Mary (Davis) Yeatts (1774 - 1858)

Born 5 Oct 1774 in Pittsylvania, Virginia

Wife of Samuel Yates — married 17 Mar 1795 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 19 Apr 1858 at age 83 in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States

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Name

Name: Mary "Polly" /Davis/

Given Name: Mary "Polly"

Surname: Davis

Polly and Molly are common nicknames for the Christian name of Mary.

Biography

Birth

Date: 1778

Place: Pittsylvania County Virginia

Mary Davis was born in 1778 in Pittsylvania Co, VA. Her parents were Thomas Davis and Wife of Thomas Davis.

She married Samuel Yeatts on March 17, 1795 Together they had 7 children:

1. John Yeardley Yeatts
2. Thomas Yeatts
3. Byrd Yeatts
4. William Yeatts
5. Stephen Yates
6. Mary Yates
7. Susan Yates

She died on April 19, 1858 in Pittsylvania Co, Virginia, United States [No source information was given for this information.]

Luther Shelton is adopted. Was Mary married before?

• Luther Shelton

in the 1910 United States Federal Census

Name: Luther Shelton Age in 1910: 8 Birth Year: abt 1902 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1910: Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Adopted Son Marital status: Single Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Attended School: Yes Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Years Married: 14 Number of Children Born: 7 Number of Children Living: 0 Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age Isaiah R Yeatts 38 Polly Yeatts 33 Luther Shelton 8

Sources

• Marriage Record

Name: Mary Polly Davis Gender: Female Birth Place: VA Birth Year: 1774 Spouse Name: Samuel Yates Spouse Birth Place: VA Spouse Birth Year: 1776 Marriage Year: 1795 Number Pages: 1 Source Citation Source number: 734.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 1 Source Information Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5YP-PJV : 11 February 2018), Samuel Yates and Polley Davis, 17 Mar 1795; citing Pittsylvania, Virginia, reference Page 21; FHL microfilm 33,326.

• (death) "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853–1912." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.

See Also:

• Compiled by Bertha P. Faust. “THE GENEALOGY OF THE FOUST, GRUBB, YEATTS, SHORT AND TUCKER FAMILIES OF PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA”. Author in direct consultation with 1st cousins Iris (Yeatts) Kelly, Bill Yeatts, and Lowell Yeatts.

Acknowledgements

This profile was created by Hank Dillon through the import of Dillon.ged on Jan 21, 2015.