John Yeager was born Top of Allegheny. John Yeager married Margaret Arbogast on November 1, 1837 in Pocahontas County, Va. John is described as tall with dark eyes & hair.
Mr. Yeager had large land holdings on both sides of the Old Staunton & Parkersburg Turnpike. He was a deputy surveyor under Pocahontas's first surveyor, Sampson Mathews. He assisted Claudius Crozet, when Crozet plotting out the course of the S&P turnpike on Allegheny Mountain. When John Yeager died in December 1861, Confederate Soldiers were camped at the church, so he was buried at the home place. Part of the Battle of Allegheny Mountain was fought on Yeager land. Wounded soldiers were carried into the Yeager house, bloodstains could still be seen in the floorboards many years later. The couple had eleven children.
Information on Jacob Yeager (1790-1861)
From the Yeager Family History in the 1981 Pocahontas County History
Jacob Yeager was the son of John & Phebe Anastasia (Hull) Yeager. Jacob Yeager was born at Traveller's Repose in 1790. On July 23, 1812 at Crabbottom, Va. Jacob married Sarah Ann Hidy. The had 13 children.
The Yeager family had a saw mill erected 2 miles down stream from their home on Top of Allegheny on what would be come (Single) Block Run. Mr. Yeager blocked the water with a rock wall 13 feet high and 200 feet long. The inside of the wall was filled with clay & dirt. The finish lumber for the old log church on Allegheny Mountain and they Yeager home and other area homes was sawed at this mill.
John Yeager was born Top of Allegheny. John Yeager married Margaret Arbogast on November 1, 1837 in Pocahontas County, Va. John is described as tall with dark eyes & hair.
Mr. Yeager had large land holdings on both sides of the Old Staunton & Parkersburg Turnpike. He was a deputy surveyor under Pocahontas's first surveyor, Sampson Mathews. He assisted Claudius Crozet, when Crozet plotting out the course of the S&P turnpike on Allegheny Mountain. When John Yeager died in December 1861, Confederate Soldiers were camped at the church, so he was buried at the home place. Part of the Battle of Allegheny Mountain was fought on Yeager land. Wounded soldiers were carried into the Yeager house, bloodstains could still be seen in the floorboards many years later. The couple had eleven children.
Information on Jacob Yeager (1790-1861)
From the Yeager Family History in the 1981 Pocahontas County History
Jacob Yeager was the son of John & Phebe Anastasia (Hull) Yeager. Jacob Yeager was born at Traveller's Repose in 1790. On July 23, 1812 at Crabbottom, Va. Jacob married Sarah Ann Hidy. The had 13 children.
The Yeager family had a saw mill erected 2 miles down stream from their home on Top of Allegheny on what would be come (Single) Block Run. Mr. Yeager blocked the water with a rock wall 13 feet high and 200 feet long. The inside of the wall was filled with clay & dirt. The finish lumber for the old log church on Allegheny Mountain and they Yeager home and other area homes was sawed at this mill.
Family Members
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Eliza Ann Yeager Arbogast
1839–1911
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PVT William Asbury Yeager
1840–1865
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Frances E. "Fannie" Yeager Kerr
1842–1909
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Henry Arbogast Yeager
1843–1902
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Sarah Jane Yeager
1845–1858
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Brown McLauren Yeager
1848–1924
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Eveline Madora Yeager Beard
1852–1934
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Paul McNeil "Mack" Yeager
1854–1932
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Leah Alice Victoria Yeager
1855–1860
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Jacob Reese Yeager
1857–1860
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