Widow of John Connely (1744-1798) who is buried near Crab Creek, Wilkes County, North Carolina.
From ALLEGHANY COUNTY HERITAGE, 1983, by the Alleghany Historical-Genealogical Society, Inc., Published in cooperation with Hunter Publishing Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, page 143
CONNELY FAMILIES - 222
John and Henry Connely were among the early settlers who pioneered homesteads in the northeastern corner of original Wilkes (Ashe in 1800, now Alleghany since 1859) County. The exact relationship of these men has not been established.
The first located in about 1784 upon the drainages of the Little River Branch of the New River, where they began to improve and acquire considerable lands on and about Maid's (Mades) Knob in the area presently known as Glade Creek. The primary settlement was along the Crab Creek and the Brushy Creek Fork. The holdings eventually reached north across the Gladys Fork of Crab Creek to the Virginia/North Carolina state line, east to Carcio and west toMoccasin Creek.
John and Henry's families are shown in the 17887 North Carolina State Census as "Conley" on the lists of Jesse Franklin taken for Captain William Hardin's Little River Taxing District.
John was born 28 June 1744. Family tradition says the place was Ireland, although it it quite possible it was in America, perhaps in Pennsylvania. He died at his Crab Creek home in northeastern Wilkes County prior to January, 1799 when his wife, Sarah, was given an allowance by the Ashe County Court and she and son, William, were appointed executors of the estate.
John's wife, Sarah (Wilson) Connely, was born 16 April 1746 (place unknown) and died 12 July 1824 in Lawrence County, Indiana. She is buried in the Connely Cemetery at Spice Valley. It is probable that they came directly to the Little River from Virginia where their son, Josiah, was born in August, 1783. While it is thought that the area was Montgomery County, it could have been Washington County where a John Conley was listed on the 1782 tax rolls.
John and Sarah had at least ten children including sons William (b. 22 July 1768-d.16 December 1842), Elijah (b. 7 July 1779-d.28 Sept. 1831), John (b. 30 August 1776-d.31 January 1853), Josiah (b. 21 August 1783-d. 20 Feb. 1870), Joel (b. 10 Mar. 1788-d. 8 June 1806 (SIC) and possible daughters
(unconfirmed); Sarah, Effie (1775-ca. 1829), Elizabeth (1778-1828) and Nancy (1780-1819).
Henry was born 2 May 1752 in Chester County, Pennsylvania and died 7 May 1840 in Johnson County, Kentucky. Henry's first wife, Ann MavGregor, was born 14 February 1756 and died 1830 in Floyd County, Kentucky. They came to this area from Montgomery County, Virginia, the home of his relatives, via Guilford/Orange County, North Carolina, the home of his parents, Thomas and Mary (Van Harlington) Connely who had moved to that area from Pennsylvania prior to 1776.
Henry and Ann had ten children: Edmund (b. 2 June 1776-d. 1865), Thomas (25 January 1777-d. 1840), Peggy (b. 8 August 1779-Unknown), David H. (b. 24 June 1781-Unknown), Rachel (b. 8 April 1783-d. 7 June 1855), John (b. 8 August 1785-d. 1860), Henry (b. 1 December 1787-d. 8 September 1859), Elizabeth (b. 8 April 1789-1851), William (b. 8 July 1791-d. a 1820), Joseph (b. 8 July 1795-d. 1860).
Following Ann's death, Captain Henry married second on 8 March 1832 to Temperence Hitchcock in Johnson County, Kentucky. No children were born to this union.
This Henry was Captain Henry Connely, the officer appointed by Governor Burke of North Carolina to lead a special Cavalry unit in the War of Independence. His Excellency had assigned Captain Henry and his dragoons the task of suppressing the covert activities of the notorious Colonel David Fanning, leader of the Tory uprisings in western North Carolina. He was in many skirmishes and participated in the main battles of Haw Fields, Colson Mills, and Guilford Court House. He was disabled by illness at the time his unit engaged in the "Ninety-Six" campaign. Captain Henry's Pension Application was filed in 1831 from Floyd County, Kentucky and is very detailed and interesting. Henry mentions visiting his "relatives in Montgomery County, Virginia" and raised a militia unit at the same place.
