George C. Yount

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American pioneer California pioneer person settler

George C. Yount was an early 19th-century American pioneer and settler in California’s Napa Valley, recognized as the first permanent Euro-American resident there and a significant figure in the region’s development.

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George Calvert Yount 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American pioneer ⓘ
California pioneer ⓘ
person ⓘ
settler ⓘ
associatedWith Napa Valley ⓘ
surface form: Napa Valley wine region
birthDate 1794-05-04 ⓘ
birthPlace Burkes Garden, Virginia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
burialPlace Yountville ⓘ
surface form: Yountville, California
convertedUnder Mexican rule in California ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
deathDate 1865-10-05 ⓘ
deathPlace Napa County ⓘ
surface form: Napa County, California

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Yountville ⓘ
surface form: Yountville, California
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
surface form: Euro-American
familyName Yount ⓘ
founded Yountville ⓘ
surface form: Yountville, California
fullName George C. Yount self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: George Calvert Yount
givenName George ⓘ
knownFor early viticulture in Napa Valley ⓘ
hospitality to travelers in Napa Valley ⓘ
landGrant Rancho Caymus ⓘ
Rancho La Jota ⓘ
landGrantLocation Napa Valley ⓘ
language English ⓘ
militaryConflict War of 1812 ⓘ
movedTo California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Missouri ⓘ
namesakeOf Yountville ⓘ
surface form: Yountville, California
notableFor being the first permanent Euro-American settler in Napa Valley ⓘ
early development of Napa Valley ⓘ
occupation farmer ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
rancher ⓘ
trapper ⓘ
receivedLandGrantFrom Government of Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Mexican government
regionOfActivity Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
surface form: Alta California

Napa County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sonoma County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic ⓘ
residence Napa Valley ⓘ
Rancho Caymus ⓘ
servedIn United States Army ⓘ
settledIn Napa Valley ⓘ
Sonoma County, California ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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George C. Yount → fullName → George C. Yount self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Calvert Yount
Yountville → namedAfter → George C. Yount ⓘ