William Ransom Capps and Eliza Jane Jones


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William Capps (b.1800/1810) moved from North Carolina to Lincoln County, Tennessee, and married Margaret Yadon before 1824. They lived for awhile in Grainger (now Union) County, Tennessee, and then moved before 1830 to Lincoln County, Missouri. William Ransom Capps (1830-1921) moved to San Antonio, Texas and married Eliza Jane Jones in 1851. Descendants and relatives lived of William Ransom and Eliza Jane lived in Texas, Colorado, California, New York, New England and elsewhere.




Yadon--Pennybaker Family History


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Emigrant ancestor of this family was Joseph Preston Yadon (1756-1843), who was born in Dublin?, Ireland. He came to America during the Revolutionary War. He was a son of Jacob Yadon and Elizabeth Proctor. He married Mary Susannah Pennybaker (1763-1838), daughter of Jacob Pennybaker and Christina Dotterer in 1782 in Berkley Co., West Virginia. Family lived first in Virginia and sometime between 1801 and 1802 moved to Grainger Co., Tennessee. They had nine children born in Virginia, and three in Tennessee. Descendants live in Tennessee, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado and elsewhere.







Family History of John A. Jones & Mahala Capps


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John A. Jones was born in 1821 in Kentucky. Around 1840, he married Mahala Capps and they had nine children. He died in 1895 while Mahala died in 1920 in Texas. Their descendants lived in Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, California, and elsewhere.




Encyclopedia of American Family Names


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The definitive guide to the 5,000 most common surnames in the United States. With origins, variations, rankings, prominent bearers and published genealogies.




Our Coker Kin


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Information on various Coker families throughout the U.S. and Canada.




Jones Journeys


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