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"Our Family Keepers" - the story of multiple generations of the family of those
who once worked as slaves on the plantations of William Lowndes Yancey.
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Although it is often stated that the name of Yancey is of Welsh origin , it should be kept in mind that there are, and have been for some time, African Americans who carry the surnames YANCEY/YANCY/ YANCIE (as well as a few other racial/ethnic groups). The origins of these Yancey families is not often easy to trace or determine - and any possible connection (and there surely were at least some genealogical "blood" connections) to branches of the family of "Anglo" origin, is often very difficult to document. Although uncommon prior to the Civil War, census records have recorded "free blacks and mulattos" by surname Yancey as early as the late 1700's. Prior to the Civil War there were very few African Americans using the surname Yancey. This was because most black slaves did not carry a "surname" but were only referred to by their first name. They only started using a surname, in most cases, when they obtained their freedom. The how and why of choosing the name of "Yancey", by these African Americans, may have been very different from one family to the next. Some may have chosen the name because of known, or suspected, "blood" connections to the slave owning families by surname Yancey. Others may have simply chosen the name because it was the surname of their "Master". There were probably a multitude of other reasons and trying to generalize and stereotype these cases seems inappropriate. Many of the early (white) Yancey families being southern plantation owners having slaves, it is not surprising to see the large number of blacks by surname YANCEY/YANCY which appear in the 1870 census - the first census taken after the Civil War when blacks were granted freedom and counted in the same way that the whites were. So great was the black Yancey population that in 1870 in Virginia and North Carolina there were more black Yanceys than white. Concentrations of Blacks by surname Yancey can now be found concentrated in Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and other scattered areas along the East Coast.

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Branches of the Yancey family of African American origin:

