, with his oldest son, Charles, and Several others, went out of the fort to clear some land in order to plant vegetables and corn for bread. A small band of Indians came upon them and killed JAMES and his son. The family then moved to South Carolina where the mother had friends and connections where they remained until the children grew up and some of them married. One of JAMES
YARBROUGH's daughters married a man by the name of Jess Bowden of Georgia. He was a member of the Bowden family who started the present town where Bowden College now is.
Judge Nathen Yarbrough was born March 1, 1810, in Franklin County, Georgia, on the land his grandfather obtained as a bounty in the Revolutionary war. He moved to Decatur, Georgia, in 1835 near where Atlanta now stands. In 1836 he went to Rome, Georgia, where he married Miss Margaret Lamkin in April, 1839. He was elected to the legislature from Floyd County, Georgia, in 1845. He had the town of Rome incorporated and was its first mayor and was the third post master" [Note: he was the third mayor - see below*]. "He held all the various offices of Floyd County including Sheriff of which positions he was efficient and faithful to every trust imposed upon him.
He moved to Texas in 1870, stopping at Hillsboro and the next year moved to Comanche where he resided until his death June 22, 1899. He was 89 years, 3 months, and 22 days old.
He had been a worthy mason fifty years. He joined the Baptist Church in 1858. He was a good citizen in all the walks of life. He raised one brother, one sister, and 9 children, four boys and five girls."
[*A HISTORY OF ROME AND FLOYD COUNTY show he was the 3rd mayor of Rome 1852 & 1853.]
WARREN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA RECORDS VOL II by Kerr 975.652K
Abstracts of Deed Book 1
page 69 DB-1, page 231. 19 November 1766. Joshua Yarbrough to Eley (Eli) Eley, both of Bute Co. 20 Pds:17Sh:6d. Va. money for 280 A. in Bute Co. on the Millstone Run, part of a grant from Ld. Granville 5 Dec. 1767 (as written, but certainly not the year of the grant). Wit: Green Hill, Melasoh Yarbrough, JAMES YARBROUGH. Ack: by Joshua Yarbrough, Bute January Court 1767, Ben McCullouch, C. C. Reg: 11 March 1767, by William Johnson, P.R. [See deed below.]
Abstracts of Deed Book 3
p. 142 DB-3, page 292. 17 December 1770. Eley Eley & Mary, his wife, to William Jackson, both of Bute Co. 70 Pds Va. money for 400 A in Bute Co. on Mill Stone Creek, from Sliding Rock Branch, adj. Green Hill. Wit: Green Hill, JAMES YARBROUGH, Edward Carlile. Ack: by Eley Eley & Mary, his wife, she first consenting in private examination. Bute August Court 1771. Ben McCulloch, C.C. Regt: 28 September 1771, by William Johnson, P.R. Marginal notation: 20th. (?) Day of Octr. 1772 Deld. to Green Hill.
Abstracts of Deed Book 5
p. 109 DB-5, page 219. 16 February 1775. Zachariah Yarbrough to James Barrow, both of Bute Co. on Sycamore Creek, to Great Fork Branch. Wit: Green Hill, Wm. Green, Proved by Green Hill, Esq., Bute February Court 1775, Ben McCulloch, C. C. Reg: 14 April 1775, as deed from Zachariah Yarbrough to "JAMES YARBROU"(?), by James Johnson, P.R.
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CEMETERIES & GENEALOGY Warren County, Georgia And Immediate
Vicinity by Daniel Nathan Crumpton
p. 172 22 Nov 1792 Book A Page 203-4 JAMES YARBROUGH sold land alongside John Zachary, James Thweatt, & Thomas Jones to James Golightly. Witnesses were Fanney Mitchell, H. Mitchell, & Matthew Rabun.
p. 214 30 Jan 1805 Book B Page 513 John Zachary sold land alongside JAMES YARBROUGH.
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Warren County, NC Deed Book 1 p. 231-2
Yarbrough to Eley Deed
"JAMES YARBROUGH, who was the grandfather of Nathan Yarbrough had received a land bounty in Franklin County, Georgia. The father of Nathan Yarbrough, Groves Yarbrough, lived on this land for forty years. He and his wife were buried on this land. They had seventeen children, all of whom lived to be grown men and women. JAMES YARBROUGH served under General George Washington for 7 years and was barefooted at Valley Forge during that desperate winter we read about in history. He and his family left North Carolina and went to Georgia a few years after the war to settle the land given him for his services in the war.
