Phillip Yoakum I
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Phillip Paul Yoakum I (bef. 1723 - 1807)

Phillip Paul Yoakum I aka Yokum
Born before in Edigheim, Frankenthal, Palatinate, Bayern, Germanymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1749 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died after age 83 in Pansy, Hardy, Virginia, United Statesmap
Profile last modified | Created 7 Aug 2011
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Contents

Biography

Documenting his children in his will:

"beloved son John Yokem"
"son Jacob Yokem"
"son George Yokem"
"beloved son Philipp Yokem"
"my youngest and beloved son Michael Yokem"
"beloved daughter Elisabeth wife formerly of James Runik deceased"
"the Cildron of my daughter Catrine Beverly deceased"
"my beloved daughter Barbara Starr"
no wife is mentioned.

Burial

Pansy Cemetery, Petersburg, Grant Co., West Virginia

Event

Event:
Type: Birth
Date: 1720-1725
Place: Berks Co., PA
Event:
Type: Land
Date: 3 Aug 1773
Place: Hardy Co, WV
Note: Grant of 265 acres (possibly Lot #47 in the South Branch Manor) from John MARSHALL. Not sold until 1860.
Event:
Type: Land
Date: 20 Oct 1786
Place: Randolph Co., WV
Note: Received a grant of 575 acres along the Blackwater Creek and Yoakum Run, in present day Tucker Co., WV.
Event:
Type: Land
Date: 20 Oct 1786
Place: Randolph Co., WV
Note: Grant of 575 acres along the Black Water Creek. Grant signed by Patrick HENRY, Governor of VA
Event:
Type: Land
Date: 9 Apr 1800
Place: Hardy Co, WV
Note: Sold 93 acres of his grant to his son, John YOAKUM.
Event:
Type: Land
Date: 29 Mar 1802
Place: Randolph Co., WV
Note: Sold his 575 acre grant to his sons, George and Jacob YOAKUM.

Philip was born in 1727. He was the son of Matthew Yokum and Eleanor Zeh. He passed away in 1807.

History: Note: Ellie Burch believes that Phillip Powell Y. was born about 1728, son of Matthias M. Y. and Eleanor See or Zeh. She also believes that there was not a Phillip P. Y. WFT CD ROM gives death date as 2 Dec 1808 in Hardy Co., VA. A Phillip Yoekim listed as head of household in Northumberland Co., PA in 1790, with one male under 16, 2 females and no slaves. Another listed as Phillip or Felty in Bristol Township, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.

Ola Nicholson sent a pedigree that indicated Phillip Yoakum and Elizabeth Harness had a son named John, who had a son William, who had a son Valentine b. about 1780 in Claiborne Co. TN whose wife was Charlotte Reynolds. Valentine and Charlotte had a daughter Ruth b. 10 Jan 1803 or 08 in Claiborne Co TN, married John Owens, had 8 children, died 6 Sep 1878 at Cedar Mills, Washington Co., OR. T. She got the information from Larry Ence, 1304 Florence Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80906. She says last correspondence to him returned. A phone search reveals 2 Larry Ence in the USA. One at 1650 St. N, Ogden UT 84401 and one at 765 W500N, Provo, UT 84601. They were not contacted to verify it. This is first Valentine reported in this family line. I suspect it is in error because Valentine is shown born about 1780 and William would be too young to be his father.

Elli Burch says Phillip's land in Randolph Co., West Virginia is now a part of a state park at Blackwater Falls.

Quoting from his will, by Connie Y. Tierney: "I, Phillip Powle Yokem...being striking to an old age in years but of sound mind and perfect memory, do make and ordain this my last will and testament...I will my property as follows: To my beloved son John the lands or plantation whereon he lives now according to the lines made for him by Jacob Fisher. To my son Jacob Yokum I give the silvay on the halfe in Canaan as it is already for him in his posession forever. To my son George Yoakum the other halfe of the said silvay above mentioned in Canaan joined to his brother Jacob. To my beloved son Phillip Yokem the residence or plantation where I now live according to the deed as I bought it from General George Marshall free of any demands and all other legacies annured forever. I give and bequeat to my yoingest son, Michael Yokem, no share in the land above mentioned for several good reasons and causes not here to be mentioned, but he is to have an equal part of the money if any left. To my beloved daughter Elizabeth, wife formerly of James Renick, deceased, also one equal share in all property movable or money if any an above. I give and bequeath to the children of my daughter Catherine Bursly, deceased, her share of the movables or money equally to be devided. I give my beloved daughter Barbara Starr an equal share of the movables as above...And lastly, I nominate my two sons John Yokem and Jacob Yokem my executors, Signed Phillip Powle Yokem, Witnesses: Anthony Baker, Sr., Anthony Baker, Jr., Adam Harness and William Heath." This establishes, without a doubt, his children.

