John Conrad Yoho, II

JOHN YOHO (ABT 1745-?)

JOHN YOHO SON OF JOHANNES WAS BORN IN 1746. I HAVE FOUND VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT JOHN AND ASK THAT INFORMATION BE SENT FOR INCLUSION IN HIS HISTORY. I DO NOT HAVE HIS DEATH DATE, WHERE HE IS BURIED AND WHO HE MARRIED. THE ANCESTORS OF JOHN HAVE MOSTLY SETTLED IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

I HAVE ONLY TWO HISTORICAL RECORDS IN MY FIRLE FOR JOHN YOHO. ONE IS DEFINATELY FOR JOHN THE SON OF JOHANNES AND IT DESCRIBES PART OF HIS SERVICE RECORD. HE SERVED WITH HIS BROTHER HENRY IN THE MONONGALIA PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA AT FORT PITT AND WHEELING FORT IN 1777.

THE OTHER RECORD IS A LORD FAIRFAX DEED FORM JOHN YOHO TO ALEXANDER MACHIR DATED 1771. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE JOHN OF FAIRFAX DEED IS JOHANNES JOHO OR HIS SON JOHN. HENRY YOHO'S WAR RECORD STATED THAT HE MOVED WITH HIS FATHER'S FAMILY TO WESTERN VIRGINIA WHEN HE WAS ELEVEN YEARS OLD. SINCE HENRY WAS BORN IN 1752 THAT WOULD MEAN HE AND HIS FATHER (JOHANNES) LEFT WINCHESTER IN APPROXIMATELY 1763.. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKELY THAT JOHANNES WOULD STAY BEHIND IN WINCHESTER WHILE HIS FAMILY MOVED. IT SEEMS MORE LIKELY THAT JOHANNES SON JOHN STAYED BEHIND AND WAS GRANTED LAND BY THOMAS LORD FAIRFAX IN 1766. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN TWENTY YEARS OLD WHEN GRANTED THE LAND AND TWENTY FIVE WHEN HE THEN SOLD THAT LAND IN 1771 AND JOINED HIS FAMILY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.

JOHN MARRIED AND HAD TWO KNOWN CHILDREN BUT HIS WIFE AND DATE OF MARRIAGE ARE NOT KNOWN. IT APPEARS JOHN SETTLED IN THE WESTERN PA AREA WHERE MOST OF HIS DESCENDENTS ARE STILL LIVING. LIKE PETER HIS BROTHER, JOHN DIED PRIOR TO THE TIME THAT REQUESTS FOR PENSIONS OR LAND GRANDS FOR SERVICE IN THE WAR WERE GRANTED.

JOHN'S CHILDREN:

BARBARA YOHO (1765-1816)

JACOB YOHO (1775-1843)

• NOTE*

BARBARA IS ALSO LISTED AS DAUGHTER TO JOHANNES BUT MOST EVIDENCE SUGGESTS SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JOHANNES SON JOHN.

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 24 2018, 0:38:56 UTC