William Yates was born on 30 August 1772, probably in Scotland and died on 30 September 1868. He came to America as a young boy and worked for a farmer in or near Portsmouth, New Hampshire and is found in Minot, Maine at age 18 or 19. He married Martha Morgan in May 1794 in Minot. Martha, daughter of Samuel and Judith Morgan, was born on 2 November 1777 in Poland, Maine. She died on 10 March 1869. Both William and Martha are buried in Greenwood, Maine. Ancestors and descendants have resided in Wales, England, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and elsewhere.

This genealogy classic, written in the bad old days of shoe leather and courthouse basements before the Internet, tells of a Southern man's discovery of his Native American ancestry in the 1990s. Among fascinating regional and local stories, you'll discover how the Yateses of Virginia coped on the frontier…how some Cherokees escaped the Trail of Tears…what the Southern drawl really means…where The Tree That Owns Itself is…how Elisabeth Yates stole her cattle back from Gen. Sherman. Out of print for years, this sought-after family history is available in electronic form only. Fall under the spell of all its local color, storytelling and genealogy help also in the exciting audiobook version.

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James Yates immigrated to Philadelphia in 1684 from England and settled in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He married Agnes Webster ca. 1690 and they raised Joseph, James, Robert, Isabel Iliff, Peter, Sarah Ashburne, Margaret Atkinson, Agnes, Elizabeth. Includes information of the Gibson, Lucas, Skillman, Aten, Collings, Elston, Ogle, Vanderpool, Bradt, Smith, Hunt, Howell, Stout, Higgins, Woodruff, Higgins, Crosby ancestors.