Cornelius Franklin Yager

Biography

Cornelius Franklin Yager was born between 1751 and 1760 in Culpeper (now Madison) County, Virginia. His parents were Nicholas Yeager and Susanna Yeager (Wilhoit).

Cornelius married Elizabeth Yager (Fisher) in 1777 in Mercer County, Kentucky. Together they had the following 10 children:

1. Nicholas Yager;
2. Stephen Hardin Yager;
3. Susannah Yeager (Yeager);
4. Josiah Harvey Yager;
5. Mary Mattingly (Yager);
6. Ananias Yager;
7. Uriah Yeager;
8. Jemima Moore Kerr (Yager);
9. Eleanor Ford (Yeager);
10. Rosanna Weaver (Yager).

He died in 1833 in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States.

http://germannafamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I022224&tree=tree1

1780 - Feb 9, Kentucky Deeds, BK 1, page 9, Hanging Fork Dix R

1789 - Mar 11, listed on Tax List/First census of Kentucky 1790

1810 - KY Census, Washington Co, #341:

Reference:

Yager Family of Germanna by Claude L. Yowell; page 42

GENALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN GAR, pg 65, 74, 519

William and Mary College Quarterly, Series 2 Vol 9 pg 193, 283

THE GERMENNA RECORD No 10 page 36,37; No 13 pg 57, 85

Above from Diane Miller
Cornelius is brother of Solomon

Solomon Yeager's son Daniel & Cornelius' daughter Sussannah married in 1800 in Mercer Co., Kentucky. Among their children was Cornelius Franklin Yeager, who lived in Wash. Co., Tenn.

Printed copy titled "Fam. of Johann Heinrich Eschbach"

• Updated from FamilySearch Family Tree via daughter Rosanna Yeager by SmartCopy: Jun 5 2015, 14:05:48 UTC

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• Reference: TNG Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 19 2022, 18:36:17 UTC

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