Yates - Duncan Overview

Martin Family Athelhampton House, The Martin Family Seat from the mid-1500's   Dorchester, Dorset, England

Yates Family

Martin - Yates

Sarah Martin (1790-1860)  
&  
John Pryor Yates (1772-1860)

Spartanburg, South Carolina
Wayne County & Robertson County, Tennessee
 Pope County, Arkansas:  Laurel, North Fork Illinois Illinois Bayou, 
North Fork Township (now Simpson Township), Boston Montains of the Ozark National Forest




Martin - Yates Extended Family
-- Children of Sarah Martin (1790-1860)   &  John Pryor Yates (1772-1860)
including John Pryor Yates (1832-1864)  & Gabriel S. Yates (1820-1881) --

Anderson - Denton Margaret Ann Anderson  &   Benjamin Denton -- parents of Mary Denton (1810) & Nancy Denton (1810) --

Donelson - Holmes Sarah Donelson (1790-19__)   &   William N. Holmes (1783-18__) Ireland, South Carolina, & Tennessee - - Davidson & Perry Counties -- Parents of James Holmes --

Denton - Holmes
The two Denton sisters:  Mary Denton (1810) & Nancy Denton (1810)
&
James Holmes (1807)

Perry County, Smith County, & Wayne County, Tennessee
Laurel, Pope County, Arkansas

-- parents of Sarah Ann ("Sally") Holmes --

Forrester-Church - Brown Mary Elizabeth Forrester Church (1844-1921) & John Daniel Brown (1817-1898)   Jackson County, Alabama Pope County, Arkansas:  Laurel, North Fork Township Comanche, Oklahoma --  parents of Rebecca Arimenta Tennessee Brown (1867-1953) --

Holmes - Yates Sarah Ann ("Sallie") Holmes (1834-1895)   & her two husbands, the Yates brothers:  John Pryor Yates (1832-1864)  & Gabriel S. Yates (1820-1881) Pope County, Arkansas:  Laurel, North Fork Township then to Comanche, Oklahoma -- parents of John Pryor ("Young Pry") Yates (1866-1927) --

Brown - Yates
Rebecca Arimenta Tennessee Brown (1867-1953)
  & 
John Pryor ("Young Pry") Yates (1866-1927)
Pope County, Arkansas:  Laurel, North Fork Township
Comanche, Oklahoma
Clovis, New Mexico
Comanche, Oklahoma




1893: The Brown-Holmes-Yates Clan's Wagon Train from Arkansas to Oklahoma
Sarah Ann ("Sallie") Holmes (1834-1895), age 59;  
Her 10 children with the 2 Yates brothers, teenage to age 36, some with their families;
& Rebecca Brown Yates' parents:  Mary Elizabeth Forrester Church Brown & John Daniel Brown

Pope County, Arkansas:  Laurel, North Fork Township
to
Comanche, Indian Territory, Oklahoma



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Notes on compilation of information
-- by compiler Lisa Lindberg, lisa@lisalindberg.com --  wife of James Duncan Work

Sources 

This webpage draws from both oral history stories of the Yates Family, and also from published research.


Oral history

The oral history stories of the Yates family were told by Sally Yates Duncan & her niece, Rita Yates Lilly.

Sally Yates Duncan (1889-1984) -- daughter of John Pryor Yates & Rebecca Arimenta Brown Yates

Rita Yates Lilly (19__-199?) - - granddaughter of John Pryor Yates & Rebecca Arimenta Brown Yates; daughter of Abe Yates


1971-1983:  Sally Yates Duncan told stories to family members, including Sally Yates Duncan's grandson,
Duncan Work & his wife Lisa Lindberg on their visits to Oklahoma, .  

1998:  Rita Yates Lilly told stories to Lisa Lindberg on a visit in Edmond Oklahoma, and then communicated by mail. 

The 1st person Family stories are presented verbatim, with shuffling for chronologic clarity.

We occasionally added [ inside of brackets like this ] pieces of information for clarification and also for illumination
-- especially about the people's (usually very young ! !) ages at pivotal times of their lives.


Published historical research:

- Written articles by Rita Yates Lilly
- Series of books by Dr. Arthur Kennedy about early days in Konawa, Oklahoma
- Online web resources, including image banks, map banks, and www.Rootsweb.com

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