• Albert Yancey of Texas - Karen Bell Bell549@Shreve.net - I am a descendent of Albert Yancy (African American) in Marshall, Texas. My mother, Annie Yancy Webb, remembers stories that her "Grand Pa" used to tell of him riding on the shoulders of freed slaves as they walked through the Smoky Mountians. I am now athering that he was born a slave in either Virginia of North Carolina. He died in 1959 at an age close to 100 if not more. Several Yancy families settled here in East Texas but several continued walking eastward Albert Yancey of Texas - K Richardson golfmuse@hotmail.com I am looking for relatives of Albert and Sarah Yancy who were siblings. Sarah was married to Malboro Hill Sr. before 1870 and they lived in Harrison County Texas. She was born about 1845 in Texas. I do not have any other information on Albert.   
  Cory: cy3168@yahoo.com - Albert Yancy Sr. is my great-grand father, my grand father is Raymond yancy, and my father is Robert yancy.
  Patrice: patrice559@aol.com - The Albert Yancy your looking for where is he from? My ggg-grandfather is name Albert Yancy and African American .
• Anthony Yancey  yanceyanthony@hotmail.com - All that I really know is that my family has been in Dayton, Ohio for a really long time. Almost all of my Yancey relatives live in Ohio. I don't know much of anything relating to the genealogy. I have tried unfortunately my Grandfather Yancey has alzheimer's. So needless to say I can't find out all that much. I know that our family is full of muts...I have American Indian blood, Black, German, and I believe some French. To be honest I think that is it. 
• Antronette Yancey ayancey@ucla.edu   - My father was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1914 (d. 1993), but grew up in Louisa County, VA, the oldest of 7 children [of Jefferson D Yancey].  I noticed that there were a number of mentions of Louisa Co. on your list.  I had a chance to get to know a bit more about my dad's side of the family (I grew up around my mom's family in Kansas City) when I was a local health officer in Richmond, VA 1996-9.  I'm an associate professor in the Dept of Health Svcs in the School of Public Health at UCLA now. [Article]
• B. A. Yancy (living 1930) -  Photo
• Booker T Yancy -died 1977  Harrison Co., TX - info from: PrfctEyez@aol.com 
  Booker T.  Yancy - His father's name was Sam Yancy, my mother said Sam was an Indian, either full blooded Indian or very close to it.  Caddo Lake Indian to be exact, from East Texas. Booker T. Yancy's wife is Mary Black-Yancy. They had 6 children, Floyd E.Yancy, Mary T. Yancy(John Ray Cheek), Eula Mae Yancy (Robert Goff), Willie Mae Yancy (Cecil Henderson), Dorothy Jean Yancy (Earl Buchanan), and Annie Lee Yancy (David Norton).
• Charles & Barbara Yancey of Louisa Co., Virginia - Info from Dorothea (Yancey) Randolph - LRando4827@aol.com - " I graduated from the HS [in Louisa Co., VA], grew up in Mineral & Orchard,Va. Grandparents raised me - Charles & Barbara Yancey they are deceased but still have family living on one of the homeplaces. People always asked where my last name came from now I am a little more enlightened"
• Columbus Yancy - Pulaski Co., KY - From: Freda Calloway LadyCalloway@columbus.rr.com - I found this website while researching my on family tree. I came across the
  name Columbus Yancy as a stepson of my great grandparents: Clark and Amanda Stigall Carson. In 1880 they lived in Dallas Precinct 6, Pulaski County Kentucky. Columbus
  was a farm hand and was born in approximately 1862 he would have been listed as a mulatto as were my great grand parents. So could this be the one and
  the same Columbus Yancy???
• Daniel Joseph Yancey of Greene Co., MO [Family Photo] [Obituary Info] [Census Info]
  Rachel Yancy - rachelyancy@yahoo.com  I am really impressed with your research, and would just like to say thank you. I can know narrow down what state my relatives were most likely slaves in. I am an African American Yancy, and was spooked to see a picture of Daniel Joseph Yancey and his family on your site. From what I've figured out, he is my grandfathers grandfather. Daniel william yancey is my great grandfather, and Herbert Yancy is my Grandpa. In Daniel williams obituary info, (in which my grandfather is mentioned) I noticed that one of his brothers, Harold Yancy is not mentioned. Also Cora lee Johnson is listed as Daniel williams daughter, but she was his step daughter, Savannah is her mother. All of Daniel Williams children are now deceased including my grandfather.  I was wondering if possible, Is there any way I could get a copy of the posted picture and/or do you know who the others are?  My Grandpa looked so much like Daniel Joseph Yancey that its scary!
• Emma Yancey of Georgia - Info from Toozweet@aol.com
  My information is very slim... My gr.gr.gr. grandmother was Emma Yancy. She was born in GA (county unknown) married a man surname Hayward/Hayworth. They had 6 children: Mary, Delilah, Hazel, Thomas, Henry, and George who was blind.
• Fannie Yancey of Montgomery Co., MO - MsAnne43@aol.com 
