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Yancey (other)
Yancey may refer to: People *Bartlett Yancey (1785–1828), American politician *Benjamin Cudworth Yancey Jr. (1817–1891), American politician during the Civil War *Bert Yancey (1938–1994), American golfer *DeAngelo Yancey (born 1994), American football wide-receiver *George Yancey (born 1962), American sociologist *J Dilla (born James Yancey) (1974–2006), American music producer * Jean Yancey (1914–2000), American women's small business consultant and motivational speaker *Jimmy Yancey (died 1951), American pianist *Illa J (born John Derek Yancey, 1986), American rapper *Lovie Yancey (1912–2008), American businesswoman, founder of Fatburger *Philip Yancey (born 1949), American writer *Rick Yancey (born 1962), American novelist *Scott Yancey (born 1969), American TV personality and businessman *William Lowndes Yancey (1814–1863), Alabama politician who supported secession *Yancey Arias (born 1971), American actor *Yancey McGill (born 1952), American politician *Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartlett Yancey
Bartlett Yancey (February 19, 1785 - August 30, 1828) was a Democratic-Republican U.S. congressman from North Carolina, United States, between 1813 and 1817. Born near Yanceyville, North Carolina, Yancey attended Hyco Academy in Caswell County before enrolling at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1804 to 1806. After studying in Hillsborough, North Carolina under Archibald Debow Murphey, Yancey was admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1807 and practiced law. Yancey was elected to the 13th United States Congress in 1812 and re-elected in 1814 to the 14th Congress, serving from March 4, 1813 to March 3, 1817. During both terms, he chaired the Committee on Claims. Refusing to run for Congress again in 1816, Yancey instead ran for the North Carolina Senate and served there for ten years, from 1817 to 1827; he served as Speaker of the North Carolina Senate for his entire tenure in the legislature. In 1825, Bartlett Yancey was offered the position of "M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Yancey
Scott E. Yancey (born July 9, 1969) is a TV personality, businessman, real estate investor, and author. He is best known for his role on the A&E television series, ''Flipping Vegas'', a modern reality TV show in which Scott and his wife, Amie Yancey purchase and repair dilapidated homes in the Las Vegas Valley, and attempt to flip them for profit. Early life Yancey was born on July 9, 1969, in Los Angeles County, California, and raised in Studio City, California, where he attended North Hollywood High School. Personal life Yancey married his future ''Flipping Vegas'' costar, Amie, on January 26, 2000. Yancey has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. As of 2014, the couple had a pet dog, a dachshund named Tallulah. Career Real estate Yancey made his first real estate deal at the age of 14, when he received an insurance settlement of $30,000, which he used to purchase the 2nd deed of trust for a home mortgage as an investment with a 14% interest rate. While enrolled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanceyville, North Carolina
Yanceyville is a town in and the county seat of Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Piedmont Triad region of the state, the town had a population of 1,937 at the 2020 census. The settlement was founded in 1792 and was later named Yanceyville in honor of U.S. Congressman Bartlett Yancey, Jr., when chartered as an incorporated town in 1833. There are three public schools in Yanceyville as well as a satellite campus for Piedmont Community College. Maud F. Gatewood Municipal Park and Caswell Community Arboretum are popular recreational areas. Yanceyville Municipal Airport serves general aviation aircraft. History The identity of Yanceyville's namesake has been a matter of historical debate. The prevailing view is that the town is named after U.S. Congressman Bartlett Yancey, Jr., (1785–1828). Surviving documents had strongly suggested that it was named for Bartlett Yancey, Jr.'s older brother James Yancey (1768–1829). The elder Yancey was a legisla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yancey County
Yancey County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,470. Its county seat is Burnsville. This land was inhabited by the Cherokee prior to European settlement, as was much of the Southern Appalachian region. History Independent and sturdy Scottish, English, and Scotch-Irish and Irish settlers of the Carolina frontier had crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains and settled the Toe River Valley by the mid-18th century. In the year 1796, one of the early land speculators, John Gray Blount, paid for 326,640 acres (1322 km2) of land, a portion of which later became Yancey County, North Carolina. In December 1833, the General Assembly established a new western county, named Yancey, from sections of Burke and Buncombe counties. Yancey County was named in honor of Bartlett Yancey, of Caswell County. As a U.S. Congressman (1813–1817) and as speaker of the N.C. Senate (1817–1827), he was instrumental in many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yancey, Kentucky
Yancey is an unincorporated community and coal town A coal town, also known as a coal camp or patch, is a type of company town or mining community established by the employer, a mining company, which imports workers to the site to work the mineral find. The company develops it and provides residen ... in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office is closed. References Unincorporated communities in Harlan County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Coal towns in Kentucky {{HarlanCountyKY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yancy (musician)
