Campaign against the Indians to the West of the Blue Ridge Mountains.Battle of Kings Mountain in Orange County Virginia DAR Ancestor # A204069 Pvt. NC.

John Dobins Yates Sr., the son of John Yates and Elizabeth Kilgore was a Revolutionary War soldier in Wilkes, North Carolina. He was born about Mar 1754 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He died 16 Dec 1835 (aged 81) in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. Burial details are unknown. [1]

John Yeats /Yates married Jemima Ropper/Roper on 8 Mar 1779 in Caswell, North Carolina. "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF9X-9QC : 8 July 2016), John Yeats and Jemima Ropper, 1779.

8 children

1. John Jr 1780 1875
2. Hugh 1786 1871
3. David 1790 1851
4. Daughter Yates married Jesse Harwood
5. Louisa Yates Johnson 1792 left Wilkes
6. Salvy Yates Michael 1795 went to Polk or Cherokee Cty and died there
7. Sarah Yates Hamby 1798
8. Tillman 1801 1856

ALL NOTES FROM
Wilkes Cty NC Heritage book page 475 article 1115
1982

Research Notes

(Find A Grave Memorial Bio) See John Dobins Pension Application

Ashe County, NC Heritage, Vol.1, #671: ...John Yates Sr., a Rev. War soldier, born in March 1754 in Pittsylvania Co. VA. He married 8 Mar 1779 in Caswell Co. NC Jemima Roper, born in 1755 in VA. After their marriage they settled on the North Fork of Lewis Fork Creek in Wilkes Co. NC, where John owned 400 acres of land. John Yates Sr. died 16 Dec 1835 and Jemima died before 2 May 1853. (This article gives many names and dates of their descendants.)

Source: The First Two Generations of Ropers in North Carolina. http://roperld.com/RNC1617.htm

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Nov 2 2020, 5:25:34 UTC
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52664400/john-dobins-yates
• "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLX-NQ5 : 16 July 2015), John Yates, 1820.
• https://www.caswellcountync.org/getperson.php?personID=I57762&tree=...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Yates-277