Elizabeth (Harness) Yoakum (1727 - 1804)

Born 1727 in Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Pennsylvania

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Died 25 Mar 1804 at about age 77 in Hardy, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth is not named in Phillip's will supporting the earlier death date.

Sources

• "West Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1854-1932," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR49-BQL : accessed 26 April 2016), Philip Yoakum in entry for Michael Yoakum, 29 Nov 1854; citing Hardy Co, West Virginia, reference Line 10; FHL microfilm 34,486.

Name: Michael Yoakum

Gender: Male

Death Date: 29 Nov 1854

Death Place: Hardy Co, West Virginia

Age: 83

Birth Date: 1771

Birthplace: Hardy Co, West Virginia

Occupation: Farmer

Marital Status: Widowed

Father's Name: Philip Yoakum

Father's Birthplace:

Mother's Name: Elizabeth Yoakum

Mother's Birthplace:

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B53157-6

System Origin: West Virginia-EASy

GS Film number: 34486

Reference ID: Line 10

• "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1L3-N3V : accessed 26 April 2016), Philip Yoakum in entry for Michael Yoakum, 1854; citing Hardy, West Virginia, County Records, v 1 p 2, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 818,673.

• David Armstrong, Notes on the German Yokum & See Families of the South Branch WV & KY, Based on research as of 18 Dec 2009.

• Martin L. Yokum, The Harness Family, 1980, 30.

• Johann Michael Ernst Hoerner and His Harness Children; What the Documents Say by John L. Tevebaugh (http://www.wvgenweb.org/hardy/harness/harness.htm)

Notes

Elizabeth Harness was the first white woman to trail blaze along the South Branch