Robbin Harrison reports his will was dated 26 Oct 1805 and probated 9 Dec 1807 in Hardy Co., VA. This indicates he died between those dates. His children are named in his will. The index for his will lists him as Philippe Powle Yokem.

His will probated 9 Dec 1807 in Hardy Co., re: Lin Anderson. Connie also says that Phillip Powell Y., II's land was about 3 miles north of Hopeville, WV, which is a small town on Hwy. 28. The land was at the foot of Allegheny Mountains, bordering Monongahela National Forest. The land he called his plantation is located on Hwy. 220 south of Petersburg, about 2/3s way to Pendleton Co. line and slightly north of Landes. 1782-1785 census gives Phillip I with one in household. Neither he nor wife could read or write. There are two Phillip Paul Ys. on the 1790 census, assumed to be Phillip I and II since one had one in household and the other had 6. Phillip III did not have children at that time.

Connie found these tombstones that could be read in the little cemetery near Pansy, WV: Hiram J. Yokum; Peter Ours born 8 Feb 1852; ??? born 15 Nov 1864, died 29 Oct 1881; P. T. Y. (Phillip II) died 28 Mar 1804. Eileen Dove says he was born in Berks Co., Pennsylvania.

Harold M. Yoakum, in his book, page 9, states that Phillip Powell was a son of Mathias Yoakum and Millie Felty. He cites Mathias' will dated 29 Jan 1780 recorded in Will Book A, page 148, Lincoln Co., KY. The will had been written in Botecourt Co., which Harold M. Yoakum says was then a part of VA before it became a part of the later formed state of WV. I have not verified this. I do note Botetourt was mis-spelled. Greenbriar Co. VA was formed 1778 from Montgomery Co. VA. Montgomery Co. was formed from Fincastle, Boutetourt and Pulaski Counties in 1776. Thus, Phillip was probably in what is currently Greenbriar Co., WV but was in Boutetourt Co., VA at that time, without ever moving.

Connie Yeokum Tierney gives birth of Elizabeth as 1727, Hardy Co., WV and death as 28 Mar 1804 at Pansy, Grant Co., WV. Ellie Burch gives death date 25 Mar 1806, Hardy Co., VA.

Fannin County TXGen Web Fannin County Folks & Facts Pages 391-392

Philip P. Yoakum To fully appreciate the pioneer spirit which brought the Yoakum brothers to Fannin County, one would have to understand their background and the "stock" from which they came. Their grandfather was Phillip Powell Yoakum, who is credited as being one of the first men to ever bring a wagon across the Shenandoah Mountains into the South Branch Valley of the Potomac River in what is now Hardy and Grant Counties, West Virginia. This was about 1745 when the whole western portion of the state of Virginia was still a wilderness. Their grandmother was Elizabeth Harness who is recognized by historians as the first white woman to ever set foot in the present state of West Virginia, having run ahead of her parents, Michael Harness and Elizabeth Westfall, as they crossed the mountains from Virginia.

Philip Powel and Elizabeth Harness Yoakum had eight children, five of whom served in the American Revolution. The youngest son Michael Harness Yoakum married Elizabeth Stump and they too, had eight children, five of whom were boys. All these boys left home at an early age to seek their fortunes. One went to California for the gold rush and four went to Missouri. One of the later, Alfred Yoakum soon returned to West Virginia to care for his aging father. Another son Riley stayed in Dade County, Missouri. One son Adam Stump Yoakum and his wife Martha came to Fannin County about 1845 with his in-laws, the Ventioners. He was one of the first settlers of Vineyard Grove, Allen's Chapel area, and was one of the founders of the Vineyard Grove Baptist Church. He was later joined by his sister Helen Yoakum and her husband E. E. Black. Then came the other brother Christopher Columbus Yoakum and his wife Mary Matilda Newhouse.

Adam S. Yoakum was born on March 18, 1814 and died on March 9, 1889. On January 13, 1839 he married Margaret Ventioner, daughter of James and Nancy Ventioner of Indiana. After her death he married a widow Elizabeth Gilbert Witcher but they had no issue. His children were; Isaac Mortimer Yoakum February 10, 1842-January 9, 1863 was killed in the Civil War; Nancy Yoakum February 16, 1844-January, 1848; James Columbus Yoakum February 12, 1847-april 17, 1883 married Mahala "Annie" Bright; Mary "Mollie" Yoakum born about 1851 married J. H. McDaniel; George William Yoakum born December 26, 1849 married Mary Alice Turner; America Ann Yoakum born November 6, 1852 married Thomas Alfred Anderson.