  My  great grandmother was a Yancy/Yancey she had five sons that I know of some of my cousin said she had more children. each son had a different father one was JACK MURI/ MURE born: October 15.1878 died: September 9, 1970 his father was white he married Earthly Claborn, JOHN ROBINSON BORN: May 15, 1885 died: February 12.1983 in Troy Missouri, married Myrtle Kemp,Andy Gillette/ Gillett{e} is my grandfather he married Clara Mitchell they had fourteen children only three or living now my Mom Mildrerd, Russell, and Ralph, Granddad died in McKittrick MO August 7.1951 born:  May 4, 1888 Roy Kemp born: July 8.1889 died:    1975   married Pearl Cooper born: July 2, 1895 they had 9 children four living. Jim/ James Ritter born: December 6.1882 died: May 6, 1960 he had 6 children the are all deceased he was married to Lula Kemp their Mother Fanny or Fannie Yancy was born in McKittrick March 4. 1861 died January 27.1937 died     in McKittrick age 76, her father was Ben Yancy my g-grandfather her mother  Ternie Abry was a slave my mother say grandma Fannie told the story how Terine kill her master wife and set her in front of a trunk like she was still a live.the soldiers came and took her out of church and hung her, pull all of her hair out of her head but before she died she said hurry up and kill me i'm going to fight old Mossy in hell. I have no dates for Terine, or Ben Yancy,but still searching they would be my gg-grandparents.   theres also a MaryYancy THEY ALL LIVED IN McKittrick Missouri County Montgomery, maybe in those Yancey i can fine my grandfather Jim Gillette Fannie. Yancey never married so the search goes on for ever. that Andy Gillette father each son has his father's name except Andy Gillete on his death certificate it says Jim Gillette.
• Fanny Yancey of Burlington, NC  - Infro from Tonya tonyarenae@webtv.net :   - Ive been doing a geneology search.My great great grandmother was a native indian in or around Burlington N.C. in the late 1880s. Her name was Francis or Fanny Yancey.She married or had a black boyfriend with the last name Pinnix. Who created my great grandmother Lemmer Pinnix.Would you know how I canfind out more about her and that side of my family.
• Frederick Yancey of Buffalo Junction, Mecklenburg Co.,  Virginia - Info from Dana Hunter - chicnoir-7@comcast.net
  The information is pretty hard to get because the relatives on this side of my family died a while back and I haven't done my homework. Sorry. I just know that my grandfather was born in Buffalo Junction, Virginia and this is where the family is from. Fredrick Yancey (d. 1918) wed Sally Taylor. Sorry, I don't know the year. I do know that Fredrick died during the Influensa epidemic of 1918. They had six children. Harvey (m), Janey(F), Mack (M) Who died when he was young, Robert Milton (M) 1914, Elsie Mae(F), Viola(F). Robert Milton Yancey (d. 1975) wed Emma Gertrude Lear Meyers ( born 1915 - d. 1997) in 1936. Emma gave birth to four children. Mildred Roberta Yancey (b. 1937) [My mother], Robert Milton Yancey Jr.(b. 1945), Bruce Wayne Yancey (b. 1950), Edward Daniel Yancey (b. 1957)
• Frederick Robert Yancey of Kentucky. Heidi Lawrence
  Granddaughter of African American Frederick Robert Yancy of Kentucky. Settled in Methuen & Andover, MA where upon he worked for one Mr. Searles of the famed Searles Estate in Methuen, MA. Looking for more information on the family and which part of Kentucky.
• George Preston Yancey - Louisa Co., VA - Kindra S Yancey - Kindra9802@aol.com 
  Hi am I searching for any information regarding Yancy or Yancey's, (my great aunt decided to add the 'e' in grade school) in the Louisa County/Mineral area of Virginia before 1970.  I am the great granddaughter of George Preston Yancey and Rosa J. Yancey.  They were married and had 13 children.  George was a railroad worker, and Rosa was a homemaker.  Some of their children's names were Mary (Garlic) , Elnora (Graves), Harvey, George, Jesse, David... All of their children attended schools in Louisa County. 
• George Yancey of Richmond, VA -  Info from Rose Taylor - Grandtay@aol.com 
  My name is Rose Taylor and I am the mother of George Alan Yancey. George is married to Sherelyn Yancey and Sherelyn contacted you re: George's family name.  My father: George Manuel Yancey DOB: 6-19-14 Born in Richmond, VA Was an electrician, owned a shop for radio and TV repairs, taught at an adult school, re-entered the Air Force around 1953 and retired around 1972. Bought a home in Amarillo, TX. Died: 5-13-79 of cancer and is buried in Amarillo. His father was also George Yancey and he died of some type of accident when my Dad was 12 years old. He had 2 brothers, Charles Robert Yancey, DOB: 2-5-12 and Joseph Wesley Yancey, DOB: unk.I know little about my grandfather. His wife was Ann Ross Yancey, who was related to Kitty Harrison. I think she was her mother, but I'm not positive.  My mother: Louise Naomi Eggleston Yancey DOB: 4-3-15 Born in  Richmond, VA. (She was adopted by the Eggleston's) I know nothing about her family
• Haborn Yancey - of Mecklenburg Co., VA / Granville Co., NC - Descendant: Lisa Lee -  thegenequeen@yahoo.com
• Hannah Yancy - chanell_hall@yahoo.com (Chanell Hall)  -
  Hannah Cornelia Yancy (Jacobs), died @ age 62 on 1/15/1969. From Scottsburg, VA resident of Tuckahoe, NY;  2 brothers - John Yancy Sr. of Tuckahoe, NY & Samuel S. Yancy of Scottsburg;  3 Sister - Mrs. Fannie Coleman & Mrs. Ruth Dobbins of Scottsburg, VA and Mrs. Marian Coleman of New Haven, CT; 3 Daughters- Mrs. Mary E. Hall (My grandmother), Mrs. Willa B. Coleman & Mrs Elzena Clark
• Harry Yancey of Albemarle Co., Virginia. Query from Joanne Yancey - wiselady@worldnet.att.net . I am searching for information on one Harry Yancey and family, of African-American descent. Harry was born in Howardsville, VA (Albermarle County) in 1910, and I have reason to believe that he lived at Winter Green, Florida when he died, I believe in 1969 (this is not verifiable at this time). His mother's name was Louvenia (sp?) Yancey and he had a brother named Edward. Louvenia left Howardsville when her boys were very young. Harry married Helen Mayo at Philadelphia, PA in the 1940s. They divorced and I suspect that he may have relocated to Florida at that time. They had three children, Helena, Harvey and Joanne (that's me). Some of the Yanceys from Howardville relocated to Newark, New Jersey. I've sent mail to those Yanceys but haven't gotten any responses. I've done letter writing to the Yanceys in Philadelphia; Charlottsville, VA; and Washington, D.C. -- to no avail. I lost all of my archival information when I relocated from Philadelphia to Maryland. Any information anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.
