1856 census Union twp, Madison Co, IA, pg 300. Levi & Margaret (Cochrane) Smith, with one year old daughter Serena, are living next door to Samuel & Mary (Ratliff) Guye.
1860 census Madison Co, IA, Serena A. Smith, daughter of Levi and Margaret is living with Levi and second wife, Sarah.
1870 Levi & Sarah, with children Malinda, James, Mary and Cora are living in Union twp, Madison Co, IA. Next door are William & Mariah (Guye) Leidington.
1880 census Madison Co, IA lists children Malinda J. Smith to Perley M. SmithBurial: Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Winterset, IA.
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, December 21, 1894, p.7DEATH UNDER THE KNIFE --
Levi Smith, of Scott Township, Meets That End. -- The Operation was Performed for the Removal of a Tumor on the Neck, That had been growing for Twenty Years.Quite a sad death was that of Mr. Levi Smith, of Scott township, which occurred last Tuesday. For about twenty years Mr. Smith has been troubled with a growing tumor on his neck. Of late years it became very troublesome, and for the past ten weeks he was confined to his bed. Dr. John Cooper, of Des Moines, formerly of Winterset, assisted by Dr. G. N. Skinner, of Winterset, attended him. It was decided that the only chance to save his life was to remove the tumor. After putting the patient under the influence of chloroform, the tumor was removed with apparent success. But in about half an hour, there were evident signs of exhaustion, and, without a recovery of power of speech, though it was thought with some degree of consciousness, death came, and all was over. Without the removal of the tumor -- which weighed six pounds -- life might have lasted a few days, but certainly not many.
Mr. Banks, a son-in-law of Mr. Smith, came into this office the same day of the sad affair, and stated that the family attached no blame in any way to the attending surgeons, and were confident they had done everything that could be done to save Mr. Smith's life, and all recognize that the operation was the last hope.
Levi Smith was born in Kenton county, Kentucky, in 1830. In 1854 he married Margaret Ann Cochorn. Two children were born of this marriage. He first moved to Indiana, and from there to this county in 1847, thus being among the very early settlers. He settled on what is now the S. S. Burd place, just southwest of town. His second marriage, which took place November 19th, 1858, was to Sarah James, by whom he has had ten children, eight of whom are still living.
Her middle name is Ann on her marriage record and is Jane in Pearl's birth records.
1900 Saria Smith, 61, widowed is head of the family which includes her sons Ernest and Pross, daughter Coria with her husband Otto and their daughters Bessie and Ruth.
1910 census for Scott Twp, Madison Co, IA, Sarah, 71, widowed is head of the household which includes Ernest, along with Prosper and his wife Maude.
Burial: Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Winterset, IA.
1895 Iowa state census, James W. and Olive Smith have a 3 year old, Bessie M. Smith. James W. and Olive are Baptists; all born in Madison Co, IA. Unable to find any more about Bessie.
1900 census for Winterset, Madison Co, IA. Wesley J. and Jennie V. and step-son Earl Gilbert age 11. They have been married less than 1 year. Wesley J. is working as a day laborer. Jennie V. says she had one child.
1910 census for Lincoln twp, Madison Co, IA. James and Jennie have been married 11 years. James is working a general farm.
They continued to farm in Madison Co, through the 1920 and 1930 census.
Burial: Winterset Cemetery, Madison Co, IA. h/o Olive (Jones), JennieWinterset Madisonian - December 19, 1956
J. WESLEY SMITH DIES AT 93 YEARS
Member of Pioneer Family Died Sunday at Adel
James Wesley Smith, member of a pioneer Madison county family and a resident of this community for practically all his life, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, at a nursing home in Adel. He was 93 years of age.
Mr. Smith was a son of Levi and Sarah Smith, and was born in this county Nov. 8, 1863. His early life was spent on his parents farm just south of the Buffalo community, about two miles south of Winterset. Later he farmed for a number of years in the present Pammel park area of Lincoln township.
As a young man he was married to Olive Janes, who preceded him in death. Later he was married to Jennie Rankin. Her death occurred here a few years ago.
His nearest surviving relatives are a granddaughter, Mrs. Dorothy Jenkins of Fairbury, Nebr.; two great grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Pearl Fosher of Winterset. Funeral services were held Saturday from the Richards Funeral home, in charge of the Rev. Warren Hile, pastor of the Winterset Christian church. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.
1900 and 1910 census they are farming in Lincoln twp, Madison Co, IA. In the 1910 census Robert is a photograph solicitor. Living with them is Elsie M. Grant, prospective daughter-in-law.
1920 census they have moved to Denver, Colorado where Alfred is a painter and decorator; a contractor working on his own accord.
Unable to locate them in the 1930 census, but their son Robert and his second wife are living in Denver in 1930.
She is always enumerated as Mary or Mary L., but the L must stand for Louise, as indicated in her sister Cora's obituary.
1910 census for Scott twp, Madison Co, IA. Otto and Cora, with their daughters are living near Cora's mother, Sarah Smith. Otto owns his farm, free of mortgage. They have been married for 13 years.
