Joseph Preston Yadon 1

JOSEPH YADON founded the Yadon line in American and Tennessee. He came to the colonies as a British soldier from Ireland during the American Revolution. He chose the colonist's cause and left the British army to enlist in the Army of the United States. Followiong his wartime servce he married MARY PENNYBAKER and lived in Martinsburg, Virginia. In 1794 he removed to Washington County, Virginia, where he remained for a few years. In 1801 he removed from Virginia and settled on a farm he purchased in Hinds Valley at the foot of Lone Mountain in Grainger County, Tennessee.

JOSEPH YADON was born in Down county, Ireland 17 December 1756. Joseph Army enetered the army at age sixteen according to Irish military records. On 12 July 1772 he was serving as a drummer in the Sixty-second Regiment of Foote at Ballinroad, Ireland. Other muster rolls place him on duty in Dublin, Cork, Gallaway, and Monkstown in Ireland. His last record in Ireland is the Muster Roll at Monkstown on 3 April 1776. (Lawrence Yadon II, The Yadons of Camben County Missouri, self published, 3812 S. Troost, Tulsa, OK, 1981; pp 2-3)

The next record for JOSEPH YADON is 1779 when he enlisted in the Army of the United States at Martinsburg, Virginia. (Affidavit of Joseph Yader (Yaden), Pension #1-1742, US Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93, Nat'l Archives, Washington, D. C.) He was a drummer with the British trooops and was either captured or deserted to join the Colonial army, also as a drummer. Later he became a drum major.

Joseph Yadon applied for a military pension filed 20 August 1832 at Grainger County, Tennessee as filed in the National Arcives as Joseph Yader, S-1742. There is no record found to date for Joseoph Yaden between 3 April 1776 when he was on the muster roll of the 62nd Regiment in Ireland and 1779 when he joined the Army of the United States at Martinsburg, Virginia.

Virginia Fletcher wrote: "Fleets of ships carrying soldiers from Ireland arrived in Quebec, Canada, on 27 June 1777. These vessels came under the command of Gen'l John Burgooyne; the 62nd Regiment was in Brig. Gen'l Hamilton's 2nd Brigade. These troops marched with Burgoyne to Ticonderoga and to Saratoga. The first Battle of Saratoga was fought at Freeman's Farm near Stillwater, New York. On 20 Sept 1777 Hamilton's 4 regiments, one being the 62nd were in this area along the plateau between the Hudson River and the north branch of Mill Creek. Seeing no hope of victor Gen'l Burgooyne surrendered at Saratoga on 17 October 1777 to Gen'l Horatio Gates. The Articles of Convention, Article IV, provided that the captured British troops might march to the nearest port and embark for Britain on the promise that they would not fight in America again. Congress did not approve these terms and the prisoners called Convention Troops were marched to Boston and encamped. Burgoyone and his staff left for England on 5 April 1778. The remainder of the troops were to spend the rest of the war as prisoners. They spent a year in towns in Vermont and Massachusetts. Then in early 1779 they were marched to Albermarle Barranchs near Charlottesville, Virginia . . . chosen b ecause of its remoteness from the theater of war. The march lasted 12 weeks. As they passed through Pennsylvania many of the prisoners disappeared into the countryside which was just what the Americans wanted." (Down in the Barnes, page 137-138)

Joseph Yaden enlisted in 1779 at Martinsburg, Virginia just south of the Pennsylvania line and it was at jus t this time and place that prisoners were slipping away to join the American cause. In his pension statement Joseph Yadon wrote: "After enlisting at Martinsburg, Virgina we marched with Captain John Carney to Albemarle Barracks to join Colonel Joseph Corckett's regiment. I served as drummer of said regiment and was promoted to Drum Major. From Albemarle Barracks we marched the prisoners taken from Burgoyne's defeat to frrederick Towne, Maryland." Colonel Crockett's regiment served on the western frontier of Virginia to aid in taking posts to cover the western frontier and eventually join Colonel George Rogers Clark on occasion. Colonel Clark had already commanded 2 major victories in the war and wanted to mount a campaign against Detroit, a British stronghold that the Indians used as a base for increasingly violent raids on the frontier settlements. In September 1780 Governor Thoma Jefferson informed Carl lthat he was sending him all his available men to include Coloonel Joseph Crockett and his 280 soldiers, which included JOSEPH YADON. In October 1780 Jefferson and GEn'l George Washington authorized Clark to mount the campaign to take DEtroit. Clark was given additional men and upplies and promotied to Brigadier GEneral, given complete authority to the extent of changing the objective if Detroit proved unattainable. He was to assemble his men at Ppittsburg, descend the Ohio River to the Falls, march northward, crush Indian resistance all the way to Detroit. Joseph Yadon wrote in his pension application:

