Name: finleyc -- Finley-McFarling Database

Updated: 01-21-2020 12:01:86. Owner: Carmen J. Finley


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. John Finley: Birth: Abt 1782/1784 in Lincoln Co,VA. Death: Aft 27 AUG 1851

  2. Jane Ann Finley: Birth: 9 NOV 1785 in Lincoln Co,VA. Death: 12 MAY 1871 in Bryantsville(?),Garrard Co,KY

  3. Edmund Finley: Birth: Abt 1787 in Mercer Co,VA. Death: Bef 1860 in Hopkins Co(?),TX

  4. Samuel Finley: Birth: 14 FEB 1790 in Mercer Co,VA. Death: 15 SEP 1835 in Decatur,Macon Co,IL

  5. Jesse Finley: Birth: 17 MAY 1792 in Mercer Co,VA. Death: in Dunklin Co(?),MO(?)

  6. Harvey Finley: Birth: 11 FEB 1795 in Mercer Co,KY. Death: 26 MAY 1832 in Orange Co,IN

  7. Mary (Polly) Finley: Birth: 9 JUN 1797 in Garrard Co,KY. Death: 4 OCT 1842 in Orange Co(?),IN

  8. Cyrus Finley: Birth: 25 NOV 1799 in Garrard Co,KY. Death: 14 DEC 1875 in Orleans,Orange Co,IN

  9. Elizabeth Finley: Birth: 8 FEB 1802 in Garrard Co,KY. Death: 25 SEP 1889 in Bloomington,McLean Co,IL

  10. Jefferson Finley: Birth: 16 MAY 1805 in Garrard Co,KY. Death: 19 NOV 1829 in Orleans,Orange Co,IN


Notes
a. Note:   property bought by father in 1746. Went to Prince Edward Co. with family in 1765, aged 11. Then to Montgomery (now Wythe Co.), VA in 1773, aged about 19. Inherited parents 327 acres on Sally Run, waters of Reed Creek, with brother, Samuel, 1779. Had already staked out 1000 acres on Dix River (now Garrard Co., KY); moved there around 1781. Last child, Jefferson, born 1805. Moved on to Orange Co., IN about 1811, where he lived until his death. Revolutionary War soldier. Jehu Stevens Co., Montgomery Co., VA militia, late 1770's; on roll of Capt. James Downing's Company of Militia in Lincoln Co. and fought Shawnees (General Rogers Clark), October - November 1782. Finley Cemetery records say he fought at Battle of Cowpens (family tradition). "History of Orange Co., IN," 1965, pages 383, 405, 408 shows land purchases. DAR, Lost River Chapter, Cemetery Records, vol. 3, 1947, Finley Cemetery, P. 224. See also, "John and Mary Finley of Montgomery/Wythe County, VA," by Carmen J. Finley, Santa Rosa, CA: 1990; on file at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, Ruben Salazar Library Special Collections.
Note:   !Born, probably in Augusta Co., VA on the 297 acre portion of Robinson

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