Winterset Madisonian, Thursday, July 22, 1926
Cora Smith Kleatsch
Cora Eoline Smith, daughter of Levi and Sarah Smith was born January 26, 1868 in Madison County, Iowa where she lived all her life. She was married to Otto Kleatsch and to this union were born two children, Ruth Dunn, who departed this life five years ago and Bessie Libby of Madison County. She leaves to mourn her departure her husband, four grandchildren, Helen, Dorothy, and Merl Libby, and Eugene Dunn; four brothers, Wesley, Ernest, Joseph, and Prospect; and three sisters, Mrs. Linnie Banks, Mrs. Louise Danforth, and Mrs. Pearl Fasher.
Burial: Winterset Cemetery, Madison Co, IA. Cemetery notes: (nee Smith), w/o Otto E., d/o Levi & Sarah (James)
Also known as: Josiah J.
1900 census for Winterset, Madison Co, IA, Joseph and Mabel, married for less than a year. Joseph is a day laborer.
1920, they are living in Lincoln twp, they have 2 sons. Joseph is farming next door to his brother Pros Smith.
1930 census, they are in Winterset, where Joseph and their son Clair are working as brick masons. Their son Levi is an electrician for a battery station.
Burial: Winterset Cemetery, Madison Co, IA. h/o Mabel L., s/o Levi & Sarah (James)
WW I draft registration: Irvin Pross Smith, 7 Winterset, Mad. Ia. Age 40, born Dec. 3, 1877. Farming for self in Winterset. Nearest relative: Maude I. Smith, 7 Winterset, Mad, Ia. Tall, medium build, blue eyes, gray hair. Signed Irvin Pros Smith, Sept. 12 1918.
1920, Pros and Maude Smith are living in Lincoln twp, Madison Co, IA. He is a farmer.
1930 census, they are still farming in Lincoln twp. Living next door to Marion Banks.
Burial: Winterset Cemetery, Madison Co, IA h/o Maud I., s/o Levi & SarahWinterset Madisonian - July 27, 1949
Winterset, IowaSHORT ILLNESS FATAL TO PROSPER I. SMITH
Had Served as Custodian of Pammel State Park For Many Years
Prosper Irvin Smith, a native of Madison county, died at the Lutheran hospital in Des Moines last Friday, July 22nd, after a short illness at the age of 71 years. Mr. Smith underwent an operation Friday morning and died that evening.
A son of Levi and Sarah Smith, pioneer settlers of Madison county, he was born Dec. 3, 1877. He was married to Maude I. Kleatsch on March 31, 1906, and they have always made their home in Lincoln township. He had served as custodian of the Pammel state park, near his farm, for many years, and was retired last March.
Mr. Smith is survived by his wife; he also leaves one brother, Wesley Smith of Winterset, and two sisters, Mary L. Danforth of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Pearl Fosher of Winterset. He also leaves two nieces and seven nephews.
The Rev. I. E. Linkletter conducted his funeral services Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Richards funeral home, and burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.
John and Pearl farmed in Lincoln twp, Madison Co, IA thru the 1910, 1920 and 1930 census. In 1910 Pearl says she has been married 11 years, has one living child.
Burial: Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Madison Co, IA. (nee Smith), w/o John, d/o Levi & Sarah (James)
/Jeremiah C. Pender b: 5 MAR 1825 d: 18 SEP 1895
Mary Matilda Pender b: 24 JAN 1846 d: 20 APR 1920
| /James Crawford , Sr. b: BEF 1755 d: FEB 1812
| /James Crawford , Jr. b: 7 DEC 1776 d: BEF 31 MAY 1841
| | \Margaret Frazier b: ABT 1747
\Jane Crawford b: 14 APR 1824 d: 4 FEB 1906
| /John Woody b: 1715 d: 1762
| /William Woody b: 1750 d: 27 MAR 1838
| | \Mary Gowan
\Mary Woody b: 23 NOV 1780 d: 17 MAY 1855
\Eleanor (Nellie) Thompson b: 1759 d: 1833
Came to Madison Co. Ky. before 1792. He is listed in that year as a citizen of Madison Co. Two years later in May and June of 1794 he was sent to the frontiers of Lincoln Co. to guard against Indians and for two months of service he was paid a sum slightly more than $10 as compensation. The nuncupative will of James was proved, December 22, 1805 in Madison Co., Ky. The will was committed to writing by James Colyer, Jr. and showed money deposited for the benefit of his children. He may have been the father of Rev. Stephen Collier and Rev. Richard Collier,, ministers in the Baptist Church, who were intimate friends and close relatives of Mrs. Hart's (author of Richard Calloway Family, Kansas City Library) family. She was never able to establish for sure in Stephen and Richard were James' sons and therefore cousins of he grandfather, John Colyer, Jr. but they often visited their family.
Occupation: Baptist Minister
Census: 1850 Pulaski Co. KY AHO Humphrey/ Mary ColyerPossibly well-known minister.