"We were ordered to Pittsburg where we joined General Clark. We took boats to descend teh River Ohio to the Falls. After we reached the Falls (now Louisville KY in late August 1781) Captain Tipton and Chapman were both killed in a skirmish with Indiains. We stayed at the Falls until December when I was honorably discharged."

See Membership book, Daughters of the American Colonists, Vol. XXI, p 248

Records in a Yadon family Bible & in a membership book of the above state that JOSEPH YADON was a drummer with the British troops and that he was captured or deserted to join the Colonial Army, also as a drummer. Later he was a Drum Major. His military service is documented in his pension application, which he filed 20 August 1832. The original document in which he relates his service is filed in the Natl Archives as JOSEPH YADER (Yaden) S-1742 He was discharged from Army in December 1781 and returned to Martinsburg, VA. On January 12,1792 he married Marry Pennybaker. He originally came to America as a British soldier from Ireland during American Revolution.

apellings of name: Yadoon, Yaden, Yeadon, Yaydon

Title: Down in the Barnes, the Kecks of Claiborne County, TN

Author: Virginia Fletcher

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Media: Book

Page: page 144

Text: Cited sources: Family Bible of William C. Yadon, Andersonville, TN as seen 267 Jan 1935 by author Marshall A. Wilson, Families of the Norris Reservoir Area, Knoxville, TN: TVA Authority, 1949), pag e 276. and DAR application opapers of Members #135331 and #144265

Title: Down in the Barnes, the Kecks of Claiborne County, TN

Author: Virginia Fletcher

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Media: Book

Page: page 144

Text: cited source: Ralph Pierce, Yadon Family Book, self published, Route 1, Box 87, Stansberry, MO, 1973, page 8.

Title: Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files

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Note: National Archives at San Bruno

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Title: DAR #135330 and # 144265

Title: Down in the Barnes, the Kecks of Claiborne County, TN

Author: Virginia Fletcher

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Media: Book

Page: p136

DAR Records # 135330 and # 144265

Title: Down in the Barnes, the Kecks of Claiborne County, TN

Author: Virginia Fletcher

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Media: Book

Page: Page 4

Text: cited: Laurence Yadon II, The Yadons of Camben County, Missouri, self published; 3812 S. Troost, Tulsa, OK, 1981, pp 2-3.

Title: Reconstructed Census 1774-1810 Berekely Co., VA

Author: Max W. Grovee

Publication: Magic Press, 1970, Camp Springs, MO

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Joseph Preston Yadon was born in County Down, Ireland, near the village of Scarva. He ran away from home at an early age. When he was 12 years old, he enlisted as a drummer boy in the English Army (1776) and came to America shortly before the Revolution. He served under General Burgoyne and was captured with Burgoyne by the colonists. After his capture, he joined the continental troops and served two years as a drum major under Captains John Carney, Tipton, Capman and Cherry. He also served under Colonel Joseph Crockett. He was in Gen. Clarks's expedition to the Falls of Ohio. He enlisted at Martinsburg, Berkley County, Virginia (now WVa) in 1779 and was discharged in 1781. On January 12, 1782, now back in Martinburg, Virginia, Joseph Yadon married Mary Susannah Pennybaker, daughter of Jacob and Christina Dotterer Pennybaker. "Polly" Pennybaker's brother, Conrad Pennybaker, was a Fife Major 44th Virginia regiment in 1778 and died while in the army.

