CLAYTON LIBRARÏ THE Yancy - Caddell AND Allied Families BY I LA MITCHELL CONNER 1959 FOREWORD History of one's country is interesting, but history of one's descen­ dants and family is something to be cherished. The information collected and given in this book took time and effort on the part of the author, Mrs. Robert Conner, who is my sister. One of her hobbies was securing data for our family records which gives from the years 1732 to 1959. Each family connected is grateful for this genealogy. Because of this book comes out from the garden of memories the history of my parents and grandparents as well as other relatives. Zora Mitchell Hill Winters, Texas March 14, 1959 PREFACE It has been, a privilege to collect data, and write a recorded family his­ tory. The purpose was to preserve family records and history of our des­ cendents. May we cherish the memory of those who have gone on and what they have contributed to our heritage. Also, may our future generations be proud of our achievements and what we have contributed to our family history. This could not have been accomplished without help and thanks to all who have assisted. Especially, for using information on the Bright Family, found in Georgië Hopkins Ford book entitled, "Kentucky Brights and their Kin". Ha Mitchell Conner Winters, Texas March 14, 1959 The Yancy - Caddell and Allied Families BY I LA MITCHELL CONNER - 1959 Table of Contents FOREWORD Zora Mitchell Hill PREFACE Ila Mitchell Conner LINEAGES: Bright, Caddell, Burriss, Yancy, McAnulty and Allied Families ILLUSTRATIONS Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Yancy 12 Lizzie Mitchell 13 Luther Mitchell 13 Group Picture: John Yancy, Mrs. Howard Mitchell, Frank Yancy 12' Hulan and Alice Yancy 22 Mack Yancy 13 Ardeen Yancy 23 Group Picture: Percy Yancy, Mattie Yancy, J. R. Yancy 13 Raymond Mitchell 2 3 John Hammett 22 Windell Smith, Hot Rods 22 FAMILY CHART: J. R. Yancy and Martha (Mattie) Caddell t 18-20 ADDRESS DIRECTORY i 37.38 LINEAGE INDEX 39 The Bright Family Albertus Bright Patience Hopkins 1732-1824 (92 years) 1732-1813 (81 years) Albertus and Patience (Hopkins) Bright were the great, great grand­ father and grandmother of Mattie Caddel Yancy. Albertus was born, Octo­ ber 7, 1732 and died March 12, 1824, Shelby County, Kentucky. He mar­ ried Patience Hopkins, who was born December B5, 1732 and died in Sep­ tember, 1813 at Shelby County Kentucky. Albertus Bright lived in Virginia and South Carolina before moving to Kentucky. They came to Kentucky in 1788 and first settled at Bryan's Station, Fayette County. Albertus Bright is recorded as one of the trustees of the church in a deed of conveyance of the land on which the church house was built. They later moved to Shelby County, Kentucky and settled on a farm two miles south of Eminence, Kentucky and near Old Fox Run Baptist church. They were buried in a grove on their farm near the church. In 1929 the old homestead was still owned by Edgar Bright Hall, a great, great, great grandson. Albertus and Patience Bright had seven children. 1. Tobias Bright (Mattie Caddel Yancy's great grandfather) 2. Hopkins Bright 3. Albert Bright 4. Lewis Bright, born March 24, 1773 5. Susanna Bright 6 Eleanor Bright, born in 1775 7. Mary Bright, born June 1, 1778; died Otcober 1, 1849, in Kentucky Tobias Bright Jane Ford 1760-1801 (41 years) .1817 Tobias Bright married Jane Ford. They were the great grandfather and the great grandmother of Mattie Yancy. Tobias and Jane had five children. 1. Elizabeth Bright, born 1787; died 1862 2. John W. Bright, born April 29, 1791; died July 19, 1880 3. Jeptha Bright, born March 19, 1793; died in 1870, Eminence, Ky. 4. William Bright, born July 1795; died 1859, in Montgomery county, Kentucky 5. Nancy Bright, born 1797; died 1817 in Eminence, Kentucky William Bright Eleanor Crabb 1795-1859 (64 years) 1802-1881 (79 years) William Bright was the grandfather of Mattie Caddel Yancy. He was born July 9, 1795 in Montgomery County, Kentucky. William Bright mar­ ried Eleanor Crabb, May 12, 1818, Shelby County, Kentucky. Eleanor Crabb was born May 31, 1802, Shelby County, Kentucky. In 1848 William Bright and his wife Eleanor moved from Kentucky' to Texas. They took with them their slaves and eight sons and daughters, two children, Evaline and James D. remained in Kentucky. One daughter died two years before. They were farmers and expected to farm in their new homes, so they brought with them their wagons, teams and farming imple­ ments. Their household goods and supplies were taken to Louisville on 1 wagons and then everything and everyone tbok passage on a boat on the Ohio down the Mississippi, and from the Mississippi to the Red River on to Shreveport, Louisana. They left the boat and took passage in the wagon again. The intended destination was Dallas, Texas about two hundred miles west of Shreveport, but a mistake was made and when they traveled the estimated distance they found themselves about sixty miles south of Dallas in Navarro Coun­ ty and ten miles south of Corsicana, Texas, There they acquired land and went through hardships of pioneers. The sons were all farmers but handy with tools. William Bright and Eleanor Crabb had eleven children. 