[1] Yeaton probably brought along his slave, Senegal, during Scammel's patrols, as was this practice was permitted by the Treasury Department at this time.

[5] He suffered from poor health and retired to a farm at Eastport, Maine at the age of seventy.

[7] The tomb of Hopley Yeaton lies on the grounds of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.

The Corps of Cadets sailed the barque Eagle to Lubec, where his remains were exhumed and laid to rest at the Academy.

[8] On August 2, 2008, in a bid to help affirm Grand Haven, Michigan, as "Coast Guard City USA", the Walk of History was revealed to the public at Coast Guard Station Grand Haven.