Elias David Yeager (1820 - 1871)

Descendants

Biography

Elias was born in 1820. He passed away in 1871.

Burial

Old Highland Cemetery, Union, Kentucky

Slaves

• Jennette
• Rhoda
• Squire
• male b. ca. 1827
• female b. 1827-1835
• male b. ca. 1832
• female b. ca. 1838 (Rhoda?)
• male b. 1844
• female b. ca. 1847
• male b. 1848

Sources

• 1850 U.S. census, Union County, Kentucky, Population schedule, District 1, p. 155 (stamped), dwelling 231, family 231, Elias Yeager in the Elias Yeager household, digital image 159 of 558, FamilySearch.org ([1]: accessed 28 December 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 220
  • Elias was 29 years old and was born in Kentucky. He was a farmer. His wife, Sarah, was 24 years old and was born in Kentucky.

• 1850 U.S. Slave Census, Union County, Kentucky, slave schedule, District 1, p. 373 (penned), slaves in the Elias Yeager household, digital image 26 of 28, FamilySearch.org ([2]: accessed 28 December 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 228.
  • Five slaves were enumerated in the Elias Yeager household: 23 year old male, 18 year old male, 12 year old female, 6 year old male, 3 year old female.

• 1857 Squire Birth. Kentucky, Union County, Birth Register p. unpaginated, No. , Squire, Jun 1857, digital image 36 of 538, FamilySearch.org ([3]: accessed 28 December 2023)
  • Squire, born June 1857 in Union County, Kentucky, male, black, son of Rhoda, slave of E Yeager.

• 1860 U.S. census, Union County, Kentucky, Population schedule, location not stated, p. 5 (penned), dwelling 37, family 37, E D Yeager in the E D Yeager household, digital image 9 of 556, FamilySearch.org ([4]: accessed 28 December 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 398
  • Elias was 40 years old and was born in Tennessee. He was a farmer. His wife, Sally Ann, was 30 years old and was born in Virginia.

• 1860 U.S. Slave Census, Union County, Kentucky, slave schedule, locaiton not stated, p. 3 (penned), slaves in the Elias D. Yeager household, digital image 217 of 468 FamilySearch.org ([5]: accessed 28 December 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 444.
  • Five slaves were enumerated in the Elias D. Yeager household: a 33 year old female, a 25 year old female, a 16 year old male, a 12 year old male, a 6 year old female and a 4 year old male.

• 1870 U.S. census, Union County, Kentucky, Population schedule, Uniontown, p. 18 (penned), dwelling 106, family 106, Elias D. Yeager in the Elias D. Yeager household, digital image 264 of 468, FamilySearch.org ([6]: accessed 28 December 2023); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 501
  • Elias was 50 years old and was born in Tennessee. He was a farmer. His wife, Sallie A., was 39 years old and was born in Kentucky.

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