Person

Jesse Yates (Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer. )

b. 1795?

Montgomery County, Kentucky, farmer. Montgomery County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary Yates. Father of William B. Yates, Lafayette Yates, Samuel Yates, Sarah Yates, Susan Yates, Oliver B. Yates, Robert Miller Yates, Mary Yates, and Emily Yates. Married to Prudence Hopwood in Montgomery County, Kentucky, on September 19, 1852. Resident of Montgomery County in 1830. Owned six enslaved persons in Montgomery County in 1830. Resident of Montgomery County in 1840. Owned twelve enslaved persons in 1840. Farmer in Montgomery County, Kentucky in 1850. Owned fourteen enslaved persons in Montgomery County, Kentucky in 1850. Farmer in Montgomery County in 1860. Owned seventeen enslaved persons in Montgomery County, Kentucky in 1860, including J. T. Simpson (Larkin), Emily [Unknown], Sally [Unknown], and Willis [Unknown].

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States(1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 13.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States(1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 272.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 1, p. 23B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 244.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, p. 86B.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport (before 1911), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994049, Montgomery Deaths, p. 3.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994049, Montgomery County Marriages.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994049, Montgomery County Marriages, 3.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994049, Montgomery County Births, p. 4.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994049, Montgomery County Births. p. 5.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994049, Montgomery County Births.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Montgomery County Wills, vol. D-F, 1828-1874, p. 302-326.

Citation

Yates, Jesse. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32212236 (November 12, 2026).

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