William Francis Yardley in Knoxville, Tennessee

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William Francis Yardley

Summit Hill, Dandridge, and Vine, Knoxville, TN , USA

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Born in Knox County in 1844, he taught school and began the study of law in the late 1860s. In 1873, he was the first African American in Knoxville to be admitted to the State Bar; he served as Justice of the Peace, Alderman, and Second Assistant Fire Chi

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