1. John Yates Sr. was born Mar 1754 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He died 16 Dec 1835.
John married Jemima Roper on 8 Mar 1779 in Caswell County, North Carolina. Jemima was born about 1755 in Virginia. She died before 2 May 1853.
They had the following children:
+ 2 M i John Yates Jr. + 3 M ii Hugh Yates Sr. + 4 M iii David Yates 5 F iv Yates Yates married Jesse Harwood. 6 F v Louisa Yates was born about 1792. Louisa married Abraham Johnson on 2 Mar 1822. 7 F vi Salvy Yates was born about 1795. Salvy married Jacob Michael on 10 Jul 1816. Jacob died 1827 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. 8 F vii Sarah Yates was born about 1798. Sarah married John Hamby on 15 Aug 1823. 9 M viii Tillman Yates was born about 1801. He died before 22 Feb 1856. Tillman married Mary Ann Bumgarner on 15 Apr 1831.