Yancey County Reference Lookups

Lookups of the following reference materials are available from the listed researchers. If you have any reference materials for which you would like to volunteer to provide lookups, please contact James Sumner Proffitt.

Reference Provider
DEATON / DEYTON Research Lawson Deaton
Yancey Co. Death Index 1913-1986 Sandra Allen Fender
WWI Selective Service Records Jane Howard
1840-1860 Yancey County Census Doris Messner
1835 NC Pension Roll (Abstracted) William R Navey
Indian Removal - NC Volunteer Regiment William R Navey
Muster Rolls - NC Soldiers - War of 1812 William R Navey
"They Walked These Hills" - Haywood Co. Becky Howell

Publications

The following publications relating to Yancey County can be acquired from Sally SEAMAN-WILLIAMS, PO Box 1035, No. Highlands, CA 95660-1035.

  • Censuses for 1850, 1870 and 1900
  • Census Indexes for 1860 and 1880
  • 1890 census of Veterans/Widows
  • Index & Abstract of Deed Book #1
  • "News from Yancey" (Reprints of articles from area Newspapers 1840-1900)
  • Back Issues of FOYC (Families of Yancey County)

Our YOUNG Family is finally in print and it is really beautiful, if I do say so. Overmountain Press did a terrific job putting it all together and I am very proud of it. Anyone interested in buying the book can contact the publisher, Overmountain Press, PO Box 1261, Johnson City, TN 37605. Telephone 1-800-992-2691 or they can contact me, Perry Deane YOUNG at PO Box 1366, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.