History of Kentucky Baptists, pg. 620 says:
"RICHARD COLLIER was the most distinguished preacher in this fraternity, and was, for about fifty years, a very useful minister in old Cumberland River Assoc. He was born in East Tennessee, about the year 1783, and migrated to Pulaski Co., Ky. while a young man. Soon after his settling in Kentucky, he commenced exhorting, and was ordained to the ministry, at Mt. Pleasant church in Pulaski Co., about 1811, by Elijah Barnes, and, probably Stephen Collier, who was his first cousin. He was a moderate preacher, but a zealous, faithful laborer; and he did much in building up the early churches in Pulaski Co. His popularity was evidenced in his being chosen Moderator of Cumberland River Association, about 20 years. He was also Moderator of the body now under consideration, at its first session. He rested from his labors in April, 1865."
Quote from Pulaski County Cemetery Record Book (BiCentennial Edition 1776-1976) "Joined Baptist Church 1804. Lived member of same for 60 years. Was Minister of gospel 54 years. Age about 86 years."
1 Richard COLYER b: 1778 d: 31 MAY 1864
+ MARTHA d: ABT. 1858
+ PATSEY\MARTHA b: 1780 d: 1858
2 Humphrey COLYER b: JAN 1808 d: JAN 1879
+ Mary Marcy MASSEY b: 24 APR 1809 d: 19 FEB 1885
3 Elizabeth COLYER b: 9 MAY 1831 d: 3 SEP 1867
+ Galen ROGERS b: 1825
4 Nancy E. ROGERS b: 1863
4 Mary L. ROGERS b: 1865
3 William H. COLYER b: 19 DEC 1834 d: 29 MAR 1869
+ Elizabeth BARRON b: 1834
4 Robert M. COLYER b: 1854
4 Lavinia F. COLYER b: 1858
4 Daniel J. COLYER b: 1860 d: 29 MAR 1879
+ MARTHA b: 1865
5 Nancy E. COLYER
5 George A. COLYER
4 Marcy E. COLYER b: 1864
4 Eugene B. COLYER b: DEC 1865 d: 1888
4 Junius Milford COLYER b: 9 JUN 1867 d: 6 AUG 1873
4 Mary E. COLYER b: 1869
3 James L. COLYER b: 1835
+ Mary Ann MARTIN b: 1841
4 Martha E. COLYER b: 1860
4 Nancy A. COLYER b: 1861
4 Sarah A. COLYER b: 1867
4 Hamet E. COLYER b: 1869
3 Daniel Green COLYER b: 2 JUL 1839 d: 16 OCT 1913
+ Martha Jane WATSON b: 21 OCT 1844 d: 25 FEB 1905
4 Nancy E. COLYER b: 1866
4 George Alfred COLYER b: 4 SEP 1868 d: 29 APR 1930
+ Mattie E. PRICE b: 25 OCT 1871 d: 24 APR 1954
There is in the Ludwell manuscripts the title of a suit in the General Court in 1722 between "John Collier, an infant by John Collier, his father, and Richard, James, Samuel, George and Francis Major by George Major, their father, and William Barnett and Eliza his wife, late Elizabeth Ironmonger, executrix of Francis Ironmonger."
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CAPT. JOHN COLLIER (4--1.), of King and Queen Co., and later of Hanover Co., Va.; b. 1707. made will Sept. 26, 1749, pro. 1759, in which he names his sons, Thomas, John, and Joseph, daughters Elizabeth Ironmonger Collier, Frances and Sally; and in which he leaves "to my mother-in-law, Ann Collier, of King and Queen County, the part of that tract that was given me by my [p.150] grandfather,. Charles Collier, of King and Queen." He also names his step sister, Martha Games, and appoints George Morriss and David Crawford, executors. He served as an officer in a Virginia Regiment under Admiral Vernon in the Carthagean expedition, 1740-42; and owned large estates in Isle of Wight and Surry Co.'s. He m. Elizabeth Meredith, and had issue:There is preserved the will of John Collier, Jr., of Hanover county, dated September 26, 1749, which names sons Thomas, John, Joseph, daughters Elizabeth Ironmonger Collier, Frances and Sally; "to my mother-in-law Ann Collier, of King and Queen county, the part of that tract that was given me my my grandfather Charles Collier, of King and Queen," sister-in-law Martha Gaines. appoints Geroge Morriss and David Crawford executors. Witnesses Thomas Harris, Stephen Harris and ----------- (name faded).
The original will is in the hands of Mrs. Walter S. Osborne, of Mason county, KY. She is descended from Thomas Collier, oldest son of John. Patrick Henry, as governor of the commonwealth, granted to Thomas Collier for military services, as captain in the Revolution, 3000 acres in Mason Co., KY, on a part of which some of his descendants live. He married Mary Dabney, of Hanover county.
Virginia Soldiers of 1776, Vol. 1VII. John Collier, b. in Brunswick Co. Va. was the first tax collector of Oglethorpe Co., Ga. He was appointed Captain of the 345 District, June 20, 1812 and resigned, Aug. 11th, 1813.
