Elizabeth (Yoakum) Shoemaker (1753)

Born 1753 in Augusta, Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Peter John Shoemaker — married 1781 in Virginia, United States

Descendants

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Biography

@1753 Born [calculated from the age given in 1765 when she was returned to Fort Pitt]

15 Jul 1763 Captured by Shawnee at Greenbrier

5 Jan 1765 Returned by Shawnee to Fort Pitt^[1]

13 Aug 1782 Marriage to John Shewmaker but which John Shewmaker?

Death date has been removed because there was no source for it.

Sources

1. ↑ Bouquet to Gage, 4 March 1765, Gage Papers, Clements Library, University of Michigan. List F. Citing "Elizabeth Yoakim, 12 years old."

• Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia.

Name: Eliza Youlehem

Spouse: John Shewmaker

Marriage Date: 13 Aug 1782

Marriage Location: Greenbrier County, Virginia

There were at least three Peter John Shoemakers. The one that is most likely is married to Elizabeth See not Eliza Youlehem (Yoakum). This needs further clarification and either proved or disproved.

• Muddy Creek Massacre Information about the Muddy Creek Massacre.

• Valentine “Felty” Yokum b. c.1724 married Margaret See? d. 17 Jul 1763 Muddy Creek, Greenbrier County, WV, He was killed by Indians led by Chief Cornstalk on 17 July 1763. Also killed, Frederick See. Captured were Valentine's daughters Elizabeth and Sally. Archibald Clendenning was killed elsewhere, the only person surviving the attack at Clendenning's was Conrad Yokum. January 1765, list of captives released to Col. Henry Bouquet by the Shawnees included George and Margaret Yokum, taken in Augusta County; Elisabeth Yokum, 12, and Sally Yokum, about 5, captured 1763 on 17 Jul 1763. (Notes on the German Yokum and See Families of the South Branch WV and Kentucky compiled by David Armstrong, 2009)

• Setting All the Captives Free: Capture, Adjustment, and Recollection in Allegheny Country; Author: Ian K. Steele. Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, Nov 1, 2013 - History - 552 pages.

Shawnee captives

• Sara Patton notes: Chronological Sightings for Elizabeth Yoakum/Yoakam/ Yocum/Yolkum in Greenbrier documents:

Elizabeth "Yoakim" is mentioned on List F "List of Prisoner's delivered up by the Shawanese Indians at Mackwayack and arrived at Fort Pitt 5th January 1765" as being 12 years old, taken July 1763 from Green Bryar, Augusta County (William S. Ewing "Indian Captives Released", WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, V39 (1956):187-203.)

Other Yoakums mentioned in the Captivity lists include George, Margaret, and Sally (age 5.)

John SHEWMAKER and Elizabeth Youlkam. Aug 13 1782 married by John Alderson (Greenbrier Co Marriage Records, Book 1A:135 -- from image of original). Could be a daughter of Felty or Conrad or possibly a Yoakum widow.

1781-- Revolutionary War Publick Claims for Greenbrier Co lists John Shoemaker receiving L3-14 for 74 rations.

1782 - Greenbrier Co,VA/WV Personal Property Tax List: Mr. Wm Hamilton's District.

John Shoemaker listed with 3 horses, no slaves living next door to George Whaley and Isaac Fisher. Also living in same district are Michael Sea, Peter Shoemaker, John Hardy, William Morris Jr., Conrod Yochim, John Shoemaker, Wm and Leonard Morris, George Yoacham, George Six?, David, Owen, James, and Jesse Jarrett, John Van Bibber, 2 Wm Griffins, James Graham.

1782, June 19: List of people paid for rations furnished to the government includes: Peter Shoemaker 74; Geo Sea - 74; Michael Sea-74; John Shoemaker-74 (Shuck: V1: 109-11)

1786, Aug 9 : John Shoemaker 50a. on Muddy Crk by st. war. for 1300 a. #10933 asnee Geo Snuffer (p.46)

1787- Greenbrier VA/WV Personal Property Tax Lists include: (List C primarily)

John and George See; Peter, John and Simon Shoemaker; Conrad Yocum; Nathan Melburn; John and Owen Ellis; Jacob Doran; James Collins; Wm George; several Wilsons-William, John, Andrew and Alexander; John, Thomas and 2 William Griffiths; Jesse, David, Owen, and James Jarrett; Richard, William and John Hicks; Henry, Leonard, Wm Sr and Wm Jr., Cales and John Morres (sic). No Michael See, George Yoakum, John Hardy.

Greenbrier Personal Property Tax List:

Shoemaker, John 1782, 1783, 1788 /1-0-/4-0-/88

Shoemaker, Peter 1782, 1783 , 1786, 1788, 1792 (Paul Shoemaker in 1805)

Shoemaker, Simon 1783, 1786, 1788, 1792

Shoemaker, Thomas 1783