- [S5] 1880 Federal Census, Jackson County, Georgia. National Archives and Record Administraton micropublication T9, Roll #153, online www.ancestry.com .
- [S6] 1900 Federal Census, Jackson County, Georgia. National Archives and Record Administraton micropublication T623, Roll #206, online www.ancestry.com .
- [S13] George Harrison Sanford King, compiler, The Register of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia, 1723-1758 and Sundry Historical and Genealogical Notes (Fredericksburg, VA: n.pub., 1961). Hereinafter cited as Overwharton Parish Register.
- [S15] Ruth and Sam Sparacio, compilers, Stafford County, Virginia Will Book (Liber M) 1729-1748 (McLean, VA: Antient Press, 1987). Hereinafter cited as Stafford Co, VA Will Book M.
- [S16] Ruth and Sam Sparacio, compiler, Stafford County, VA Will Book (Liber O) 12 July 1748 - July Court 1767 (McLean, VA: Antient Press, 1987). Hereinafter cited as Stafford Co, VA Will Book O.
- [S32] James Yelton file; S30810; Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files; M804, Roll #2658 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Adminstration).
- [S35] Personal Property Tax Lists, Amherst County, Virginia; Roll #18; Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. Hereinafter cited as Personal Property Tax, Amherst Co, VA.
- [S40] Marriage Bond of James Yelton and Mary Canup, North Carolina Office of Archives and History, in, Raleigh, North Carolina.Photocopy in possession of author. Hereinafter cited as Yelton-Canup Marriage Bond.
- [S41] Brent H. Holcomb, compiler, Marriages of Rutherford County, North Carolina, 1779-1868 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1986). Hereinafter cited as Rutherford Co, NC Marriages (Holcomb).
- [S46] 1830 Federal Census, Rutherford County, North Carolina. National Archives and Record Administraton micropublication M19, Roll #124, online www.ancestry.com .
- [S47] 1840 Federal Census, Rutherford County, North Carolina. National Archives and Record Administraton micropublication M704, Roll #370, online www.ancestry.com .
- [S66] James E. & Vivian Wooley, compiler, Rutherford County, NC Wills and Miscellaneous Records 1783-1868 (Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1984). Hereinafter cited as Rutherford Co, NC Wills, 1783-1868.
- [S85] 1870 Federal Census, Cherokee County, North Carolina. National Archives and Record Administraton micropublication M593, Roll #1130, online www.ancestry.com .
- [S87] Brian Keith Aldridge, 1880 Graham County, North Carolina Census (Marion, NC: 1994).
- [S88] Bill and Wilma Millsaps, Old Mother Church Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions (Robbinsville, North Carolina: Grahm County Historical Society, 1992). Hereinafter cited as Old Mother Church.
- [S89] Graham County, NC Marriage Register, Graham County Courthouse, in, Robbinsville, North Carolina. Hereinafter cited as Graham Co, NC Marriages.
- [S90] Graham County, NC Death Certificates, Graham County Courthouse, in, Robbinsville, North Carolina. Hereinafter cited as Graham Co, NC Deaths.
- [S91] 1900 Federal Census, Graham County, North Carolina. National Archives and Record Administraton micropublication T623, Roll #1196, online www.ancestry.com .
- [S92] 1910 Federal Census, Graham County, North Carolina. National Archives and Record Administraton micropublication T624, Roll #1113, online www.ancestry.com .
- [S94] 1850 Federal Census (Free Schedule), Yancey County, North Carolina. National Archives and Record Administraton micropublication M432, Roll #656, online www.ancestry.com .
- [S96] Mitchell County, North Carolina, Index to Delayed Birth Certificates. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, hereinafter cited as Mitchell Co, NC Delayed Births.
- [S97] Paul Garland, The History of the Garland Family in America (Louisville, TN: 1994).
- [S98] Mitchell County, North Carolina, Index to Vital Statistics - Deaths, 1913-1970. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, hereinafter cited as Mitchell Co, NC Deaths.
- [S99] Mitchell County, North Carolina, General Index to Marriage Register, 1860-1937. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, hereinafter cited as Mitchell Co, NC Index to Marriages.