1. James \Drane Bright, born 1817; died 1875 2. Evaline Bright, born 1820; died 1878 3. Malvina Bright, born 1822; died 1878 4. PrisciUa Bright, born 1824; died 1862 5. Stephen Bright, born 1826; died 1869 6. Elizabeth Emma Bright, born May 1829; died 1846, buried at Emin­ ence, Kentucky. 7. John Milford Bright, born 1831; died 1899 8. Nancy .Ajmanda Bright, born October 7, 1833; died September 9, 1865; married 'William J. Caddel, they were the mother and father of Mattie Caddel Yancy. 9. William Harrison Bright, born May 1836; died 1896 10. Theodore Smith Drane Bright, born 1838; died 1881, Corsicana, Texas. 11. Eleanor Drane Bright, born 1844 The Caddel or Caddell Family The Caddel name originally was spelled with one L, as the years went by the double L has been added. Some still prefer the one L, however, the majority of the families now are using the double L. The Caddel's originally came from North Carolina, then moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama and to Texas in 1834, while Texas Was still a Repub­ lic, settling on a league of land in de Zavala's Colony. The Caddel's are Scot-Irish. Andrew Caddell Rhoda Doty 1795-1869 1801-1880 Captain in Army Housewife Andrew Caddell, born in North Carolina, October 21, 1795', and moved early in life with his parents/to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. There in 1818 he was married to Rhoda Doty. In April 1834, they came to Texas with eight of their children. They settled in what is now San Augustine County Board. Andrew Caddell was a member bf Captain William Kimbro's San Augustine Company at San Jacinto and on January 31, 1840 he was issued Donation Certificate No. 1009 for 640 acres of land for having participated 2 in the battle. On January 31, 1840, he received Bounty Certificate No. 9445 for 320 acres of land for having; served in the army from March 15 to June 15, 1836. He later commanded, as Captain, a company of Volun­ teers raised in San Augustine County. Shortly after the revolution Captain Caddell moved to Nacogdoches. He served as Tax Assessor and Collector of Nacogdoches County from 1846 to 1854. He moved to Bell County in 1867 and settled on a farm near Bel- ton, Texas. Captain Caddell died October 15, 1869. In 1936, the Centennial Committee put a marker over the grave of Andrew Caddell, showing that he survived the Battle of San Jacinto and served as an officer in the Army of the Republic. This marker was placed pver his grave, in the Caddell cemetery, near Belton, Texas. Rhoda Caddell passed away March 18, 1880 and she is buried in the same cemetery. Born to this union: 1. John C. Caddell, who died without heirs; he was first county clerk of Bell County; buried in Caddell cemetery near Belton, Texas; married Polly McAnulty. 2. Jeremiah D. Caddell, was killed in the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, while serving in the Confederate Army. 3. William J. Caddell, married twice, his first wife, Nancy Amanda Bright; second wife Sarah McDaniel. 4. Andrew B. Caddell, married Susan Parks 5. Anthony B. Caddell, married twice 6. Newton Caddell, left no heirs 7. Joseph D. Caddell, married Sarah Milton 8. Robert Caddell, married a Miss Acrey 9. Martha Caddell, married William Sparks 10. Sarah Caddell, married William Acrey 11. Richard M. Caddell, married Sarah Elliot Grandchildren of Captain Andrew Caddell and wife were mentioned, when Captain Caddell was honored by Centennial Committee in 1936, as all of his children were deceased. The following were the names of his grandchildren. Mrs. W. W. Burriss, Nolanville, Texas; Mrs. James R. Yancy, Killeen; Mrs. Joseph Caddell, Snyder; Hudson Caddell; Mrs. W. E Boss, Snyder; John S. Caddell; Joseph Caddell, Sinton; Rains Caddell, Liberty, Kansas- William Caddell, Pearl, Texas; Robert Caddell, Vanderpool, Texas; Mrs'. Wes Reese, Ozona; Mrs. C. Irby, Ozona; Mrs. Jeff Mosley, Lampasas'; Mrs. George Newsome, McClain; Mrs. Charles Blakney, Throckmorton;' Mrs. Pythian, Snyder; Mrs. Blakney Caddell; Mrs. William Glay, Bryson; Joseph Caddell, Jacksboro; Robert Caddell; Newton Sparks; William Sparks; Ada Sparks; Mrs. Acrey, Deffan; Henry B. Caddell, Denton; Mrs. S. M. N. Marrs. Austin; Mrs. A. L. Zumwalt, Ardmore, Oklahoma. William J. Caddell Nancy Amanda Bright 1823-1895 (72 years) 1833-1865 (32 years) William J.