John Collier II b. 28 Feb 1706/07 at Porto Bello, King & Queen Co., VA, d .aft. 1749 Hanover Co., VA. He married Elizabeth Meredith who died aft. 1762. WHO WERE THEIR PARENTS? John & Elizabeth had a son John III who was b. 1742 King & Queen Co., VA d. 1821 in Madison Co., KY. He married Mildred Carey b. 1748 and d. 1821 Howard Co., MO. Their children were John, James, Lucy and Patsy.
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HEADS OF FAMILIES----VIRGINIA, 1782. CHARLOTTE COUNTY.
Name of head of family: Collier, John
White: 9
Black: 11
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Page 290.--1760: Processioned by ----?----: For Robert Hamilton, for John Collier, for James Davis, for James Moore, for John Hanna, for Henry Kirkham, for Robert Young, for David Wallace, for Robert Erwin, for John McKey, for Hugh Cunningham, for John Gilmer, for Wm. McChime (McCune), for John Beatty, for Francis McCown, for John McCown, for Anne Long, for William Gilmer, for Adam Thompson, for Samuel Kinkead, for John Campbell, for Thomas Piery, for Maj. John Brown, for Robert Young, for James Young, for Samuel Young, for Hugh Young, for Robert Allen, for William Martain, for John Jamison, for Samuel Wallace, for Maurice Ofreel, for Robert Philips, for John Trimble
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DEED BOOK NO. 2, ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, page 285Page 729.--23d May, 1750. John Collier and Siscly to William Hall. Delivered: Jos. Hall, February, 1755. 212 acres on Buffalo Creek whereon John now lives. The Shipp Rock; corner Arthur Brown. Teste: Tobias Smith, William Lusk, Patrick Deavis.
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Page (415) Joseph Long and James Young, overseers, with Robert Young, Joseph Long, Samuel Gibson, Solomon Whitley, John Collier, William Hall, Gilbert Crawford, George Gibson, John Ruckman, Thomas Burton, Wm. Wadington, Wm. Brown, James Moore, John Hanna, James Huston, Wm. Todd, James Bats, James Todd, James Young, Patrick Young, John Carr and James Campbell--keep the road from Joseph Long's Mill to James Young's Mill, thence to the Great Road on James Thompson's Plantation.
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ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT. WILL BOOK NO. 3. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. page 90Page 405.--6th March, 1765. Henry Kirkham's will--Wife, Mary; son. Robert, the land at the Great Spring; son, Samuel, a mare bought from Edward Gill; son, Michael, 50 acres between John Collier (Colyer) and John Wiley; son, John, 100 acres near John Collier's (Colyer) on the Dry Creek side; sons, Henry and Joseph, infants, land testator lives on to be divided by Richard Woods and Jno. Summers; to daughter Jane; to infant in wife's womb; daughters, Margaret and Elizabeth. If any of the heirs by former wife die infants. Executors, wife, Peter Wallace and Jno. Summers. Peter Wallace has authority to bind son John to his brother Samuel. Teste: Robt. Kirkham, Alex. Collier, Michl. Kirkham. Proved, 20th August, 1765, by Robert and Michael Kirkham. Peter Wallace refuses to execute. Others qualify, with Alex. Dale, Wm. Scott, Robt. Young.
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Page 135.--Same to John Collier, 81 acres ditto. Collier's line.
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Page (291) Alexr. and John Collier, Saml. Lindsay, James Clemons--jurors.
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Page 164.--14th August, 1759. Michael Finney and Catherine to John Colier (Collier), ��5, 106 acres in Forks of James. Delivered: James Davis, September, 1762.Probate: 1749 Hanover County, Virginia
Military Service: BET. 1740 - 1742 Officer VA Reg. under Adm. Vernon at Cathagaen exp.
Military Service: 1742 John McDowells' Militia, August Co., VA
Note:
COLLIER ORIGINALLY, FOR THESE PURPOSES ALL COLYERS WILL BE SPELLED COLYER.Had a sister Mary. she married Moses Johnson, Sr. who was born in 1697. John supposedly died 1716.
Mary and Moses had a son, Lewis Johnson, who married Elizabeth Moore.Supposedly had a sister, Sarah, who married William Marriott. Had children:
Thomas, John and Mary.
John Served as an officer in a Virginia Regiment under Admiral Vernon in the Carthagaen expedition, 1740-42
AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA - CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES; Vol 3, PP 300 - 309: Page 135.--Deed recorded to John Collier, 81 acres patented. Collier's line.John Colyer found in:
Genealogical Records: Virginia Land, Marriage, and ProbateRecords,
1639-1850
Date: Oct 27, 1760
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Record ID: 37159
Description: Decedent's Son
Prove Date: Aug 20, 1765
Book Page: WB3-403
Property: decedent's current residence
Remarks: John Colyer's will -- To wife Sisley; to son Alexander,
400 acres adjoining James Davis; to son John, place testator now lives on (infant); to son Moses, tract called Boyd's Entry; to son
Aaron; to son (daughter?) Margaret. Executors, wife Sisley anNotes: This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted
from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.Data Introduction
John Colyer found in:
Genealogical Records: Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records,
1639-1850
Date: Sep 21, 1759
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Record ID: 32386
Description: Neighbor
Book Page: 8-255
Property: 44 acres on Colyer's Creek of Buffelow; corner John
Colyer; corner Robert Huston.
