Category: Yelverton Family
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Shiloh National Military Park
Last Sunday, my family and I took a slight detour on our way home to Memphis from Middle Tennessee and visited Shiloh National Military Park. I already knew the park had several special events planned because the 150th anniversary of the battle fell later that week. I did not, however, plan well enough to get…
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Home Sweet Home
Photo: Dred and Ellen Yelverton and their home in Wayne County, NC I am finally taking a break from researching my Yelverton line. That took longer than expected because the Yelvertons turned out to be such an interesting family that I kept getting sidetracked. One of the things I enjoyed most was learning about the…
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John Yelverton and Elizabeth Blount Yelverton
Photo: My second great-grandparents Charlie B. Lovelace and Nancy Jane Yelverton Lovelace My Yelverton family line offers a fascinating look at colonial North Carolina. That branch, as I currently understand it, runs from John Yelverton Sr. (ca. 1685-1750) the father of John Yelverton Jr. (by 1716-1795); the father of Hardy Yelverton (ca. 1755-1828); the father…