Born in Telfair, Georgia, United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of James Yaun
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Rutha Caroline (Yawn) Livingston [half], Kissiah Kizzie (Yawn) Brown [half], Calvin (Yawn) Yaun [half], William Warren (Yawn) Yaun [half], Ephriam Marvin Yawn [half], Young William Allen Yawn [half], Harret (Yawn) Cadwell [half], James Wesley (Yawn) Yaun [half], Lucinda Brown (Yawn) English [half], Elvin Yawn [half] and Harietta Yawn [half]
Wife of
Simeon B. Sheffield
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
James Knox Sheffield, Joseph Sealey Sheffield, Sidney Ward Sheffield and Thomas Jefferson Sheffield
Died
at age 74
in Montbrook, Levy, Florida, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Mar 2012
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Biography
Evidence compairing my direct line (2nd great grandmother) DNA to Yawn descendants, I match directly to James Yawn (15 Aug 1795-10 Dec 1875) but only as half-cousin to descendants of either Lucy Poole or Margaret Pitts. Paper records discovered by my mother in the book Double Cousins showed this Elizabeth Yawn as an orphan. Rev. Dee Graham (I do have a tree here and I believe there is a link to my GEDmatch DNA, but a more complete tree is available in Double Cousins.)
Simeon Sheffield was from Bulloch County, Ga prior to emigrating to Florida. Any additional information that might clarify Elizabeth's lineage would be appreciated.
Census
United States Census, 1850 for Calvin Yawn name: Calvin Yawn residence: Telfair county, Telfair, Georgia age: 23 years calculated birth year: 1827 birthplace: Georgia gender: Male race (original): race (expanded): death month: death year: film number: 442892 digital gs number: 4191564 image number: 00341 line number: 5 dwelling house number: 250 family number: 250 marital status: free or slave: Household Gender Age James Yawn M 52y Lucy Yawn F 48y Calvin Yawn M 23y William Yawn M 20y Ephraim Yawn M 17y Allen Yawn M 14y Harriet Yawn F 11y James Yawn M 8y Lucy Yawn F 6y Elvin Yawn M 2y
Sources
- https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZYX-H57 United States Census, 1850 for Calvin Yawn
Graham, Edith; Double Cousins, ISBN 0-931807-14-x, On Reserve at Manatee County Library, University of Florida PK Yonge Library, Saint Augustine Historical Society Archives
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Dee Graham 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch HD4399778 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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Autosomal DNA Test
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~3.12%
Wanda (Swilley) Stone :
23andMe, GEDmatch M614037 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A690467 [compare], Ancestry member ws31hm
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~3.12%
~6.25%
James Hodges :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T512223 [compare], FTDNA kit #631148
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch T512223 [compare]
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~0.78%
Brandi Collins :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Darin Yawn :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B815073
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~0.39%
A Yawn :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch GA1698576 [compare]
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