• Harvey Yancey, Mecklenburg Co., VA - From Erica Yancey es01@gateway.com - I am just starting out looking for any info about yancey's in va. My g father is Harvey Yancey b.december25,1907 died in july 1980 last known address was in Blackridge Va in Mecklenburg county. He married Rosa Alexander and they had George, Ann, Harvey, Bob, Elizabeth, Mary, and Martha Yancey I would appreciate any help available.
• Henry B A Yancey of Pennsylvania -  Elizabeth Finn - DALAIGH2@peoplepc.com - 
  Found your amazing site while looking for  information about my stepfather's family. He was Henry B A Yancey born 23 Sep 1823 in PA and died in May of 2002 in Rochester,Strafford,NH.the son of William.
• James & Hannah Yancey of Massachusetts Ruth Benjamin: RVBENJAMIN@PARTNERS.ORG
  Information concerning her family -  also related: tyancey@doe.mass.edu  Nivrocco@aol.com  
• Joseph Jack Yancey of Louisa Co., VA - Info from BETTY SLAFFEY-YANCEY BETTYSLAFFEY@MSN.COM  - I am living in Philadelphia and very interested to know who I am related to.  I was born in Louisa County, VA to Annie Mae Yancey and Archie Mickens.  My great-grandfather was Joseph Jack and my great-grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Bullock-Yancey. 
• Joseph Yancey, Tuskegee, Alabama Info from: Norma - N565@aol.com - "Joseph C. Yancey b. 09/201879 d.1940 (mulatto); Baptist (?)minister; moved to Ohio o/a 1920's (?). Married twice. Had son Joseph, Jr. who stayed in ALA. Had sister, name unknown who lived in Montgomery, ALA ( no children). Second wife Sarah Watts b. 11/5/1885. Their children Elberta b.12/2/1911, Cornelius 6/281909, Ruth, Pearl Lila 1913 (i'm descended from her) d. 1933, Naomi 8/21/1906, James. All born in Tuskegee , I believe. Joseph, Sr' s mother supposedly assaulted by Dutch doctor. They left Tuskegee, suddenly- reason unknown .
• Rev. I. M.Yancey: Info from Kenneth Yancey - gokenny@bright.net - My great grandfather was Rev. I.M. Yancey. He may have changed his name to I.M. when he moved to Barberton, Ohio from Birmingham, Ala. I recently read the obituary of my great grandmothers funeral and it said he preached at many churches in northern Alabama. He was married to the former Fannie Hawkins, and they had seven children. This was his second marriage. As far as I know, he left his first family in Alabama. We really don't know much about his relatives or past. We do know, however, his father was a White man whose name I think was Greedlaw. He never spoke to any of his children about his having any brothers or sisters, which I found odd in light of those days and times. He left Alabama in 1920. While I say he was from Birmingham, I have a post card from Shorter, Ala. with a Tuskeegee postmark I. M. died in 1948.
• Lucille Yancey of Manson, NC - info from Val Scott - scotv2bgood@yahoo.com - I have Yancey/Yancy's in my family somewhere out there! My grandmother, Lucille Yancy was from Manson, NC. Her parents were Leonard and Sue Yancy. Her brothers and sisters were: George, Greeney, Sandi, Toney, Paul, Beatrice, Loraine and Mary Jane. My grandmother married Watt or Wyatt Evans who was also from that area before they moved to NJ. I don't know much at all about my aunts and uncles and the host of cousins I'm sure are out there some where. I'd gladly take any info anyone has concerning the Yancy's from Manson, NC ... aka soul city!
• Moses Yancey - Info from: Elwood C Stith - ecowes@knology.net - I am not a Yancey descendant, but my grandmother, Delia John Fox Wright Owes, married a Moses Yancey in the the 1940s. Grandpa Yancey and Delia lived in Capron, Southampton County, Virginia. Grandpa Yancey, as we called him, was my grandmother's third husband. We share the same middle name "Cephus"They were both widows when they married. Grandpa Yancey's parents were Tom and Minnie Yancey. He was born in 1890. I am not sure, but I believe Tom and Minnie were from North Carolina.Grandpa Yancey died December 21, 1958 in Capron, Virginia. He is buried beside his first wife, Cora Banks Yancey, in the Rising Star Baptist Church Cemetery, Capron. I do not know if Grandpa Yancey and Cora Banks Yancey had any children. I have not heard anyone say. I was about 5 years old when he died, but I remember him. 
• Priscilla Yancey of Kansas. info from Marion Douglas - dasha@unet.com.mk - I'm researching African American and other YANCYS who went to Leavenworth KANSAS; may have been from MISSOURI; may have connection to KENTUCKY before that.One of my Yancy ancestors was PRISCILLA YANCY who married EDWARD MILLER. August 1875 in Leavenworth KS they had adaughter, VIOLA MILLER. Who was the rest of their family? ViolaMiller married REUBEN NICHOLS, also in Leavenworth where she lived all her life. More info on Yanceys from Kansas & Missouri.
• Rhodey Yancey of Texas  - Info from Miss Richelle Lambrazzio - pitbull1024@msn.com -  This information was taken from the 1900 Census-Texas 7th Ward, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX. Series T623, Microfilm 1611 Book 2, page 231. Address: 615 Refurgio St. (all listed as Black, and born in Texas) Head of Household-Hodges,Frank (M) b. April 1862, age 38, listed as laborer Wife-Annie, (F) b. December 1865, age 34, listed as Wash Woman Mother-in-Law- Yancey, Rhodey,(F) b. April 1830, age 70, listed as Widow Daughter-Hodges, Bertha, (F) b. Jan 1890, age 10 Son-Hodges, Oscar, (M) b. Jan 1893, age 7 Rhodey Yancey's parents birthplace listed as Louisiana. I don't know whose Mother she was, nor do I know if Yancey is a maiden name or married name. What I do know is that Annie Hodges father's name was listed on her death certificate as London Morris, the accuracy?
• Rush Yancey of Ackerson, West Virginia - Info from Janice Daniels - jdanie13@bellsouth.net Comments: Looking for Afican American named Rush Yancey. I am not sure of where he was born but was born 1864. Worked in the coal mines of Ackerson, West Virginia. Has some connection to Yanceyville, NC.
