Sarah Caroline (Williams) Yancey (1844 - 1914)

Born 24 Jan 1844 in Georgetown, South Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Garland Meredith Yancey — married 24 Dec 1861 in Branchville, Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Descendants

Died 16 Jul 1914 at age 70 in Jefferson, Alabama

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Biography

Sara Caroline Williams was born 24 January 1844 in Georgetown, South Carolina. Her parents were Paul Allen Macomb Williams and Eliza Ann Barnes. (add sources) Her father was a Methodist preacher (see his profile) In the 1850 US Census Sarah was 6 years old and living with Paul and Eliza Williams. She was attending school. ^[1]

In the 1860 US Census, taken on 16 August 1860, she was 17 years old and living with her parents in St Bartholomew’s Parish, Colleton, South Carolina, Waterboro post office. Sarah was attending school. ^[2]

She is also found in the 1860 US census, taken on 25 June, as living in Spartanburg, South Carolina in a boarding School, Spartanburg Female Academy/College. She is 16 years old and next door to the school is the home of A.M. Shipp, president of Wofford College. This is important because we know that her future husband resided in the home of Dr. Shipp. ^[3]

While Sallie attended the school in Spartanburg she had an “Album of Memory”. This was a book with blank pages that her friends and family wrote notes to her. It was given to her by her father on 28 September 1859. On the first page he wrote: “A Father’s Wish. May angles guard thee, with special care, and every blessing fall to Sallies share, …. (see photos)”. The next entry after her father's was from Garland Yancey, who would soon become her husband. (see photo) The book was handed down in our family and came into the possession of her grandson, Patrick Henry Yancey, who in 1922 gave it to his sister, Philomena Yancey “on the occasion of her graduation” (see photo). The book then made it Philomena’s daughter, Marjorie, and from Marjorie to her daughter, who graciously gave it to me (Marsha Cain Richardson).

On December 24, 1861, Sallie married Garland Yancey at the home of her parents in Branchville, Orangeburg, South Carolina. ^[4]

Children of Sallie and Garland

1. Garland Meredith Yancy, Jr. 1865-1895
2. Paul William Yancey 1870-1944
3. Thomas Allen Yancey 1871-1915
4. Sarah Williams Yancey 1873-1957
5. Lida Allen Yancey 1880-1901

See Garland Yancey profile for more about the time married to him.

After her husband's death, she applied for a civil war pension. This application was started in late 1909 and not approved until Oct 26, 1912. She received $120 a year after that. The long delay was first due to the status of Garland's service and then because Sally had been visiting her daughter in Birmingham, Alabama and the pension board thought maybe she was living there and receiving a pension from Alabama. T^[5]

On 18 February 1914 The Orland Sentinel ran an article on "Registered at Sentinel Fair Grounds Booth" Among those listed is Mrs. G.M. Yancey of Orlando. Since her death certificate a few months later says she decided in Alabama the past 3 years, I assume she was on a visit at home where some of the family still lived. ^[6]

Sallie died on 16 July 1914 while visiting her daughter in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama. Her death certificate says she lived there for 3 years before she died of Apoplexy (Stroke) , heart lesion ^[7]She is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, Florida with many others of this Yancey family. ^{[8] [9]}

The daughter she was staying with while in Alabama was Sarah William Yancey Brooks. Sarah and her husband John Brooks are found in the City Directory for Birmingham in 1912. ^[10]

Research Notes

Sarah was born in 1844. She passed away in 1914. Sources include death certificates, census records, S.C. marriage records, and her grandson's book. "To God Through Science" by Father Patrick Henry Yancey

Sources

1. ↑ 1850; Census Place: St Bartholomew’s Parish, Colleton, South Carolina; Roll: 851; Page: 184a, , Ancestry Record 8054 #5733109 : Accessed 12 September 2021
2. ↑ 1860; Census Place: St Bartholomew’s Parish, Colleton, South Carolina; Roll: M653_1218; Page: 302; Family History Library Film: 805218, Ancestry.com, Ancestry Record 7667 #18709379: Accessed 12 September 2021
3. ↑ 1860; Census Place: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Page: 316, Ancestry.com, images, Ancestry Record 7667 #18858393  : Accessed 12 September 2021
4. ↑ South Carolina, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1641-1965. Ancestry.com. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005.Ancestry $
5. ↑ Florida Memory, State Library and Archives of Florida, Confederate Pensions Applications, Garland M Yancey, Florida Memory Free site
6. ↑ Registered at Sentinel Fair Grounds Booth, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb 1914, Newspapers.com, images, Orlando Paper : Accessed 12 September 2021
7. ↑ "Alabama Deaths and Burials, 1881–1952." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. [Alabama Deaths  : Accessed 12 September 2021
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #25900885
9. ↑ Death Certificate, Sallie c. Yancey, Alabama Center for Health Statistics, State of Alabama, Department of Public Health, Montgomery, Alabama #101-14-13417, page 602,
10. ↑ 1912 City Directory, Birmingham, Alabama,1130 M 17th Street. .,Ancestry.com, Images online, Ancestry Record 2469 #957269647 : Accessed 20 September 2021