Remarks: �8.10.0. Part of 277 acres patented to Collier 16 Jun
1756. Delivered to T. Smith, Apr 1768.
Notes: This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
PROP: 11 NOV 1779 Pittsylvania co., Va.(now Henry Co., Va.) 4
PROP: 3 APR 1780 50 acres were conveyed to John Colyer for services rendered by him during the late war between Great Britain and France, according to the proclamation of 1763, by the King of Great Britain. This warrant was signed by S. Carr.
PROP: 13 JUL 1780 Henry Co., Va. Fishing Fork District of Leatherwood Creek 5
Burial: McClary Cemetery, Renfro, KY, five miles northwest of Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle Co., Ky. It is a large deserted spot and the stone marking their graves has not been located
Military Service: 3 NOV 1791 wounded at St. Clair's defeat near Ft. Jefferson, Ohio
Military Service: Battle of Monmouth 2
Military Service: DEC 1777 at Valley Forge
Note:
Description: Land Grant of Va., shows a grant of 217 acres to John Colyer, by Thomas Jefferson.Description: Apparently he did not pre-empt the acreage, but sold the warrant to secure money for his immediate needs.
Description: grant of 336 acres.
Revolutionary War soldier. Enlisted 9-4-1791 in the Virginia Continental Line.
Fought at Valley Forge, Braddock's Defeat. Private, Virginia 7th Regiment.Fought in Capt. Thomas Hill's Co., 7th Virginia Regiment under the command of Col. McClenahan, Revolutionary War.
"He enlisted February 13, 1777 to serve for three years or until the end of the War. His name is borne on the rolls to November, 1779, which later contained no further information relative to his service." Signed by Brigadier General Wahl, Acting Adj. General.
The part of the Revolutionary War about which John Collier spoke most frequently to his children and grandchildren was the terrible winter at Valley Forge, where he was a private in the 7th Virginia Regiment (Capt. Thomas Hill) The following is quoted along the line of this matter from "Valley Forge" (1910) by Rev. James W. Riddle, of Philadelphia:
"The troops arrived at Valley Forge, twenty-one miles from Philadelphia, December 19, 1777 with nothing but tents to withstand the rigors of a very severe winter. The soldiers were at once put to work to build log huts, 14 X 16 feet. Each hut accomodated twelve privates. Officers were not so crowded. The huts were laid out in streets. Straw supported by poles was used for roofs. Straw also was used for bedding for the soldier's bunks.
At first 11,089 men were encamped at Valley Forge. Camp fever broke out. Small-pox became epidemic. Sickness and death and desertion reduced the number to 5,012.
June 18, 1778 the men heard the British were evacuating Philadelphia. Washington broke camp and pushed toward Philadelphia, arriving there as the last of the British were crossing the Delaware. June 28, 1778 Washington and his men attacked Clinton at Monmouth in New Jersey.
Whenever John Collier noticed that his children or grandchildren showed the least indication of wastefulness, he at once would reprimand them, telling them of the suffering at Valley Forge, how he had seen soldiers fight for a kernel of corn; how he and others lacked shoes and sox to keep their feet warm, and as they walked in the snow, would leave the marks of blood from their tender, frost-bitten feet; how some of the soldiers had so little clothing that, when they stepped out of their huts, they had to throw their bedding around them. He well remembered Baron VonSteuben, whose striking personality made an indeliable impression upon all the privates. VonSteuben spoke English only brokenly, but he spoke it or some other language very forcibly. No one could misunderstand his meaning, for his adjectives were strong and pointed. He saw the men hungry, illy clothed. suffering every privation, yet most of them were unwilling to leave and give up the cause of independence so dear to them. Nearby in Philadlephia, where the British and their American Tory friends were stationed, there was plenty of food, plenty of clothing, there was dancing and music and happy times for all, while in this cold and isolated spot a few men were trying to achieve independence for a forlorn cause. While VonSteuben regarded them with admiration and said no cause could fail with such men as that, he yet saw the imperative need of better drilled soldiers and better guns, and he did his part to that end; so well indeed did he aid that Congress recognized his efforts and gave him vast land grants in his old age.
