Bartlett Yancey | |
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives from North Carolina's 9th district | |
In office March 4, 1813 –March 3, 1817 | |
Preceded by | James Cochran |
Succeeded by | Thomas Settle |
Personal details | |
Born | North Carolina,U.S. | February 19,1785
Died | August 30,1828 43) Caswell County,North Carolina,U.S. | (aged
Bartlett Yancey (February 19,1785 - August 30,1828) was an American politician who was a U.S. congressman from North Carolina,United States,between 1813 and 1817. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican party.
Born near Yanceyville,North Carolina,Yancey attended Hyco Academy in Caswell County before enrolling at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1804 to 1806. After studying in Hillsborough,North Carolina under Archibald Debow Murphey,Yancey was admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1807 and practiced law.
Yancey was elected to the 13th United States Congress in 1812 and re-elected in 1814 to the 14th Congress,serving from March 4,1813 to March 3,1817. [1] During both terms,he chaired the Committee on Claims. Refusing to run for Congress again in 1816,Yancey instead ran for the North Carolina Senate and served there for ten years,from 1817 to 1827;he served as Speaker of the North Carolina Senate for his entire tenure in the legislature.
In 1825,Bartlett Yancey was offered the position of "Minister" to Peru. Today this position is called ambassador. While the offer formally was made by President John Quincy Adams,it was upon the recommendation of US Secretary of State Henry Clay,who served in that post 1825 to 1829. Yancey declined the offer.
In 1808,Bartlett Yancey married his first cousin Ann Graves (1786-1855),and the couple had ten children. No son of Bartlett Yancey had a son. Thus,this branch of the Yancey surname died out.
He died at his home ("Oakland") near Milton,North Carolina,in 1828,and is buried in the Yancey Family Cemetery in Yanceyville.
Yancey was a slave owner. [2]
Named in his honor are:(1) the Town of Yanceyville (Caswell County,North Carolina); [3] (2) Bartlett Yancey High School (in Yanceyville);and (3) Yancey County,North Carolina.
The Bartlett Yancey House in Yanceyville was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [4]
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Yancey may refer to:
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Caswell County,North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Graves House is a historic home located at Yanceyville,Caswell County,North Carolina. It was built about 1780,and is a tripartite Georgian style frame dwelling consisting of a three bay by four bay center section flanked by wings one bay wide and three bays deep.
Bartlett Yancey House is a historic home located in Yanceyville,Caswell County,North Carolina. It consists of a two-story L-shaped Greek Revival block added to the front of the original Federal house in 1856. The original section was built around 1810. It features a Victorian overlay of front and side porches added late 19th century. Also on the property are the original smokehouse,a Federal period law office,several log tobacco barns,and the Yancey family graveyard. It was the home of Congressman Bartlett Yancey (1785-1828).
Yanceyville Historic District is a national historic district located in Yanceyville,Caswell County,North Carolina,USA. It encompasses 11 contributing buildings in the county seat of Yanceyville. It includes notable examples of Greek Revival style architecture. In addition to the separately listed Caswell County Courthouse,other notable buildings include the Thornton House,Paul Haralson House,Jeremiah Graves House (Dongola),Dr. Nathaniel Roan House,Presbyterian Church,Kerr House,Thomas D. Johnston House,and the brick store.
Bartlett Yancey High School (BYHS) is a public high school located in Yanceyville,North Carolina,serving students in the ninth through twelfth grade. It is in the Caswell County Schools school district.