Joseph and Polly moved to Washington county, Virginia and then to Grainger (now Union) county, Tennessee to raise their large family. )12 Children! From 1832 until his death in 1838, he drew a pension of $24.00 quarterly. Joseph and Susannah Mary Yadon resided at or near Maynardsville, Union County, Tennessee. At one time, he was the postmaster at "Haynes" Tennessee. Many of his original documents were signed with a mark, and the name is spelled various ways: Yadon, Yaden, Yaydon, etc. on the pension papers.

Joseph P. Yeadon/Yadon was a 16 year year old drummer boy in the Irish Army in 1772, and 1777 his Regiment was sent to Canada and then took part in the Battle of Stillwater, New York, during the Revolutionary War. Family stories say the Joseph was among those captured and marched to a prisoner of war camp near Charlottesville, VA.

Apparetnly Joseph preferred to remain in AMerica, and in 1779 he enlisted in the United States Army in Martinsburg, VA. He served two years and was honorably discharged in December 1781.

Joseph was a 16 year old drummer boy in the Irish Army in 1772, and in 1777 his Regiment was sent to Canada and then took part in the battle of Stillwater, New York, during the Revolutionary War. Family stories say that Joseph was among those captured and marched to a prisoner of war camp near Charlottesville, VA.

Apparently Joseph preferred to remain in America, and in 1779 he enlisted in the United States Army at Martinsburg, VA. He served two years and honorably discharged in December 1781.

Yadon, Joseph Preston b. 17 Dec 1756 in Near Scarva, Down, Ireland

(md. to Mary Susanna Pennybaker) Many DAR numbers but this is one of them: 0668010

Joseph Preston Yadon was born in County Down, Ireland, near the village of Scarva. He ran away from home at an early age. When he was 12 years old, he enlisted as a drummer boy in the English Army (1776) and came to America shortly before the Revolution. He served under General Burgoyne and was captured with Burgoyne by the colonists. After his capture, he joined the continental troops and served two years as a drum major under Captains John Carney, Tipton, Capman and Cherry. He also served under Colonel Joseph Crockett. He was in Gen. Clarks's expedition to the Falls of Ohio. He enlisted at Martinsburg, Berkley County, Virginia (now WVa) in 1779 and was discharged in 1781. On January 12, 1782, now back in Martinburg, Virginia. Joseph Yadon married Mary Susannah Pennybaker, daughter of Jacob and Christina Dotterer Pennybaker. "Polly" Pennybaker's brother, Conrad Pennybaker, was a Fife Major 44th Virginia regiment in 1778 and died while in the army. Joseph and Polly moved to Washington county, Virginia and then to Grainger (now Union) county, Tennessee to raise their large family. (12 Children!) From 1832 until his death in 1838, he drew a pension of $24.00 quarterly. Joseph and Susannah Mary Yadon resided at or near Maynardville, Union County, Tennessee. At one time, he was the postmaster at "Haynes" Tennessee. Many of his original documents were signed with a mark, and the name is spelled various ways: Yadon, Yaden, Yaydon, Yeadon etc. on the pension papers.

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Spouse:

 Mary Susannah Pennybaker Yadon (1763 - 1838)*

Children:

 Elizabeth Yaden Capps (1782 - 1854)*

 Jacob Yadon (1787 - 1856)*

 William Proctor Yadon (1791 - 1859)*

 Sarah Evans (1796 - 1870)*

 Joseph Preston Yadon (1799 - 1873)*

 Thomas Yadon (1801 - 1886)*

 Ann Yadon Moulder (1803 - 1876)*

 Margaret Yadon Capps McKay (1806 - 1884)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Yadon Cemetery Union County Tennessee, USA

Created by: Kimberly McDaniel Record added: Jan 31, 2005 Find A Grave Memorial# 10407928

Left home in County Down at 12 years of age to join the English army as a drummer. Came to the American Colonies pre-Revolution. He was captured by and later joined the Continental Army. He enlisted in 1779 and was discharged in 1781 and soon married Susanna Mary Pennybaker.

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