YOCUM SOLOMON

1773 - Aft 1850  (77 years)

• Name	YOCUM SOLOMON
  Born	1773	Moorefield, Ft. Harness Hardy, West Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft 29 Oct 1850	Denton, Denton Co, TX
  Person ID	I00920	Gynzer's Genealogy Database
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	YOCUM Michael,   b. 1740, Pennsylvania ,   d. Aft 1799  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	BOYLES Ann,   b. 8 Feb 1762, Bedford Co, VA
  Family ID	F00382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	ADAMS SUSANNA
  Married	1793	JEFFERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
  Children	1. YOCUM Sarah,   b. 1795   2. YOCUM George W.,   b. 16 Mar 1796, Jefferson Co.   3. YOCUM Solomon, II,   b. 1797, Jefferson CO., TN + 4. YOCUM DANIEL,   b. 1798, Jefferson Co., TN   5. YOCUM Jesse,   b. 1799, Jefferson Co., TN   6. YOCUM Michael,   b. 1799, Jefferson Co., TN   7. YOCUM Jacob,   b. 1802, Jefferson Co., TN   8. YOCUM Winnie,   b. 1805, Jefferson Co., TN + 9. YOCUM JOHN,   b. 2 May 1808, Jefferson Co., TN ,   d. Feb 1887  (Age 78 years)   10. YOCUM Henry,   b. 1810, TN
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2013
  Family ID	F00290	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
  Children	1. YOCUM PENINAH (PERNEMIA) (YOCKUM),   b. 1817, Arkansas; dob may be 1815; second spouse to Joseph Philibert II ,   d. Aug 1852, Missouri  (Age 35 years)   2. YOCUM Michael,   b. 1818   3. YOCUM Rebecca,   b. 1820   4. YOCUM Nancy,   b. 1821
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2013
  Family ID	F12407	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  The Yocum Dollar When the Delaware Indains established themselves along this tributary of the White river, the Yoakum's soon learned that they were recipients of a federal annuity of about $4,000 in silver species. By the 1820's, some of the Yocums (including Solomon) had found a way to obtain some of that silver. They made potent peach brandy to use as trading material. Providing Indians with liquor was illegal, so, according to Mr. Morrow, the Yocums felt it wise to "launder" their profits by melting down the federal silver and recasting it as the famed "Yocum Dollar." Creating new coinage was not yet an illegal act. To cover their activities, they claimed the silver came from a mine they had found; later, when the Delaware left the area along with their annuity, the mine entrance was supposedly blocked by a cave-in. It has never been found. From http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/53261165/person/13770600343/photo/1?pgnum=1&pg=32816&pgpl=pid%7cpgNum

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Yoachum Family Name Origina Information Found off of RootsWeb mail list. Supposedly reported from the Catholic Encyclopedia online. This has not been fully confirmed as of April, 2004
  		Yachum (Yochum) Family Name Origins Post on RootsWeb which sites several sources for the roots of the Yochum name.
  		The Yochum Dollar The Yochum Dollar by Lynn Morrow
  		Yocum Silver Dollar: Fact or Legend? Yocum Silver Dollar: Fact or Legend? White River Valley Historical Quarterly Volume 7, Number 11, Spring 1982
  		Legend of the Yocum Dollars Legend of the Yocum Dollars - By Chick Allen - for State of the Ozarks.net - August 24, 2008
  		Yocum Information from Historical Quarterly Yocum Information from Historical Quarterly http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/53261165/person/13770600343/story/1?pg=32817&pgpl=pid
  		Yocums mentioned in Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Book Yocums mentioned in Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Book
  		Yocum, Solomon - Estate Records from Denton County Texas Yocum, Solomon - Estate Records from Denton County Texas
  		Yocums mentioned in The McCullough Community and Williams Township Stone County, Missouri Yocums mentioned in The McCullough Community and Williams Township Stone County, Missouri