Valentine Yoakum

Male 1730 - 1763  (33 years)


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  • Name Valentine Yoakum 
    Nickname Felty 
    Birth ca 1730  Frederick Co, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Jul 1763  Muddy Creek, Greenbrier Co, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • now West Virginia.
    Person ID I3857  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2017 

    Father Mathias M. Yoakum,   b. ca 1705, Greenbrier Co, Virginia, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1783, Muddy Creek, Greenbriar Co, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Eleanor See,   b. ca 1712, Schohaire Co, New York, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1782, Lincoln Co, Kentucky, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1727  Hardy Co, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F757  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret See,   b. ca 1725, Mohawk twp, Schoharie Co, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1763, Muddy Creek, Greenbriar Co, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Marriage ca 1748  Hardy Co, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. George W. Yoakum,   b. 16 Jan 1752, Hampshire Co, VA (now WV) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1800, Yoakum Station, Clairborne Co, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     2. Elizabeth Yoakum,   b. ca 1753   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Sarah Yoakum,   b. ca 1760   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1870  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2017 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • He was killed by Indians led by Chief Cornstalk on 17 Jul 1763. Also killed was Frederick See. Captured were Valentine's daughters Elizabeth and Sally. Archibald Clendenning was killed elsewhere, the only person surviving the attack at Clendenning's was Conrad Yoakum. January, 1765, list of captives released to Col. Henry Bouquet by the Shawnees included George and Margaret Yokeham taken Augusta County; Elisabeth Yoakim, 12, and Sally Yokim, about 5, captured on 17 Jul 1763.