The Cherokee Indians were troublesome to the white settlers, forcing them to seek shelter from the cold winter in a fort. The Indians became very quiet in the spring (1792), so JAMES, with his oldest son, Charles, and Several others, went out of the fort to clear some land in order to plant vegetables and corn for bread. A small band of Indians came upon them and killed JAMES and his son. The family then moved to South Carolina where the mother had friends and connections where they remained until the children grew up and some of them married. One of JAMES
YARBROUGH's daughters married a man by the name of Jess Bowden of Georgia. He was a member of the Bowden family who started the present town where Bowden College now is.
Judge Nathen Yarbrough was born March 1, 1810, in Franklin County, Georgia, on the land his grandfather obtained as a bounty in the Revolutionary war. He moved to Decatur, Georgia, in 1835 near where Atlanta now stands. In 1836 he went to Rome, Georgia, where he married Miss Margaret Lamkin in April, 1839. He was elected to the legislature from Floyd County, Georgia, in 1845. He had the town of Rome incorporated and was its first mayor and was the third post master" [Note: he was the third mayor - see below*]. "He held all the various offices of Floyd County including Sheriff of which positions he was efficient and faithful to every trust imposed upon him.
He moved to Texas in 1870, stopping at Hillsboro and the next year moved to Comanche where he resided until his death June 22, 1899. He was 89 years, 3 months, and 22 days old.
He had been a worthy mason fifty years. He joined the Baptist Church in 1858. He was a good citizen in all the walks of life. He raised one brother, one sister, and 9 children, four boys and five girls."
[*A HISTORY OF ROME AND FLOYD COUNTY show he was the 3rd mayor of Rome 1852 & 1853.]
WARREN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA RECORDS VOL II by Kerr 975.652K
Abstracts of Deed Book 1
page 69 DB-1, page 231. 19 November 1766. Joshua Yarbrough to Eley (Eli) Eley, both of Bute Co. 20 Pds:17Sh:6d. Va. money for 280 A. in Bute Co. on the Millstone Run, part of a grant from Ld. Granville 5 Dec. 1767 (as written, but certainly not the year of the grant). Wit: Green Hill, Melasoh Yarbrough, JAMES YARBROUGH. Ack: by Joshua Yarbrough, Bute January Court 1767, Ben McCullouch, C. C. Reg: 11 March 1767, by William Johnson, P.R. [See deed below.]
Abstracts of Deed Book 3
p. 142 DB-3, page 292. 17 December 1770. Eley Eley & Mary, his wife, to William Jackson, both of Bute Co. 70 Pds Va. money for 400 A in Bute Co. on Mill Stone Creek, from Sliding Rock Branch, adj. Green Hill. Wit: Green Hill, JAMES YARBROUGH, Edward Carlile. Ack: by Eley Eley & Mary, his wife, she first consenting in private examination. Bute August Court 1771. Ben McCulloch, C.C. Regt: 28 September 1771, by William Johnson, P.R. Marginal notation: 20th. (?) Day of Octr. 1772 Deld. to Green Hill.
Abstracts of Deed Book 5
p. 109 DB-5, page 219. 16 February 1775. Zachariah Yarbrough to James Barrow, both of Bute Co. on Sycamore Creek, to Great Fork Branch. Wit: Green Hill, Wm. Green, Proved by Green Hill, Esq., Bute February Court 1775, Ben McCulloch, C. C. Reg: 14 April 1775, as deed from Zachariah Yarbrough to "JAMES YARBROU"(?), by James Johnson, P.R.
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CEMETERIES & GENEALOGY Warren County, Georgia And Immediate
Vicinity by Daniel Nathan Crumpton
p. 172 22 Nov 1792 Book A Page 203-4 JAMES YARBROUGH sold land alongside John Zachary, James Thweatt, & Thomas Jones to James Golightly. Witnesses were Fanney Mitchell, H. Mitchell, & Matthew Rabun.
p. 214 30 Jan 1805 Book B Page 513 John Zachary sold land alongside JAMES YARBROUGH.