Although the services of John Collier in the war, as shown on old Revolutionary rolls, appears to be limited to two years and nine months, unquestionabley it covered a period much longer than that, extending indeed to the very close of the struggle. Several times he was wounded. Some of the bullets he carried in his body to the grave. Other bullets were placed in the coffin when he was buried. He was present at the Battle of the Brandywine and also at Monmouth, N.J., besides various other battles, the names of which are not now known. One of the stories he told his grandchildren was that, when two warring armies were lying on opposite sides of a river (presumably the Delaware) he and some other soldiers floated down the river on driftwood in such a manner as to draw near the opposite shore, where they took possession of a boatload of provisions belonging to the enemy. Using great caution, they managed to work the boat over to the American side, where their comrades were in great need of supplies. Once in battle he was struck by a bullet that he at first thought had finished him. When he recovered from the shock and hunted out the damage, he found that the bullet had struck squarely on the front of the large silver coin that he wore as a top botton on the fly of his trousers. there was no damage beyond the heavy blow. He told his children that he was present at the dissolution of the army. He recalled how the veterans showed very deep emotion. Their tears run freely down over unshaved faced to lodge on ragged, dirty shirts.
(Story continued under Grizelda's notes)
After his discharge from the Army at the close of the Revolutionary War, John attempted to find his wife and children. He joined a group of discharged soldiers who made their way over the Alleghanies and then down the Ohio River by boat to Kentucky. There he fell ill and for some time he was in a serious condition at Bryant's Station (near the present site of Lexington). On his recovery he started back along the Boone trail, to join his family in Powell's Valley. Meanwhile some traveler from Kentucky had returned to Virginia and en route had stopped to tell Grizelda that her husband was nigh unto deather at Bryant's Station. Hastily she put her children out among neighbors and joined a group of armed emigrants going into Kentucky by a different road. When she finally reached Bryant's Station, it was only to be told that her husband had recovered and started for Powell's Valley. She was obliged to remain at Bryant's Station nearly three months before she found an opportunity to join an armed party going back over the dangerous road to her starting point. The husband and wife were finally reunited. For some years after the War they lived in Virginia, where their son Charles was born in 1786. Shortly after this they moved to Kentucky and settled in what is now Rockcastle County. From there he went north in 1791 as a volunteer in Indian warfare.
It was a proof of the patriotism of John Collier that, when almost fifty years of age, he left his Kentucky home to again aid his country as a soldier. In 1791 he served as a sergeant in Capt. Jacob Tipton's Co., Col. William Darke's First Regiment of U. S. Levies, in General St. Clair's army and took part in the battle of St. Clair's Defeat.(Many more details of the battle and John's "after-the-war" life are told in the Calloway publication.)
By way of explanation, Mrs. A. E. Hart, complier of "The Calloway Family of Virginia" states: "My mother stated that her grandmother (Grizelda Taylor Colyer) said that she was married at Belle Haven in the Episcopal Church". Many details of the wedding day are in the article also.
Pension File is recorded....
Volume 34, Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Applications, Page 97 (excerpt follows)(W8634, Pa and Va service and agency. Cert. issued 4 Sept 1791, 7 Apr 1814, 27 Aug. 1821 at $8 per mo. )
He was granted a pension 4 Sept. 1791 for service as Sgt. under Capt. James Tipton in Col. Wm. Darke's 1st Reg. of U. S. Levies in 1791; he was in the battle of St. Clair's defeat and served against the Indians in 1790.
This is to certify that it appears from a list in this office of such officers and soldiers of the Virginia Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War as settled their accounts and received certificates for the balance of their full pay, according to the Act of Assembly passed the November session 1781, that a certificate issued on the 2nd day of Aug 1782, in the name of John Collier, as a soldier of infantry; for lb.12.0.0, which cert. that appears to have been delivered to John Shackleford and was given for services prior to Jan 1, 1782 (p. 110)
Given under my hand at the Auditor's office, Richmond, Nov. 22 1844.
James E. Heath
(Another certificate was issued 21 Feb. 1783 to John Collier, sol. of Infantry (see Rev. War records, Vol. 1, Brumbaugh, 1936 Invalid Pensioners, 1835, gives him as a soldier in the Virginia line (res. in Va.)From John Beardsley - World Connect:
John Collier was a large man, around 180 pounds. He had a good education, and was a Whig. He was a Sergeant in the revolution in Capt. Jacob Lipton's Company of the Virginia Line. "A tradition has it that he was at St. Clair's (?) defeat and was wounded. He crawled off into the wilderness and saved his life by killing a rattlesnake and eating it and dressing his wounds with whisky
from a canteen that was in the family until destroyed by fire in 1888. It is also related that he made it a point to never give anything away that he did not wish himself." - Marietta D. Beardsley
The DAR has him born in 1744.DESCREPANCIES!!!!! Do Not know which is correct. (JGrumbling 9-2003)
FROM WORLD CONNECT INFO. FROM : David Goode - [email protected]
Marriage 1 Hannah HAMLETT b: ABT 1747 in Amelia, VA
Married: 30 Sep 1765 in Prince Edward, VA
Children:
Sarah Gaines COLLIER b: ABT 1764 in VA
William Thompkins COLLIER b: ABT 1768 in Charlotte, VA
Franklin COLLIER b: 1773 in Charlotte, VA
Hamlett COLLIER b: 17 Jan 1773 in Charlotte, VA
Martha COLLIER b: ABT 1775 in Charlotte, VA
Polly COLLIER b: 1777 in Charlotte, VA
Cynthia COLLIER b: ABT 1779 in Charlotte, VA
Claibourne COLLIER b: 1780 in Charlotte, VA
Coleman A. COLLIER b: 1783 in VA
Lucy COLLIER b: ABT 1785 in VA
Obedience COLLIER b: ABT 1787 in VA
Permelia COLLIER b: 11 Sep 1793 in VAMoved to Charlotte Co. from Lunenburg/Hanover Co. in 1767. Moved from Charlotte Co., VA to Bourbon/Nicholas Co., KY in 1795.