• Thomas B. Yancey of Illinois: Info from Diane Yancy prnzsdi@foxinternet.net - "We dont know very much - my husband was born Godfrey Ellis Yancy in St. Louis, MO in 1947 (have children info also). His fathers name is Thomas B Yancey and lived in Chicago - he is probably deceased now as he was very old when Godfrey was born in 1947 - he was from down south - have to get birth certs out to check on the state - as you can notice the e in the yancy was dropped on the birth cert - so you can see how it was changed many times - even in the 1900s. They are afro-american so have spent alot of time looking up info on plantation owners and census records - the bad thing is that everybody is deceased up to my husband and we don't know who relatives are in chicago - kind of hard. I guess I should try to get his dads birth cert from down south."
• Vincent M. Yancey - vince1943@aol.com - I've been looking for my brother Charles Yancey married with 2 children. The last we heard from him was in the late 1940's after WWII. We think he settled in California. He has 15 brothers and sisters and he should be about 76-77 years old. He is African-American and his wife is German.
• William Eugene Yancey of Washington DC - Reggie Yancey - Baby7scrn@aol.com Looking for any relatives related to Lillian & Eugene Yancey/Yancy. Also looking for children of L. & E. Yancey. Alvin,a.k.a (Tony)last seen Bklyn NY.in the 70's. Also looking for Alvin's son & daughter. Ages- (son) should be around the age of 30 or 31. Mothers name Casandra. (Daughter) should be around the age 27 or 28. Mothers name was Jewel. Alvin was last heard from Army Military Post in W. Kansas (Dental Co.) during 1976 or 1977. Already Know where abouts of most of Alvins brothers and sisters except for Rodney & Fidel Jr. at this time. If anyone is related to this family please email me. Also looking for family members related to Eugene Yancey & Lillian. Eugene was from (Washington DC)
• William O. Yancey - woyanceyjr@aol.com - As an African-American 4th generation descendant of Mollie Yancey of Granville Co. (Oxford), NC, I am extremely interested in reuniting with relatives. 1 Mollie Yancey 2 Julia Yancey 3 Earl Yancey + Omelia Slaughter 4 Oscar William Yancey + Vivian Wakefield 5 William O. Yancey (me)
• Willie T. Yancey - Gibson Co., TN - Marion McCurry - cookiemccurry@msn.com - Looking for any relatives of Willie T. Yancey (Willie T McCurry)
  African American Family from Gibson County Tennessee. This family's last name changed over the years from Yancey (Yancy) to Ragan. Any help would be greatly appreciated
• Yanceys of Atlanta, GA area - Martine Yancey - martineyancey@yahoo.com
• Yanceys of Been Co., GA. - Charles or Joseph Yancey
• Yanceys of Caswell Co., NC. Researching Yanceys from this area is: Constance Hazard: CHAZARD279@AOL.COM
• Yanceys of Caswell Co., NC. Margie Whitfield  - whitfiel@uiuc.edu - The Yancey's I'm researching are African Americans from Yanceyville, North Carolina who are decendants of Oscar and Lulabell Yancey. Do you have any relatives from that area?
• Yancys of Crockett County, TN - Dinah Roberts - DRoberts@KVN.com
• Yanceys of Culpeper Co., VA. Researching Yanceys from this area is Sonia Yancy: YancyS1@aetna.com
• Yanceys of Granville Co., NC - tobi.fields@apha.org great-grand daughter of Verna (Yancey) Green of Granville County North Carolina. Researching Yanceys of Granville & Warren Co., NC
• Yanceys of Granville Co., NC - info from vt5240@aol.com Looking for any family members of Nancy Yancey, born April, 1835 in Mecklenburg Co, Va or Granville, North Carolina. Don't have any other information but that. Would like to know if she had any siblings. Nancy is my great grandmother and she married Meredith Wilkerson
• Yanceys of Granville Co., NC -info from  juanitoy32@hotmail.com  I know I have African-American heritage back 4-5 generations. I will speak to my father and grandfather, Dan and Harold Yancey respectively, to see if they have any specific information..
• Yanceys of Granville Co., NC. lisa@babcockbrown.com - I'm looking for information about any of the Yancey slaves from Granville County, NC. My ggm, Sallie Yance, b. 1880 had several siblings, namely Emma, Patty, Mary, Roberta, Charlie, and Buck. I am looking for anyone who might have any information about them. Sallie's mother was a slave named Izeal, and Sallie's father was a slave owner named Yancey (don't know his first name yet).
• Yanceys of Minnesota
• Yanceys of Orangeburg Co., SC - info from Fatima Yancey - pepsamchi@aol.com - yes my name is fatima yancey moran my father name was ben louis yancey, his father name was louis yancey his mothers name was maggie yancey they were born in orangeburg sc my mother name was lee anna yancey i have two brothers ben yancey and abdullah yancey they both live in new york he had three sisters he was the oldest one. thank i will try and find out more?
• Yanceys of Texarkana, AR -  Jshasjoy@aol.com My Yancy family seemed to not to have existed except for 1920 in South Mansfield, Louisana, De Soto County (Edd, Eddie, Rudolph, Parlie and Willie) and when they were first found recorded in Kansas City, Missouri in 1924, Jackson County (Edd, Cora, Alberta or Bertha and Willie). If there are any African-American Yancy's out there, I'm looking for: Edd Yancy, born 1885, Texarkana, Arkansas/ggf Rudolph Yancy, born 1880/? Parlie Yancy, born 1894/?/wife of Rudolph Cora (Coila) Yancy born 1897 Texarkana, Arkansas/great aunt Eddie B. Yancy (female) born 1903, Texarkana, Arkansas/great aunt Alberta or Bertha Yancy/born 1894/? Willie Yancy (female) born 1908, Texarkana, Arkansas
• Yancy's of the West African Country of Liberia. Contact: Dennis Yancey dyancey@miami.edu  

