Seymour (Semore) York 
Seymour (Semore) was born about 1777 in Randolph County, North Carolina. Seymour (Semore)'s father was Jeremiah York and his mother was Sarah Allred. His paternal grandparents were Semore York and Sylvania L Aldredge; his maternal grandparents were John Allred and Margaret Cheney. He had seven brothers and seven sisters, named John Crabtree, Jabez, Thomas, Darius, Jeremiah Jr., Barnabus, William, Sarah, Ann, Aquilla, Hulda, Dorcas, Jane and Catherine. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named Andrew J., Alford D. and Tamer. He died in Rabun County, GA.General Notes
1850 Slave Schedule for Rabun Co, GA shows Seamore York owning:
1 black female age 45
1 black male age 37
1 black female age 14
1 black male age 10
1 black male age 7
1 black male age 5
From Deeds and Land Records Rabun Co, GaGenWeb:
Deed Book C, p. 30 (transcribed to Book Q, p. 540) Deed dated 8 Jun. 1841, recorded 15 Jun 1841, from Allen R. Gaines, Administrator, Estate of Benjamin O'Neill, of Rabun Co., GA, to Semore York, Rabun Co., GA, conveyed north part of Lots 8 and 9, Second District, and 25 acres, being the northeast corner of Lots 21, Fifth District, Rabun Co., GA for $355. Witnesses: James Bleckley and John York. Signed: A. R. Gaines (MM1)
Deed Book A, p. 125 (transcribed to Book R, p. 78) Deed dated 10 Jan. 1826, recorded 23 Aug. 1826, from Lazarus Tilley and Sarah Tilley, his wife, Rabun Co., GA, to Semore York, Rabun Co., GA, conveyed 304½ acres, Lots 18, 11, 17, Second District, for $600. Witnesses: George Crawford and Elisha Wellborn, J.P. Signed: Lazarus Tilley and Sarah Tilley. (MM1)
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Excerpted from "Sketches of Rabun County History" (reprinted in 1959) by Andrew Jackson Ritchie:
"In the back of the old musty volume, Book A, in the record of deeds we find that as early as 1818, a year before Rabun County was created by the Legislature, the old Jeffry Bek on his plantation in the Pickensville district of South Carolina was writing a will which was afterwards recorded as a deed. In this instrument he says that he has given his lands to his sons and is undertaking to give two of his six negroes to his daughter Miriam and her husband, Seymour York. Thus Seymour York was a brother in law of the noted Colonel Sam Beck. He was then married and was living in South Carolina.
The next we see of this mans in the recrods of deeds which show that on June 10, 1826 he purchased from Lazarus Tilley of Rabun County parts of land lots 11, 17 and 18 on Scott's Creek west of Clayton, containing 300 acres, at the price of $600. Here Seymour York made his home and reared his family. He built a corn mill on the creek. The heavy sills of locust timber are still there, and the mill has been in use until recently. This man was thus the patriarch of all the Yorks in Rabun County, so far as we know."
The only children of Seymour York were three sons - Jeremiah, John and Jeffry."
