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Powhattan Yates (1830 - aft. 1900)

Powhattan (Parhatteny) Yates
Born in Eastern Virginia, United Statesmap
Son of and [mother unknown]
Husband of — married 1860 in Virginia, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died after after age 69 [location unknown]
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Contents

Biography

US Black Heritage Project
Parhatteny Yates is a part of US Black heritage.

Powhattan Yates was born Feb 1830 in East Virginia per the Slaveholder Allen C. Yates in a Washington, Alabama, United States 1840 US Census.[1]

Name

Parhatteny Yates or Powhattan, commonly pronounced by family Parhatteny, was a slave from East Virginia, held in Alabama with his family and then freed. He was a 'black Indian'. His slaveholder Alfred Caldwell Yates was said to be his birth father who brought him from East Virginia to Washington, AL and then to Choctaw County, AL. He lived and worked on then Allen Caldwell Yates Plantations, Choctaw County. Met and married his wife Dicy Yates then their first daughter Amelia Yates was born there.

Family

He married Dicey Yates and their children were

Rosa L. Yates
William Yates
Amelia Millie Bryant Yates
Sarah Yates.

Their family lived in Bladon Springs, Choctaw, Alabama for most of their lives. Space:Slaves_of_Allen_Caldwell_Yates

United States Census, 1880 showed
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

  • Powhattan Yates Self Male 50 Virginia, United States
  • Dicy Yates Wife Female 35 Alabama, United States
  • Sarah Yates Daughter Female 16 Alabama, United States
  • Willie Yates Son Male 9 Michigan, United States
  • Rosa L Yates Daughter Female 6 Michigan, United States
  • Hattie B Yates Daughter Female 2 Alabama, United States[2]

Husband: Parhatteny Yates

[3]

Residence

In 1900, at 70 he was married head of house in Bladon Springs, Choctaw, Alabama, USA. Alan Yates, Slaveholder. Born in Eastern Virginia of Powhatan Indian heritage.[4]

Sources

  1. Year: 1840; Census Place: Washington, Alabama; Roll: 16; Page: 278; Family History Library Film: 0002335
  2. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4J4-MSN : 12 August 2017), Powhattan Yeates, Bladon Springs, Choctaw, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 13, sheet 117D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,006.
  3. Source: Page: Source number: 780.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: YAT
  4. 1900; Census Place: Bladon Springs, Choctaw, Alabama; Roll: 7; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 1240007

See also:

  • Ancestry.com Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004
  • Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010
  • Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004
  • Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

Acknowledgements

  • Yates-2424 was created by DrO Olmstead through the import of Bell Family Tree_2015-03-21.ged on Apr 5, 2015.




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