From Maria to Bill Cosby:
A Case Study in Tracing Black Slave Ancestry
By Johni Cerny
(with an interesting connection to the Yancey family)

Major Branches of the Family

African American Branches of the Family
        Benjamin Yancy Branch
        Beverly C Yancey Branch
        James Yancey Family of Massachusetts
       James H Yancey Branch
        Walter C Yancey Branch
        William Yancey Branch

Miscellaneous Records

U.S. Federal Census records containing information concerning Yanceys/Yancys of African American origin

Marriages of persons of color in North Carolina - Post Civil War era

Yanceys among the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War

Yanceys in Early Ohio

George Washington Yancey - slave faithful to the Confederate cause.

Slavery

Slave information extracted from Yancey family Records

Slave Narrative of J. H. Banks - born on Yancey Plantation

Free African Americans in Virginia & North Carolina

History of Slavery

Slave Narratives

Thomas Jefferson on Slavery

The Underground Railroad

Charles Yancey emancipated Slave

Sources on the WEB for Help in African American Genealogical research

• Cyndi's List of African American Sites
• African American Research (Family Tree Maker)
• Alex Haley on Family History
• African American Lifelines
• Afrigeneas
• African American Genealogy Group
• Christines Genealogy WebSite
• Slave records in Georgia

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Some African American Yanceys/Yancys on the WEB:

