West Virginia Pioneers

Thomas TOLLEY

Male 1780 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Thomas TOLLEY 
    Born Between 1770 and 1780  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I5006  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2007 

    Father Christopher TOLLEY,   b. 1744, Hamburg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 24 Sep 1804 and 6 Oct 1806, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Patience HILL,   b. 1740, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1807, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Notes 

    • Rockbridge County, Virginia Will Book 3, pp. 14-16.

      Christopher Tolley's Will
      my beloved wife Patience
      my son Samuel.
      my son John Tolley
      my son Joseph Tolly
      my son Christopher Tolly
      my son Samuel Tolly
      the bound boy Elihu Davis
      24 September one thousand eight hundred and four.
      Christopher Tolley
      Teste: Archd. Thomas
      Saml. McCleur
      James Colgan

      At a court held in Rockbridge County October 6th 1806;
      The last will and Testament of Christopher Tolly deceased,
      produced in court and proved

      And at Rockbridge court December 2nd 1806
      Letters of administration of the estate of Christopher Tolly dec'd
    Family ID F1767  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucy JONES,   d. Bef 1840 
    Married 2 Aug 1798  Bedford County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 

    • Tolly, Thomas VA ROCKBRIDGE CO. 397 1810 6 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0

      Tolly, Thomas VA ROCKBRIDGE CO. 297 1820 1145
      Tolly, Thomas VA RANDOLPH CO. 125 1830

      1840 Jackson, VA
      1 m 60-70

      John House: Pioneers of Jackson County:
      P'd Tommy Tolley lived in 1840 with his daughter, Widow Adams, widow of Phil Adams, on the Carder place on Joe's Run.
      There was a Tolley from Rockbridge, whose wife crossed the ocean in seven days and nights. She knit seven pairs of stockings.

      pg 184: Settlers on Joe's Run
      A man named Adams is said to have lived there at a comparatively early date. he was the father of Andy Adams, who was in the hardware trade with John McIntosh, and in 1840, the house was occupied by Adam's wife and her father, familiarly spoken of as Old Tommy Tolley.

      Bedford Co:
      Jul. 31, 1798; Thomas Tolley & Lucy Jones, dau/ Nicolis and Susanna; James Kay, Surety; Married by James Turner, Aug. 2, 1798.

      From Angela Ruley:
      Christopher and Patience Tolley settled in the Arnold's Valley region of Rockbridge county before 1778. He obtained land grants in that region which had been originally designated to Samuel Arnold for who the valley takes its name.

      Yes, Lucinda was the daughter of Thomas Tolley and Lucy Jones. She was the sister of Patience Tolley who married Christopher J Rhodes. Also sister of Elizabeth who married William L Tolley and Also sister of Mary Tolley who married Philip Adams and sister of William Tolley who married Elizabeth Hill and sister of Susannah who married Henry Buckley.. Does that help?
      Anna
    Children 
     1. William S Tolley,   b. Between 1790 and 1800,   d. 26 Feb 1858  (Age ~ 68 years)
     2. Patience TOLLEY,   b. 1797, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1854, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     3. Elizabeth Tolley,   b. Abt 1802, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Mary Tolley,   b. Abt 1806, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Susanna Tolley,   b. Abt 1810, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Lucinda "Lucy" Tolley,   b. 7 Mar 1812, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1874, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F1697  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S30] Marriage Record.