A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameCol Thornton Yancey 
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1Birth1740, Hanover Co, Virginia Colony, BCA1
Death24 Aug 1811, Granville Co, North Carolina1 Age: 71
BurialGranville Co, North Carolina1
FlagsRevolutionary War
FatherCapt James M Yancey (1704-1779)
MotherElizabeth Ann Thornton (~1715-)
Spouses
BirthGranville Co, North Carolina
Death23 Feb 1811, Granville Co, North Carolina1
Marriage1760, Granville Co, Colony of North Carolina, BCA1
Notes for Col Thornton Yancey
Major Thornton Yancey-3 was a Revolutionary veteran and born about 1740. He died between 1792 and 1810. His wife was Elizabeth Williams [one source says Mitchell.] He was a “gallant officer” in the Revolution and a member of the North Carolina Assembly from 1778 until 1792, and in the Provincial Congress in 1776. He was one of the “movers and shakers” of the Revolution in Granville County. [Military Records, Wheeler’s History, page 85, of first series, North Carolina Records, Vol. 7, pages 702, 1768, Vol. 23, page 993, 1776, Vol. 19, page 531.] 1