• Apostle Darrell Yancey
• Dr. Arthur H Yancey, Emory University - iyancey@emory.edu   [more info]
• Dr Asa G Yancey, University of Colorado
• Benjamin Franklin Yancey, started school for Black children. News Story
  "Benjamin Franklin Yancey was born in Howardsville, Va.; his mother's name was Fannie Yancey. He was educated at Hampton Institute; married Harriet Jackson of Esmont. First teaching position was at Black Branch in Southern Albermarle County; later taught at Porter Precinct School in Esmont. Was a member of the Oddfellows. Was president of the Men's League. Had two children: a son who became a lawyer [Roger? and a daughter, May? -- a son named Ben who died? -- (these are old notes from about 15 years ago -- some not too clear]. His daughter May married William Eason. They had children. One's name is William Eason, Jr., 835 Bergen Avenue, Linden, NJ 07036. May went to Hampton College and was a teacher in Esmont. Mr. Yancey Became principal of the Esmont School. Helped raise money to purchase the land on which Yancey School now sits. Mr. Yancey died in 1915."
  Benjamin F Yancey Collection at University of Virginia
• Antronette K. Yancey - National Medical Fellowships - ayancey@ucla.edu  [Article]
• Bessie Woodson Yancey, poet. [photo]
• Bill Yancey, Baseball Player
• Brigetta D. Yancy MD, Univ South Alabama bdy40@hotmail.com 
• Carolyn L Yancey, Pediatrician
• Cassandra Yancy - Arizona
• Charles C. Yancey, Boston City Councillor - Charles.Yancey@ci.boston.ma.us 
• Chester Yancy, Mesa, AZ
• Clark Yancy - Principal  - Frank Borman Middle School - cyancy@borm.cartwright.k12.az.us 
• Clyde Yancy - clyde.yancy@utsouthwestern.edu
• David Yancey - of Norfolk, VA
• Donna R Yancey - Durham, NC
• Dorothy Cowser Yancy, University President. - dcyancy@jcsu.edu  [More Info]
• Doug Yancey, Flint Michigan
• Floria Yancey - Artist [Interview]
• Rev. George C Yancey - Gethsemane Baptist Church
• George Yancey - University of North Texas - "Beyond Black and White" - yancey@scs.cmm.unt.edu
• Harvey Yancey - Owner - [website] Yancey's Jazz & Blues Cafe - YanceysBluesCafe@aol.com 
• J Dilla [James D. ] Yancey - Hip/Hop Musician [photo] [more info] [more info] [More info]
• James O Yancey - Austin TX - james@bestagentsinTexas.com 
• Jimmy Yancey, probably the most well known African American Yancey is the progenitor of boogie-woogie piano, a style that eventually became a recognizable element of uptempo blues and early rock and roll. The boogie-woogie craze came and went in the latter half of the Thirties, but Yancey had actually been playing in that style as far back as the 1910s and 1920s. A self-taught pianist, singer and dancer, he performed in a style characterized by rolling, rhythmic lines from his left hand played off against percussive accents from the right hand. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. - Listen to a sample of his music.
• Joanne Tolbert-Yancy - Speaker Divas United  - jyancy@divasunited.com 
• John A Yancey - University of Texas jyancey@mail.utexas.edu
• Joe Yancey, was inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame. In 1948, 1952 and 1956, Yancey coached the Jamaican Olympic team. New York Pioneer Club
• Lacouir Yancey
• Lelia B Yancey - educator.
• Linda Yancy - Yancy & Associates - lyancy@yancyassoc.com 
• Luke Yancy
• Marvin Yancey, was a former husband of Natalie Cole. Album.
• Marguerita D. Yancy, selected as the Women of the Year 1994 by the Miss Black Colorado Pageant
• Maxine Yancy - Miller Grove HS (Georgia) - Maxine_A_Yancy@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us
• Michael Yancey
• Monroe Yancie, St Louis, Mo
• Mt Moriah Apostalic Church, Philadelphia, PA
• Nsilo Yancey, of New Jersey
• Quincy Yancy of Glendale, AZ
• Prentiss Q Yancey, Atlanta, GA - pqyancey@sgrlaw.com  
• Ramona Yancey
• Richard Yancy, of Liberian ancestry.
• Robert H Yancey, Korean War soldier, desegregation of the military <more info>
• Robert J Yancy, Atlanta - RYancy@frannet.com
• Robert J Yancy,  ryancy@spsu.edu
• Ronald L Yancey
• Scott Yancy - golfer
• Tanisha Yancy, Boston
• Toni Yancey - Maryland - tyancey@hshsl.umaryland.edu
• Viveca Yancey - USDA - vyancey@csrees.usda.gov
• Will Yancey - California
• William A. Yancey - early Virginia educator. 
• William L. Yancey - The Moyniham Report
• Willie N. Yancey - Pastor - New Zion Baptist Church - newzion@cstone.net 
• Yancey Brothers, Newark, Deleware
• There does seem to be a population of YANCY's living in the African country of Liberia. Before and during the Civil War many freed slaves immigrated to Liberia.  It would appear as if the Liberian branch of the Yancy family originated from a Yancy family of the Augusta, Georgia area who left the US in the 1870's to go to Liberia. Here are some Web sites concerning Yancys in Liberia or Yancys of Liberian ancestry. 
  Yanceys of Liberia - Click Here for more info
  a) Allen N Yancy, Vice President,  Allen N Yancy Jr.
  b) Ernest Jerome Yancy  [Photograph]  [Photograph] Author of - "Historical Lights of Liberia's Yesterday and Today" 1934.
  c) Eva Yancy Cooper
  d) Fulton Yancy
  e) History of Liberia
  f) John Yancy
  g)  Namie S. Yancy
  h) Ramona Yancy
  i) Richard Yancy Football player
  j) Robert Yancy
  k) Roland Evans Yancy
  l) Sandy Yancy
  m) Sue Yancy Williams
  n) From Augusta GA to Liberia
  
  

African American Yancey/Yancy - Obituaries

Bill Yancey (2004)

Demetrius Lee Yancey (2002)

Enid Yancey (2004)

Felicia Yancey (1996)

Frederick Howell Yancey (1997)

James Yancey (aka Jay Dee,  J Dilla ) (2006)

Joe Yancey (1991)

Leonard A. Yancey (2005)

Linda Yancey (1994)

Luther Yancey (1998)

Sylvia Farmer Yancey (1998)

Mrs. Tamer H Yancey (2001)

Asa G. Yancey Sr, a former medical director
of Hughes Spalding Pavilion of Grady Hospital
in Atlanta, Georgia, was the first African-American
member of the medical faculty of Emory Univ.
Yancey was medical director from 1972 to 1989.
His son Arthur is on Emory’s faculty today.

From Various Editions of: "Who's Who Among Black Americans"