Grand Juror, April term 1829.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.BET 1635 AND 1639 in Olney, Buckingham County, England d.UNKNOWN in Maryland
- b.~ 1657 in Olney, Buckingham County, England d.5 MAR 1694/95 in Olney, Buckingham County, England
- b.05 Jul 1629 in St. Andrew, Holborn, London, England d.UNKNOWN
- b.11 Oct 1694 in Olney Parish, Buckingham, England d.11 Oct 1784 in Prince George Co, MD or Randolph Co, NC
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1727 in Pipecreek Settlement, Union County, Maryland d.08 Feb 1783 in Randolph County, North Carolina
- b.08 Nov 1635 d.30 Jul 1709
- b.BET 1700 AND 1710 in Olney, Buckingham County, England d.1770 in Randolph Co, NC
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1753 in Pipe Creek, Carroll, MD d.09 Oct 1835 in Randolph County, North Carolina
- b.May 1629 in East Wellow Parish, Wiltshire, England d.2 MAR 1668/69
- b.28 Dec 1653 in Wiltshire, England d.01 Nov 1708 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
- b.1632 in Wiltshire, England d.UNKNOWN
- b.13 MAR 1702/03 in South River/All Hallows, Anne Arundel County, Maryland d.1770 in Randolph Co, NC
- b.~ 1617 in St. Andrew's, Plymouth, Devon, England d.1679 in South River, Anne Arundel, MD
- b.BET 1655 AND 1659 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland d.19 Oct 1719
- b.1618 d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1731 in Bath County, Virginia or New Hanover County, NC d.1791 in Randolph County, North Carolina
- b.1704 in All Hallow's Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland d.24 Oct 1793 in Randolph Co, NC
- b.~ 1777 in Randolph County, North Carolina d.BET 1857 AND 1859 in Rabun County, GA
- b.25 Sep 1636 in Worstead, Norfolk County, England d.16 JAN 1697/98 in Werstead, Norfolk County, England
- b.FEB 1677/78 in St. Stephen's Parish, Northumberland, VA d.20 JAN 1723/24 in Wicompico Parish, Northumberland, VA
- b.1646 in Werstead, Norfolk County, England d.20 Sep 1699 in Northumberland County, Virginia
- b.16 May 1706 in Wicompico Parish, Northumberland County, Virginia d.15 Sep 1792 in Randolph County, North Carolina
- b.BET 1645 AND 1646 in St. Stephen's Parish, Northumberland, VA d.16 Apr 1701 in Northumberland County, VA
- b.BET 1678 AND 1679 in Wicompico, Northumberland County, Virginia d.19 Apr 1727 in Northumberland County, VA
- b.BET 1649 AND 1650 in Northumberland County, VA d.UNKNOWN
- b.1723 in Northumberland County, VA d.1792 in Randolph County, North Carolina
- b.~ 1640 in Berwick, York, Maine d.28 Sep 1692 in Slain by Indians
- b.1683 in Randolph County, North Carolina d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1641 in Hamilton Township, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.UNKNOWN in Dover, NH
- b.~ 1709 in Randolph Co, NC d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1687 in NC d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1780 in Randolph Co, NC d.BET 1810 AND 1824 in Randolph County, North Carolina
- b.1662 in New Kent, Virginia d.~ 1735 in New Kent Co, VA
- b.15 Dec 1696 in Peters Parish, New Kent co, Virginia d.~ 1737 in NC
- b.1660 in England/Europe d.1698 in VA
- b.1720 in Orange County, NC d.1804 in Randolph/Orange County, NC
- b.BET 1723 AND 1739 in Randolph County, North Carolina d.1801 in Randolph County, North Carolina
- b.BET 1719 AND 1730 in Ireland? or Randolph Co, NC? d.> 1757 in Randolph Co, NC
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Seymour (Semore) and Meriam were married in a religious ceremony on January 22nd, 1802 in North Carolina.1 They had three sons named Jeremiah, John B. and Jeffery.
Family Notes
Married in Randolph co, NC. bondsman was Peter Kivit. Bond #000115372.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/randolph/marriages/randolph.txt
Randolph County, NC - County Index to NC Marriages Database
Family Data Collection - Marriages Record at Ancestry.com
Miriam Beck married Seymore York 12 January 1802 in Randolph County, NC.
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Children
Jeremiah York
Jeremiah was born on December 16th, 1802 in Randolph County, North Carolina. He died at the age of 86 on December 20th, 1888 in Rabun County, GA. He was buried in Persimmon Baptist Church Cemetary, Rabun County, Georgia.
John B. York
John B. was born on August 7th, 1814. He died at the age of 90 on November 6th, 1904. He was buried in Clayton Baptist Cemetary, Clayton, Rabun, GA.
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