John Collier bought land on Horsepen Creek from Abraham Martin 7 Dec., 1767 (DB 1, p. 401); lived beside brothers Thomas and Joseph Collier on Horsepen Cr. All 3 from Hanover Co., sons of John Collier. Wife Hannah Hamlett dau. of James Hamlett of Lunenburg Co. John Collier sold his land 5 Oct. 1795 to John Billups (DB 7, p. 145). Bought 400 acres in Bourbon Co., Ky. in Dec. 1797. (Bourbon Co. DB D, p. 308). John Collier left will in Nicholas Co., Ky. rec. Feb. 1820 (Nicholas Co. WB B, p. 70).
CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800, DEED BOOK NO. 11, ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, page 410
Page 588.--15th April, 1764. John Collier and Sicilly to Moses Collier, ��5, 106 acres in Fork of James.
CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800, DEED BOOK NO. 15, ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, page 479
Page 227.--17th November, 1768. George ( ) Gibson and Isabella ( ) to James Gilmore, Jr., ��150, 200 acres on North Branch of Collier's Creek. Teste: Moses Collyer, John CollierFamilySearch.org
John Collier, b. abt 1742, p.b. Hanover Co., Virginia, d. 1818-1819, p.d. Nicholas Co., Kentucky
Father: John Collier
Mother: Elizabeth MeridethSpouse: Mildred Sarah Vaughn
Probate: 10 MAR 1819 1
Believed to have stayed in Henry Co., Va.
PROP: 1790 owned lead mines Bumpas Cove on Nolichucky. Said to have provided lead for bullets in rev. war battle king's mountain
PROP: Per Dessie Simmons Johnson City TN in book North Carolina Land Grants in TN 1778-1791 by Goldien Burgner pub Southern Historical; 1788 page 78- 130 Acres on Nolichucky to William Colliar; pg 33 gran
PROP: 1795 deposition of April session of court cites deposition of Alexander St. Clair that say bond in Wm Colyar possession against Dr. Sewthold and Mathew General Seveir etc for lands including mines bought
Occupation: 1821 Justice of the Peace, Washington Co., TN
Event: Land Grant 1790 Washington Co., TN, No. 965, Pg. 14
Note:
Living in Montgomery Co., Va. in the neighborhood of Roanoke, married Agnes St. Clair and several sons, among them John Colyer. Some of these sons of William Colyer were killed by Indians on the frontier of Virginia and in Kentucky. For a letter from Dr. Welby Colyer (son of St. Clair Colyer) of Garrett, Ill, 1937, who died in 1940; Delia Colyer Powers, his sister said that Dr. Welby Colyer had two daughters. A letter from Dr. Welby Colyer was found in a library in Salisbury, N.C. said that a Mrs. Bales in Pennington Gap, Va, said that William Colyer married a St. Clair woman and said that it was on file in Abbington...Stella Colyer said that she checked and was told that the records don't go back that far. Mrs. Bales said that when Charles Colyer died, that a Mrs. William Colyer was one heir. she also said that St. Clair lived in St. Clair's Bottoms, near Powell Valley, Va. William Collyer owned land in Washington Co., Tn. (Deeds, Vol 17, pg. 210, Oct. 18, 1821)
John Colyer of Pulaski Co., Ky. to Alexander Colyer of Washington Co., Tn. ....all my share in the estate of William Colyer, deed, my father, to the three tracts of land in Washington Co., Tn. on the south side of the Nolachucky river...this must have been John's brother who stayed in Tennessee. Vol. 19, pg. 38, Washington Co., Tn. Deeds, April 9, 1827...John Calvert and his wife Dorcas, (formerly Dorcas Colyer of Copper Co., Mo. conveyed land from the estate of her father, William Colyer, Sr. late of Washington Co., Tn. Early tax records show a William Colyer was living on the Nolachucky river in 1790, owned land and was paying a pole, so he was under 50. All free white men at that time between 21 and 50 had to pay a white poll. It lists taxable years as 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1797, 1798, 1799 and 1801. (Richard Curtis Website states William owned a lead mine near the Nolichucky River, in Washington Co., Tn. and that he owned 550 acres spanning both sides of the River.)Was a Justice of the Peace in Washington County, Tennessee in 1821 PAGE Letter from Stella Colyer to Gail Myers, April 23, 1973
PAGE Early tax records show a William Colyer was living on the Nolachucky
River in 1790, owned land and was paying a poll tax, so he was under
50.
