Maria E. (Bills) Yoakum (1816 - 1874)

Biography

Maria E.Bills was born on 18 Mar 1816 in Virginia, her father, John Enoch Bills and her mother, Mariah Mac Donald. She married Alfred Yoakum about 1833 in Wood, Virginia. Maria died on 29 May 1874 in Grant, West Virginia and was buried in Goldizen Family Cemetery, Maysville, Grant County, West Virginia.

Sources

• Year: 1850; Census Place: District 23, Hardy, Virginia; Roll: M432_950; Page: 68A; Image: 141. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• • Name: Alfred Yoakum
  • Age: 45
  • Birth Year: abt 1805
  • Birthplace: Virginia
  • Home in 1850: District 23, Hardy, Virginia, USA
  • Gender: Male
  • Family Number: 926
  • Household Members:
  • Name Age
  • Alfred Yoakum 45
  • Maria Yoakum 34
  • John Yoakum 8
  • Provey Yoakum 6
  • Michael Yoakum 5
  • George Yoakum 2

• Year: 1850; Census Place: District 25, Dade, Missouri; Roll: M432_398; Page: 294A; Image: 72. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• • Name: Alfred Yokum
  • Age: 46
  • Birth Year: abt 1804
  • Birthplace: Virginia
  • Home in 1850: District 25, Dade, Missouri, USA
  • Gender: Male
  • Family Number: 464
  • Household Members:
  • Name Age
  • Alfred Yokum 46
  • Maria Yokum 37
  • John Yokum 9
  • Poppy Yokum 6
  • Mike Yokum 4
  • George Yokum 3

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41H-N4N : 30 December 2015), Alfred Yoakum in entry for Samuel Cosner, 1860.

• • Marie was enumerated separately in another household with all the children. Very likely an interesting story here.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M41H-N4J : 30 December 2015), Maria Yoakum, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZHW-F35 : 17 October 2014), Mortimer Yoakum in household of George Yoakum, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 24, family 162, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,185.

• "West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q2QM-592T : 22 June 2016), Michael Yoakum, 1849, Probate 1 Jan 1855.

• • Will of Michael Yoakum Senr
  • 1. Dispose of all estate, debts and funeral expenses paid first
  • 2. Son Riley Yoakum, $1,000.; one equal half of all the balance of money arising from sale of estate, two negroes Phill & Martha, the two oldest children of Beck
  • 3. Son Alfred one equal half of all money arising from the sale of estate after payment is made to Riley of $1,000.; two negroes Elijah & Polly now in his possession
  • 4. Daughter Pelina Stump, three negroes Beck and her two youngest children now in her possession
  • 5. Daughter Helen Black, one negro girl Hannah now in her possession
  • 6. Son Adam, two negroes Flora & Elijah now in his possession, Elijah being the oldest son of Sally
  • 7. Son Christopher C. Yoakum, four negroes Delilah, George, Eliza & Job, all of whom he has had possession of
  • 8. Lastly, rest of estate equally divided between Riley & Alfred. Alfred Executor.
  • Dated April 1849 no day given
  • Probated 1 Jan 1855

• "West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QM-5SZZ : 22 June 2016), Alfred Yoakum, 1864.

• • Will of Alfred Yoakum, 1864
  • 1. To my beloved wife Marice..
  • 2. To my daughter Provy, $100, share of balance of estate.. in consideration of the fillial tenderness with which she has nursed in my last sickness
  • 3. To my wife, Maria, my son John, Michael, and George, and my daughter Provey, one horse
  • 4. Sale of land
  • 5. disposition of estate
  • 6. wife, Maria, and son John, Executors
  • Dated 16 Oct 1864

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178800807/maria-yokum: accessed January 23, 2026), memorial page for Maria Bills Yokum (1816–1874), Find A Grave: Memorial #178800807, citing Goldizen Family Cemetery, Maysville, Grant County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Diane Flanagan (contributor 48495926).