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The information on this site
is the product of 15+ years of my life. It as been a labor of love and will
stand as a history of my family that I am proud to display for all to read
and enjoy for years to come.
This all started with my mother Eva Mae Skees, Yates, Brown. She was
given a handful of documents from what remained of all of her brother and
sisters' families. She asked me if I would go thru these documents and make
some since out of it. The rest became an obsession and passion that has
culminated into this series of documents. The only regret I have is that mom
never got to see all of the data that I have collected over the years,
although, I did give her a preliminary set of data about 9 years ago. I don't
take full credit for all the information contained on this web site. It is a
gathering of information from many sources. All sources for this information
has been listed and includes information found on the Internet. Note: Any
documents related to these sources must be requested from those sources, as
the author does not have them in his possession. Click on the Family links at
the top or the left side of the page to view other family trees. If you see a
camera Icon next to a name then just click on it and you will see a related
picture. Please Enjoy!
Check Below for Updates!
Yates
Clan Early 1990’s
Back
Row: Ray, Mike, Jerry, Alice
Front
Row: Donnie, Eva and Ronnie.
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The picture above passed to
Damon Nall from Thelma Henderson of Vine Grove, Ky. Her grandpa was a Yates.
Taken in 1908 Not all persons are known(Cousins?). Bottom left with Cavalry hat and beard is Great Uncle
James Yates. He was great grandpa Richard Yates’s brother. Bottom right is
Grandpa John Floyd Yates. Second row middle is Joe Yates, Thelma Henderson’s
grandpa.
This amazing picture was
sent to me from cousin Kenny Nall.
See if y’all can recognize
anyone. Let’s see, second from left would be John W. Yates
My Dad! Thanks Kenny.
Most recent Picture of the
Yates clan. May 2007
From left: Jerry, Alice
Martha, Mike, Ray, Donnie and Ronnie.
Updated – Monday July 14
2008
Take a look at
the very center of this picture and you will see a rectangle with a dirt road
running thru it. This is part of the old Yates farm in Rineyville Kentucky.
The house once stood within this rectangle. This picture was taken via
satellite only few years ago. Look at all the development around it now!
Updated – Wednesday August29, 2007
It has been a while since we
updated but I am starting to do some more long awaited revisions. I have
received a number of revisions from relatives close and distant. In the next
few months you will notice some changes and additions. These will be very
noticeable to some and not so noticeable to others. But in the mean time I
will be adding some more pictures to the system that you guys will
enjoy.Also the Edelen link at
the top of the page has been fixed. Thanks for you patience.
Updated – Wednesday December 10, 2003
Our
email address has changed to:yatesd1@insightbb.comPlease take a not of it for
future reference. I am currently working on the Hale family. They are my
wife’s maternal grandmother’s family. They will add another 300 individuals
to the database! The Hale’s were another well-respected English family that
journeyed to the new world and wound up in Maryland and then on to Kentucky.
Updated
– Monday July 14 2008
We now have streaming videos for you to
watch!
Sometime
in the early 90’s our Yates cousins (Sonny Yates and his sister Audrey) from
Cincinnati came to Louisville to visit with my mom Eva Yates Skees Brown and
family. They brought with them some old 8mm movies and a projector. What was
on those movie reels was a real treasure. The movies take place during a
visit sometime around 1953 to Rineyville Kentucky to the Old Yates Farm in
which Albert Yates (Sonny’s Dad) and his wife and children were all present.
This movie was video taped onto vhs tape using a video camera on a tripod.
The voices you hear are the people that were watching the movies and
describing (with astonishment) what they are seeing. The voices you will here
will be of the following people: Eva Yates Skees Brown, Sonny Yates, Audrey
Yates, Alice Wall Yates, Jerry Yates, Ann Yates, Ronnie Yates, Donnie Yates,
Eileen Yates, and a few others I can’t remember. The vdeos were too big to
upload as one file so I split it in two pieces. To watch the streaming videos
click on the play button in the either of the two boxes below.It might take a minute or to for it
to load. Please enjoy and let me know what you think. It may be useless to
try this if you don’t have a broadband connection. Sorry!
Updated – Tuesday April, 12 2005
I
finally updated the web site to include my wife’s maternal grandmothers
family. They come form a long line of English nobility! Very interesting
stuff. Click on the link on the left side margin that says “Lord Robert Hale
I”. I am still working on adding a message board link to this web sit. Please
be patient.
Updated – Monday April, 18 2005
As
most of you may know, the Yates clan in which I am related to, made their
name on a little farm in Rineyville Kentucky. The following is a short
history of the town you might be interested to know about.
Rineyville,
Kentucky
Rineyville is situated on the Illinois
Central Railroad in the north central section of Hardin County, a distance of
approximately six miles northwest of Elizabethtown.
Rineyville received its name from the
Riney family who gave land for the railroad, which was built in 1874. It was
known as Riney station although only "Riney" appeared on the
station sign. When the Post Office was established the "ville" was
added and since that time the name has been Rineyville.
Blue Ball Hill, highest elevation in
Hardin County, rises 1,017 feet above sea level, a few miles west of
Rineyville and dominates the valleys surrounding it. Blue Ball is one of the
oldest names in Hardin County and has been a landmark for location of
property since land was first recorded in this county.
Dr. John Wesley Pawley and his family
were the first settlers in Rineyville. Pawley was born in London, Middlesex,
England about 1743 and as a young man he became very sympathetic with the
Americans who had begun their struggle for independence. He was smuggled
abroad a ship bound for the new world and landed at Pawley's Island on the
coast of South Carolina. He fought in the Revolutionary War under General
Francis Marion, famed "Swamp Fox" of the American forces. For his service
in the war Dr. John Wesley Pawley was given a land grant that he took up in
this part of Hardin County, not long after the end of the war. In addition he
purchased several hundred acres so that in the beginning he owned 3,000 acres
of land extending from the present Helmwood area in Elizabethtown to Moormans
Valley beyond Blue Ball Hill. Many Pawley descendents still live in and near
Rineyville. He Died April 1837, Rineyville, Hardin Ky. Some other families
from early Rineyville with descendent still in the area are Nall, Smith,
Raine, Osborne, Yates and Woodring.
We are now over 7000 individuals!!!!
The statistics below might
be fun to look at.
Database Info:
7468 Individuals3780
Male3541 Female75 Sex Unknown