PAGE List of Taxables for years 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1797, 1798, 1799,
and 1801 list William Colyer on the Nolachucky River in Washington
County, TennesseeA Buford Coliar is shown in the 1810 Pulaski County Census with 1 male
under 10, 1 male 16-26, 1 female 16-26.
Census: 1820 Pulaski County, Kentucky
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Samuel Meredith, Sr., b. 1689, p.b. Liberty Hall, New Kent Co., VA, d. 30 Sep 1762
Father: Robert Meredith; Mother: Unknown; Spouse: Margaret
Meredith is an old Virginia name, and in Wales the family, of which the Virginia branch is an offshoot, claims descent from Eunydd Gwerengwy, a chieftain of North Wales and head of one of the fifteen tribes. Rowland Meredith of "Alington" who lived early in the fifteenth century, was one of the first to assume the name.Julian, Walter and Philip Meredith were in Virginia in 1635, and there was a land grant to Thomas in New Kent Co. in 1656 and in Lancaster Co. to John in 1652.
Philip Meredith bought land in Northampton Co. after 1649, and upon his death left three daughters: Elizabeth, m. Paul Marsh; Mary, m. Ralph Hinman; and Eleanor, m. George Drewit.
George Meredith, b. 1640, d. 1734, his wife Alice and son George, b. 1698, d. 1728, are buried in the colonial churchyard at West Point, VA.
Descended from some of these, was Samuel Meredith Sr., b. 1680-1700, d. before 1762 of the Parish of St. Paul's and the county of Hanover, VA, whose widow, Margaret, m. 1762 Dr. William Cabell. Miss Meredith, who married John Collier, is believed to have been his sister or niece.
Samuel Meredith Sr. had issue: Elisha, whose son Elisha, b. 13 Oct 1783, m. Sarah Bolling Cabell; Col. Samuel, patriot and Revolutionary officer, m. Jane, sister of Patrick Henry.
Patrick Henry, as governor of the commonwealth, granted to Thomas Collier for military services, as captain in the Revolution, 3000 acres in Mason Co., KY, on a part of which some of his descendants live. He married Mary Dabney, of Hanover county.
Military Service: Captain, Revolutionary War
Believed to have stayed in Henry Co., Va.
Cononel William Smith is conjectured to be the brother of Elijah based upon the recollections of George Poffinbarger.
Aquilla Smith of Lewis Co., KY is conjectured to be a brother of Elijah since he lived relatively close to Elijah and named one of his sons Elijah.
Marriages Proved from Maryland Revolutionary Pensions
Info supplied by Dick&SherrySimpson [email protected]
Hi Listers,
I just received some photocopies containing Maryland info. from a newly
found HOLLIDGE cousin. One sheet shows marriage records and is taken from
"Marriages Proved from Maryland Revolutionary Pensions." Don't have time
to list all information, and some of it references the states of Kentucky,
Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina anyway, so I'll just list the names
and ask anyone who needs details to contact me.William Simmons - Sarah Darton
Thomas Simpson - Sophia Clagett
Lawrence Simpson - Sarah Carrico
James L. Sims - Matilda Mudd
John Slack - Margaret Aurman
John Sloan - Sarah Patterson
John Sluts - Catherine Welsh
Alexander L. Smith - Martha Griffith
Aquilla Smith - Catherine Conway
Charles Smith - Mary Bowling
Conrad Smith - Anne Black, wid.
Daniel Smith - Sophiah Ashley
Drew Smith - Jane McMelone
Elijah Smith - Margaret Preston
Elijah Smith - Priscilla Abbott
Jacob Smith - Catherine French
James Smith - Margaret Truax
John Smith - Catherine Hohn
John Smith - Elizabeth Mullikin
John Smith - Sarah Tydings
John Smith - Susan Hawn
Leonard Smith - Mary McManus
Michael Smith - Nancy Levite, wid.
Michael Smith - Rebecca Ludwig
Nathan Smith - Anne Chew
Richard Smith - Elizabeth Church
Samuel Smith - Isabel Carroll, wid.
Thomas Smith - Anne Boyles
William Smith - Charity Lee
Thomas Smyth - Anna Maria Garnet
William Smyth - Isabella Thornburgh
Frederick Snider - Elizabeth Pennybacker
John Snyder - Elizabeth Forter
Philip Solladay - Anna Christiana Flick
George Spalding - Susanna Shutteworth
Hezekiah Speake - Eleanor Tucker
Edward Spedden - Anne Manning
John Spires - Mary Hinton
Jacob Spong - Elizabeth Miller
Jesse Spradlin - Sally Stone
Samuel Sprigg - Violetta Lansdale
Richard Spyers - Rebecca Gentle
John Stafford - Mary Gilbert
Samuel Starr - Jane Davis
Benjamin Stevens - Priscilla Vanderwolf
Levi Stevens - Mary Furniss
William Stevens - Nancy City
Christopher Stinchcomb - Magdaline ZimmermanOur interest was in EDWARD SPEDDEN. Anybody out there tracking him?
Hope this helps someone.
Sherry Simpson
Houston