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Warren County, NC Deed Book 1 p. 231-2
Yarbrough to Eley Deed
The Cherokee Indians were troublesome to the white settlers, forcing them to seek shelter from the cold winter in a fort. The Indians became very quiet in the spring (1792), so JAMES, with his oldest son, Charles, and Several others, went out of the fort to clear some land in order to plant vegetables and corn for bread. A small band of Indians came upon them and killed JAMES and his son. The family then moved to South Carolina where the mother had friends and connections where they remained until the children grew up and some of them married. One of JAMES
YARBROUGH's daughters married a man by the name of Jess Bowden of Georgia. He was a member of the Bowden family who started the present town where Bowden College now is.
Judge Nathen Yarbrough was born March 1, 1810, in Franklin County, Georgia, on the land his grandfather obtained as a bounty in the Revolutionary war. He moved to Decatur, Georgia, in 1835 near where Atlanta now stands. In 1836 he went to Rome, Georgia, where he married Miss Margaret Lamkin in April, 1839. He was elected to the legislature from Floyd County, Georgia, in 1845. He had the town of Rome incorporated and was its first mayor and was the third post master" [Note: he was the third mayor - see below*]. "He held all the various offices of Floyd County including Sheriff of which positions he was efficient and faithful to every trust imposed upon him.
He moved to Texas in 1870, stopping at Hillsboro and the next year moved to Comanche where he resided until his death June 22, 1899. He was 89 years, 3 months, and 22 days old.
He had been a worthy mason fifty years. He joined the Baptist Church in 1858. He was a good citizen in all the walks of life. He raised one brother, one sister, and 9 children, four boys and five girls."
[*A HISTORY OF ROME AND FLOYD COUNTY show he was the 3rd mayor of Rome 1852 & 1853.]
WARREN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA RECORDS VOL II by Kerr 975.652K
Abstracts of Deed Book 1
page 69 DB-1, page 231. 19 November 1766. Joshua Yarbrough to Eley (Eli) Eley, both of Bute Co. 20 Pds:17Sh:6d. Va. money for 280 A. in Bute Co. on the Millstone Run, part of a grant from Ld. Granville 5 Dec. 1767 (as written, but certainly not the year of the grant). Wit: Green Hill, Melasoh Yarbrough, JAMES YARBROUGH. Ack: by Joshua Yarbrough, Bute January Court 1767, Ben McCullouch, C. C. Reg: 11 March 1767, by William Johnson, P.R. [See deed below.]
Abstracts of Deed Book 3
p. 142 DB-3, page 292. 17 December 1770. Eley Eley & Mary, his wife, to William Jackson, both of Bute Co. 70 Pds Va. money for 400 A in Bute Co. on Mill Stone Creek, from Sliding Rock Branch, adj. Green Hill. Wit: Green Hill, JAMES YARBROUGH, Edward Carlile. Ack: by Eley Eley & Mary, his wife, she first consenting in private examination. Bute August Court 1771. Ben McCulloch, C.C. Regt: 28 September 1771, by William Johnson, P.R. Marginal notation: 20th. (?) Day of Octr. 1772 Deld. to Green Hill.
Abstracts of Deed Book 5
p. 109 DB-5, page 219. 16 February 1775. Zachariah Yarbrough to James Barrow, both of Bute Co. on Sycamore Creek, to Great Fork Branch. Wit: Green Hill, Wm. Green, Proved by Green Hill, Esq., Bute February Court 1775, Ben McCulloch, C. C. Reg: 14 April 1775, as deed from Zachariah Yarbrough to "JAMES YARBROU"(?), by James Johnson, P.R.
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CEMETERIES & GENEALOGY Warren County, Georgia And Immediate
Vicinity by Daniel Nathan Crumpton
p. 172 22 Nov 1792 Book A Page 203-4 JAMES YARBROUGH sold land alongside John Zachary, James Thweatt, & Thomas Jones to James Golightly. Witnesses were Fanney Mitchell, H. Mitchell, & Matthew Rabun.
p. 214 30 Jan 1805 Book B Page 513 John Zachary sold land alongside JAMES YARBROUGH.
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Warren County, NC Deed Book 1 p. 231-2
Yarbrough to Eley Deed
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