Yancy Wideman Richmond (born July 16, 1980) is an American Christian musician, who plays worship and Christian pop music mainly focused towards a children's audience. Early and personal life Yancy was born Yancy LaDelle Wideman, on July 16, 1980, in Mississippi, to Jim and Julie Wideman (''née'', Spencer).She has a younger sister, and grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is married to Cory Richmond, and together they reside in Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ..., with their children. Music history Her music recording career began in 1997, while she has since released a number of albums, with four of them getting reviews. They are ''Rock-N-Happy Heart'' (2008), ''Stars, Guitars & Megaphone Dreams'' (2010), ''Roots for the Journey'' (2013), and ''Little Praise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yancey Thigpen
Yancey Dirk Thigpen (born August 15, 1969) is a former professional American football wide receiver who played for the San Diego Chargers (1991), the Pittsburgh Steelers (1992–1997), and the Tennessee Oilers/Titans (1998–2000). Before his NFL career, he played for Winston-Salem State University, where he also played collegiate basketball. National Football League years Thigpen played infrequently in his first three seasons, but had a breakout year in 1994, catching 36 passes for 546 yards. Then in 1995, he made the Pro Bowl, catching 85 passes for 1,307 yards and five touchdowns, and assisting his team to Super Bowl XXX Super Bowl XXX was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion ..., where he recorded three catches for 19 yards and a touchdown in the Steelers 27–17 loss to the Dal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yancey McGill
John Yancey McGill (born September 18, 1952) is an American politician from South Carolina. He was a member of the state Senate from 1989 to 2014. He served as the 90th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from June 2014 to January 2015. , he is the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Carolina. Career McGill was born on September 18, 1952, in Kingstree, South Carolina.Former Senator John Yancey McGill South Carolina State Senate. He attended, but did not graduate from The Citadel. He also attended Francis Marion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yancey Arias
Yancey Arias (born June 27, 1971) is an American actor. He played Miguel Cadena in the NBC series ''Kingpin'' and Gabriel Williams in the FX series '' Thief''. Life and career Arias's mother, Miriam, is Puerto Rican and his father, Tony, is Colombian. Arias was born and raised in New York City. He attended Moore Catholic High School and St. John's Preparatory School before studying theater at Carnegie Mellon University. His first big break came in the Broadway production of Miss Saigon in 1992, which he worked on in different capacities for several years. In addition to television roles, he also continued to work on stage, including a starring role in '' The Wild Party'' in 2000. In 2001, he moved to Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife, actress Anna Alvim. He was on the show '' Knight Rider'' for the first half season. In 2004, he played little DeeDee's(actress Essence Atkins) love interest on the sitcom Half & Half. In July 2013, it was announced that Arias woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lowndes Yancey
William Lowndes Yancey (August 10, 1814July 27, 1863) was an American journalist, politician, orator, diplomat and an American leader of the Southern secession movement. A member of the group known as the Fire-Eaters, Yancey was one of the most-effective agitators for secession and rhetorical defenders of slavery. An early critic of John C. Calhoun at the time of the Nullification Crisis of 1832–33, Yancey began to identify with Calhoun and the struggle against the forces of the anti-slavery movement by the late 1830s. In 1849, Yancey was a firm supporter of Calhoun's "Southern Address" and an adamant opponent of the Compromise of 1850. Throughout the 1850s, Yancey demonstrated an ability to hold large audiences under his spell for hours at a time and was sometimes referred to as the "Orator of Seccession". At the 1860 Democratic National Convention, he was instrumental in splitting the party into Northern and Southern factions as a leading opponent of Stephen A. Douglas a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Yancey
Richard Yancey (born November 4, 1962) is an American author who writes works of suspense, fantasy, and science fiction aimed at young adults. Life Rick Yancey was born in a Miami suburb, Florida. Yancey wrote his first short story in seventh grade while attending Crystal Lake Junior High School in Florida. After graduating from Lakeland Senior High School, he was accepted to Florida Southern College and majored in Communications. After a year at Florida Southern College, Yancey transferred to Florida State University and ultimately graduated from Roosevelt University with a B.A. in English. After graduation, Yancey planned on attending law school. Ultimately, Yancey decided against law school and began teaching English classes as well as acting and directing in local community theatres. In 1991, Yancey applied for a government job and was hired by the Internal Revenue Service, where he worked as an agent for twelve years. Yancey also spent 10 years of his life in Knoxville, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Cudworth Yancey Jr
Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thirteenth child and twelfth and youngest son) in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He was also the progenitor of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. Unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan according to biblical narrative. In the Samaritan Pentateuch, Benjamin's name appears as "Binyamēm" (Samaritan Hebrew: , "son of days"). In the Quran, Benjamin is referred to as a righteous young child, who remained with Jacob when the older brothers plotted against Joseph. Later rabbinic traditions name him as one of four ancient Israelites who died without sin, the other three being Chileab, Jesse and Amram. Name The name is first mentioned in letters from King Sîn-kāšid of Uruk (1801–1771 BC), who called himself “King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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