Uriah York was born about 1825, in Buncombe County, NC, USA.[1] He is the son of John William York and Rachel (Lee) York.
He married his wife Elizabeth Jane Livingston around 1849. Together they had the following children:
Celia Ann York
John H. York
William York
The first time the couple is seen living together is in 1850, without any children.[2] In 1860, he, his wife, and his elder two children were living in the 4th enumeration district of Fentress County, with their local post office being in Pine Springs.[3]
Uriah passed away January 10, 1865 in Jamestown, Fentress County.[1] He was buried at Bills Creek Cemetery in Jamestown.[1]
Page gives name, wife's name, children's names, birth date, birth county, death date, place of death, and place of burial.
↑1850 US Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDD-939 : 9 November 2014), Urias York, Fentress county, Fentress, Tennessee, United States; citing family 397, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
He and his wife are marked for having been married within the year of the census, which is 1850.
"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9YT-PBZ : 1 March 2021), Uriah York in entry for Cela. Penycuff, 21 Feb 1936; Death, Pickett, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
Ancestry-York. 6 sources, marriage, parents. Born in Buncombe, North Carolina.
Findagrave. PVT Uriah York, 1825-19Jan1865. Born in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States. Husband of Elizabeth Jane Livingston. Father of John W, Celia Ann Hatfield, William Utiah, George A. Son of John William York. Brother of Laura York and Elijah York.
Research
1840 US Census-Warren, TN. Uriah York. 1 Male (10-15), 1 male (50-60), 1 female (10-15), 1 female (50-60), living within the division allotted to William Lusk. Our Uriah would be about 15 years old here, Would he have been the head of household?'This person also held many slaves. Is he our Uriah?'
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Uriah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Uriah: