| 8. | George Yoakum was born on 15 Jan 1752 in Hampshire Co, West Virginia (son of Valentine Yoakum and Margaret See); died on 28 Oct 1800 in Granger (now Claiborne) Co, Tennessee; was buried in Felix Rogers Cem, Speedwell, Claiborne Co, Tennesse. Other Events and Attributes:
- Birth: 15 Jan 1752, Peach Creek Twp, Greenbrier Co, West Virginia
Notes:
He served in Capt. Ray's Co, Lincoln Mil., fought at the Battle of Point Pleasant, WV on 10 Oct 1774, along with Daniel Boone, Isaac Michael Van Bebber John Van Bebber and Peter Van Bebber. Isaac was killed in that battle, fought with an Indian group led by Chief Corstalk, who was also killed there. The Indian group was hired by the British. The Claiborne Co., TN Historical Quarterly states that George, along with John and Peter Van Bibber, established Yoakum's Station in then Grainger Co, which is now Claiborne Co. It is about 14 miles from the Cumberland Gap. In 1797 Fort Yoakum was built nearby.
George was killed on a bear hunt in the Cumberland Mountains
It is reported that George and his brother-in-law established Yoakum's Station in article furnished by Jack Reber. It reports George killed on a bear hunt and buried near the station. He built Yoakum's Fort about 14 miles from the Cumberland Gap. It is also reported that Yoakum's Fort was on the Wilderness Road in Lee Co., VA, about 14 miles from the Cumberland Gap before Yoakum's Station in TN. I cannot find it on the DeLorme Atlas of Virginia.
Granger Co. Court Minutes Book #1, Pages 174-75, dated 18 May 1801, ordered Martha and Isaac Yoakum to administer the estate of George Yoakum, deceased. John Vanbebber and Robert
Howard were securities.
R. A. Yoakum of Morristown, TN wrote that George married Margaret Van Bibber 1777, daughter of Isaac Michael Van Bibber. He relates the story that during the Indian attack which claimed all the rest of the family, George grabbed a "skillet handle" from one Indian and killed three Indians with it. George would have been only about 13 years old, unless one accepts Harold M. Yoakum's version. (?)
Harold M. Yoakum, in his book, page 12, reports that the massacre took place in 1773, the year he says that Valentine was killed, that George was born 1752, thus George would have been about 21 years old when he grabbed the skillet handle used to kill two Indians. Very soon thereafter, he states that George joined Captain Ray's Company of the Lincoln Militia of Illinois (??)
If Steve Smith's research is correct, and it appears trustworthy, then that story about his escape is not true. To support his theory, the Indians killed all grown men, taking only women and children prisoners. Thus any older George Yocum would not have survived. A George Yoakum was among the prisoners released by the Indians had to have been a child captive. No other George Yocum near that age has ever surfaced, thus it is strong evidence that that captive George was this George.
This George was in Lord Dunmore's war, which was just prior to the Revolutionary War and not considered part of the Revolution, thus no revolutionary pension.
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Died:
Cumberland Mountains, Killed in a bear hunt
George married Martha "Patty\Patsy" Van Bibber in 1777 in Greenbrier Co, West Virginia. Martha (daughter of Rev. Isaac Michael Van Bibber, Sr and Sarah Davis) was born about 1766 in Montgomery Co, Missouri; died after 1819 in Salisbury Twp, Sangamon Co, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1849 - Aft 1850 (2 years)