Asa G. Yancey Sr, Professor of Surgery, Medical Director. Son of Arthur H. Yancey and Daisy S. Sherrard. Born in Atlanta GA. Lives in Atlanta, GA. [more info]
Family: Son of Daisy L Sherard Yancey and Arthur H Yancey; married Carolyn E Dunbar Yancey Dec. 28, 1944; children: Arthur H II, MD, Carolyn L, MD, Caren L Yancey-Covington, Asa G Jr, MD. Education: Morehouse Coll, BS 1937; Univ MI, MD 1941. Military/Wartime Service: US Army 1st lt Medical Corp 1941. Memberships: Bd trustee GA Div Am Cancer Soc; fellow Am Coll Surgeons; diplomate Am Bd Surg; ed bd Jrnl of Natl Med Assn 1960-80; Am Surg Assn; Southern Surg Assn; Atlanta Bd of Ed 1967-77; life mem, golden heritage mem NAACP; Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority, the trustee body of Grady Memorial Hospital. Addresses:  Home: 2845 Engle Rd NW, Atlanta, Georgia, United States 30318-7216. AWARDS Recip Distinguished Serv Morehouse Coll; Service Awd Atlanta Inquirer; Aven Cup; Hon Doctor of Science, Morehouse College; Hon Doctor of Science, Howard University.Achievements:Author, "A Modification of the Swenson Operation for Congenital Megacolon," Journal of the Natl Med Assn, Sep 1952, published 10 years prior to Soave's publication of the same operation. CAREER Vet Admin Hosp Tuskegee AL, chief surg 1948-58; Hughes Spalding Hosp, chf surg 1958-72; Grady Mem Hosp, med dir 1972-89; Emory Univ Sch Med, assc dean 1972-89; Georgia Medical Care Foundation Inc, associate medical director, 1989-91; Emory Univ School of Medicine, prof of surgery emeritus; Morehouse School of Medicine, clinical prof of surgery.

Carolyn Lois Yancey, Pediatrician. Daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Asa G. Yancey. Born  Tuskegee, Alabama. Works in Landover, MD. [more info]

Charles Calvin Yancey, City Official. Son of Howell T. Yancey and Alice White. Born  in Boston, Massachusetts. Works in Boston, MA. [more info]

Dorothy Cowser Yancy, Educator, Labor Arbitrator. Born in Cherokee Co., AL. Married Robert James Yancy. Works in Atlanta, GA. [More Info]

Earl L. Yancy, Researcher, Educator, & Business Executive. Born in Lafayette Co., LA. Lives in Newton,

Irving Victor Yancey, son of Frederick Howell & Ana Bosfield Yancey. Born in  Suffolk Co., MA.

Laurel Guild Yancey, International Broadcast Attorney. Husband of Arthur H Yancey II, MD. Works in Washington DC.

Preston Martin Yancy, Educator. Born in Sylvester, GA. Son of Preston Martin Yancey Sr & Margaret Elizabeth Robinson. Lives in Richmond, VA.

Prentiss Q. Yancey, Attorney. Born in Atlanta, Georgia. Lives in Atlanta, GA. [more info]

Robert James Yancy, Educator. Born in Tifton, Georgia. Son of Preston Martin Yancey & Margaret Elizabeth Robinson. Works in Marietta, GA.

Picture of Arthur H Yancey - Father of Asa G Yancey (cited above)
source: "Images of America in Black Atlanta" by Herman Mason.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:

New York Times, July 29 1972 - "Jersey Woman Sentenced in Slaying of County Judge"
Elizabeth, NJ - July 28 -- Mrs. Naomi Stout was sentenced today to a 10-to-15 year jail term in connection with the slaying on Feb 9 of Essex County Court Judge Roger Yancey. Mrs Stout , who lives in East Orange, pleaded no defense to the shooting. The plea came on the seventh day of her trial. Judge Yancey, who in 1967 became the first black county court judge in New Jersey, was shot to death in a room at the Gateway Downtowner Motor Inn in Newark.

Further info concerning Roger Yancey from Joanne Yancey - wiselady@worldnet.att.net
I learned about this story when I visited Howardsville, Virginia about 15 years ago and spoke with an old woman by the name of Dosher White (sp?). Ms. White has probably died -- she was quite old. She informed me that the property where my father (Harry Yancey) was born was adjacent to her land in Howardsville. At the time of my visit, only three chimneys stood on the land where once there were houses. Roger Yancey had his roots there also. She informed me that some of the Yanceys who had inhabited the land there in Howardsville had migrated to Newark, NJ. She told me about Roger Yancey's murder. I researched her story and following is what I learned: Roger Yancey lived 1905-1972. Roger Yancey was named "Man of the Year" by Newark Student Council in 1958. At the time he was an Essex District Court Judge. First black county court judge in the state in 1960[?], selected by Governor Robb B. Meyner. Previously served in Meyner administration as Deputy State Attorney General. Graduate of Hampton and Rutgers U. School of Law. Served 10 years as Assistant U.S. Attorney until 1952. Became an assistant Newark Corporation Counsel [something] [my notes are not clear here]. Named to Essex District Court by Meyner in 1956. Died at Mortland Hospital. He was 67. Lived at One Somerset, Newark, NJ. Survived by wife, Adele, two daughters Jacqueline and [St. Claire or Mrs. Yvonne Amos -- notes unclear], a son, Roger, Jr. (in the armed forces) and five grandchildren. Funeral services were Monday, February 15 at Bethany Baptist Church, 117 West Market Street, Newark, NJ, officiated by the Reverend James E. Churchman. Buried at New Hope Cemetery, Esmont, [?]. Naomi Stout aka Mrs. Naomi Berry, convicted of his murder, lived at 7 North 17th Street, East Orange, NJ. She was convicted of stabbing Yancey in the neck in his chambers and placed on probation in 1967.

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