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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Yancey County, North Carolina. Official Website In December 1833, the General Assembly established a new western county, named Yancey. It was named in honor of Bartlett Yancey, of Caswell County. As a U.S. Congressman (1813–1817) and as speaker of the N.C. Senate (1817–1827), he was instrumental in many accomplishments that benefite...