Christopher Columbus Yoakum was born on February 8, 1817 and died on December 23, 1909. On May 26, 1849 he married Mary Matilda Newhouse, daughter of James A. Newhouse Sr. and Jemima Yoakum, her husband's aunt. Their children were Anna Elizabeth "Betty" Yoakum born December 1849 married Franklin B. Gober; Edward E. Yoakum 1854-1937 married S. Lee Nicholson; Mary Virginia Yoakum 1859-1946 married Preston Brooks Johnson; Frances Helen Yoakum 1858-1859; Mortimer C. Yoakum November 11, 1861-May 8, 1936 married Laura Irwin

By Mrs. Dean Newhouse[1]

Sources

  1. Entered by Richard Ragland.
Name: Philip Paul Jochem
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 01 Nov 1723
Christening Place: Edigheim (BA. Frankenthal), Bayern, Germany
Father's Name: Johann Matthäus Jochem
Mother's Name: Maria Barbara
Reference ID: p 22 n 46
System Origin: Germany-EASy
GS Film Number: 193959
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I06358-1
  • Ancestry.com. Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Virginia Census, 1607-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
Name: Phil Powel S Yoakum
State: VA
County: BR Manor County
Township: Rental Rolls
Year: 1776
Record Type: Rent Role
Database: VA Early Census Index
Name: Philip P. Yoakum
State: VA
County: Hampshire County
Township: 06 01
Year: 1782
Record Type: Continental Census
Page: 24
Database: VA Early Census Index
Name Philipp Powle Yokem
Probate Date 9 Dec 1807
Probate Place Hardy, West Virginia, USA
Inferred Death Year Abt 1807
Inferred Death Place West Virginia, USA
Item Description Wills, Vol 1-3, 1786-1825
  • "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.
  • The HARNESS Family Author: Chloe PATTON Publication: 12345 Lake City Way NE, Suite 206, Seattle, WA 98125, 1998
  • Lexington Genealogical & Historical Society, Inc., The HARNESS Family Author: Martin L. YOKUM Publication: 318 W. Main St., Lexington, IL 61753, vol 8, #2, May-1982, pg 29-35 Text: Lists Michael's wife as Elizabeth WESTVAAL, daughter of Jurian WESTVAAL and Styntjen van KUYKENDALL.
  • HARNESS lineage - THOMPSON Author: Tim THOMPSON Publication: 113 Normandy Dr., Belleville, IL 62223, 21-Aug-1997
  • HARNESS family group sheet - McCAWLEY Title: HARNESS family group sheet - McCAWLEY Author: Hal McCAWLEY Publication: 130 Beach Park Blvd., Foster City, CA 94404, hmccawle@ix.netcom.com, 10-Apr-1997
  • The YOAKUM Book, LDS microfilm #1421560 Author: Everett M. YOAKUM Publication: TN Text: Son of Phillip Paul YOAKUM.
  • The HARNESS Heritage, Michael HARNESS 1700-1785 and Descendants through the Direct Line of William HARNESS 3-May-1866 - 10-Dec-1947 Author: Helen L. HARNESS Publication: Jul-1983, 2036 W. Kem Rd., Marion, Grant Co., IN 46952 Page: pg 35 Text: Probable son of Philip Powell Yoakum.
  • Genealogies and Sketches of some Old Families Who have Taken Prominent Part in the Development of VA and KY Especially, and Later of Many Other States of this Union Author: Benjamin F. Van METER Publication: John P. MORTON & Co., Louisville, KY, 1901 Text: The HARNESS Family who intermarried so frequently with the CUNNINGHAMs and Van METERs, all descended from Michael HARNESS and his wife, Elizabeth JEPHEBE, both natives of PA, and both were children of Hollanders who had emigrated to PA among the very early settlers. Michael HARNESS leased land of Lord FAIRFAX for 99 years, and at the end of lease to buy it at one penny per acre. He and his wife, Elizabeth, removed from PA and built his fort three and 1/2 miles up the South Branch River from where Moorefield is now situated, in 1744, the same year and just before Isaac Van METER built his Fort Pleasant, about nine miles down the river from him and on the opposite side... Page: pg 172

Notes

They may have first resided along the South Branch on lot #47 West before settling near Petersburg, Grant Co., WV. Phillip was granted 265 acres on 3-Aug-1773 of which he sold 93 acres to his son, John on 9-Apr 1800. Phillip also received a grant of 575 acres located along the Blackwater Creek and Yoakum Run, in present day Tucker (then Randolph) Co., WV. On 29-Mar-1802, Phillip sold this tract to his sons, Jacob and George. He was sheriff of Hardy Co., WV in 1787.

Traditional sources place 6 sons of Philip Powell Yoakum as soldiers in the Revolutionary War. This family also supposedly consisted of 13 children - 8 sons and 5 daughters. The only Revolutionary War soldiers listed above are John and Jacob. Jacob drew a pension, but his widow was denied such after his death. John has no extant records as a soldier in the War and never applied for a pension. The old tradition that several sons were killed in battle may hold true, but must be accepted at this time as tradition only (YOKUM).

Research Notes

Possible alternate spelling: Jochim

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Richard Ragland for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Richard and others.





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Yoakum or Jochim-1 and Yoakum-42 appear to represent the same person because: The wills appear to be the same. The birth dates match.
posted by Cari (Van Tine) Yocom

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