- [S100] Mitchell County, North Carolina, Mitchell County, NC Marriage Register, 1861-1969. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, hereinafter cited as Mitchell County, NC Marriage Register.
- [S101] Yancey County, North Carolina, Marriage Register, 1851-1967. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, hereinafter cited as Yancey Co, NC Marriages.
- [S102] 1860 Federal Census (Free Schedule), Yancey County, North Carolina. National Archives and Record Administraton micropublication M653, Roll #919, online www.ancestry.com .
- [S103] Toe Valley Genealogical Society, 1870 Federal Census Mitchell County, NC (Spruce Pine, NC: Toe Valley Genealogical Society, 1991). Hereinafter cited as 1870 Census Transcription, Mitchell Co, NC.
- [S104] 1870 Federal Census, Mitchell County, North Carolina. National Archives and Record Administraton micropublication M593, Roll #1149, online www.ancestry.com .
- [S107] 1880 Federal Census, Mitchell County, North Carolina. National Archives and Record Administraton micropublication T9, Roll #973, online www.ancestry.com .
- [S113] Patricia LaBach, compiler, Mitchell County, North Carolina Cemetery Listings Prior to 1913; From the Historical Survey sponsored by the WPA 1939-1942 (Spruce Pine, NC: Toe Valley Genealogical Society, 1992). Hereinafter cited as Mitchell County, NC Cemeteries (WPA).
- [S116] Mitchell County, NC Loose Estate Papers, North Carolina Office of Archives and History, in, Raleigh, North Carolina. Hereinafter cited as Mitchell County Estate Papers.
- [S120] 1900 Federal Census, Mitchell County, North Carolina. National Archives and Record Administraton micropublication T623, Roll #1206 & #1207, online www.ancestry.com .
- [S122] Iris Reily, "Yelton Family", September, 2001. . Hereinafter cited as "Yelton Family".
- [S125] United States Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Database. RootsWeb.com (http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/).
- [S126] Miles S. Philbeck, "European Origins of Johann Leonhardt Bender, a.k.a. Leonard Painter", Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County XV, No. 2 (May 1987). Hereinafter cited as "Johann Leonhardt Bender."
- [S127] Jacob Tack, Pension File of Jacob Tack, S7677, File #S7677 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration).
- [S142] W. D. Floyd, The Cemeteries of the Area that was Old Tryon County, NC & Upper SC http://rfci.net/wdfloyd/). Hereinafter cited as Rutherford County Cemeteries.
- [S150] Lallie H. Hill, Death Certificate 10552, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta, Georgia.
- [S195] Axie (Yelton) Garland, Application for Social Securty number dated 12 Feb 1965.
- [S210] North Carolina Death Records, online www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as NC Death Records.
- [S317] 1920 Federal Census, Mitchell County, North Carolina. National Archives and Record Administraton micropublication T625, Roll #1311, online www.ancestry.com .
- [S356] 1810 Federal Census, Rutherford County, North Carolina. National Archives and Record Administraton micropublication M252, Roll#42, online www.ancestry.com .
- [S624] 1930 Federal Census, Graham County, North Carolina. National Archives and Record Administraton online www.ancestry.com .
- [S633] Rutherford County, North Carolina, Minutes, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1838-1850. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, hereinafter cited as Rutherford Co, NC Court Minutes.
- [S782] John Vogt and T. William Kethley Jr, compilers, Stafford County, Virginia Tithables: quit rent, personal property taxes, and related lists and petitions, 1723-1790 (Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Company, 1990). Hereinafter cited as Stafford Co, VA Tithables.
- [S784] Ruth and Sam Sparacio, compilers, Stafford County, Virginia Deed Book P, 1755-1765 (McLean, VA: Antient Press, 1987). Hereinafter cited as Stafford Co, VA Deed Book P.
- [S825] Stafford County, Virginia, Deed Book S, 1780-1786. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, hereinafter cited as Stafford Co, VA Deed Book S.
- [S1404] Personal information.
- [S1937] North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975, online www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as NC Death Certificates.