David Connely (b. before 1765) joined John and Henry shortly after the 1787 census. It is thought he came from Montgomery or Botetourt County. David paid land taxes until 1790, left the area and rejoined Henry by 1810 in Floyd County, Kentucky.
Besides John, Henry, and David, there was a Thomas and a James Connely who paid taxes in 1782 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Thomas' estate was appraised in August, 1793. The relationship of these men has not been fully determined, but it is probable they are brothers or close cousins.
In 1800, the Little River area was incorporated into the newly formed Ashe County. The census of that year listed the Conley families of Sarah (John's widow) and their sons, William and John Jr., together with Captain Henry and his son, Thomas.
By 1802 Captain Henry and his sons' families had moved to the Roaring River basin while John's widow and sons' families remained in Ashe County.
SOURCES: Ashe and Wilkes County courthouse records; North Carolina land grants: U. S. census lists; U. S. National Archives; family records.
- Arnold R. Kegel
From ALLEGHANY COUNTY HERITAGE, 1983, by the Alleghany Historical-Genealogical Society, Inc., Published in cooperation with Hunter Publishing Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, page 143
CONNELY FAMILIES - 222
John and Henry Connely were among the early settlers who pioneered homesteads in the northeastern corner of original Wilkes (Ashe in 1800, now Alleghany since 1859) County. The exact relationship of these men has not been established.
The first located in about 1784 upon the drainages of the Little River Branch of the New River, where they began to improve and acquire considerable lands on and about Maid's (Mades) Knob in the area presently known as Glade Creek. The primary settlement was along the Crab Creek and the Brushy Creek Fork. The holdings eventually reached north across the Gladys Fork of Crab Creek to the Virginia/North Carolina state line, east to Carcio and west toMoccasin Creek.
John and Henry's families are shown in the 17887 North Carolina State Census as "Conley" on the lists of Jesse Franklin taken for Captain William Hardin's Little River Taxing District.
John was born 28 June 1744. Family tradition says the place was Ireland, although it it quite possible it was in America, perhaps in Pennsylvania. He died at his Crab Creek home in northeastern Wilkes County prior to January, 1799 when his wife, Sarah, was given an allowance by the Ashe County Court and she and son, William, were appointed executors of the estate.
John's wife, Sarah (Wilson) Connely, was born 16 April 1746 (place unknown) and died 12 July 1824 in Lawrence County, Indiana. She is buried in the Connely Cemetery at Spice Valley. It is probable that they came directly to the Little River from Virginia where their son, Josiah, was born in August, 1783. While it is thought that the area was Montgomery County, it could have been Washington County where a John Conley was listed on the 1782 tax rolls.
John and Sarah had at least ten children including sons William (b. 22 July 1768-d.16 December 1842), Elijah (b. 7 July 1779-d.28 Sept. 1831), John (b. 30 August 1776-d.31 January 1853), Josiah (b. 21 August 1783-d. 20 Feb. 1870), Joel (b. 10 Mar. 1788-d. 8 June 1806 (SIC) and possible daughters
(unconfirmed); Sarah, Effie (1775-ca. 1829), Elizabeth (1778-1828) and Nancy (1780-1819).
Henry was born 2 May 1752 in Chester County, Pennsylvania and died 7 May 1840 in Johnson County, Kentucky. Henry's first wife, Ann MavGregor, was born 14 February 1756 and died 1830 in Floyd County, Kentucky. They came to this area from Montgomery County, Virginia, the home of his relatives, via Guilford/Orange County, North Carolina, the home of his parents, Thomas and Mary (Van Harlington) Connely who had moved to that area from Pennsylvania prior to 1776.
Henry and Ann had ten children: Edmund (b. 2 June 1776-d. 1865), Thomas (25 January 1777-d. 1840), Peggy (b. 8 August 1779-Unknown), David H. (b. 24 June 1781-Unknown), Rachel (b. 8 April 1783-d. 7 June 1855), John (b. 8 August 1785-d. 1860), Henry (b. 1 December 1787-d. 8 September 1859), Elizabeth (b. 8 April 1789-1851), William (b. 8 July 1791-d. a 1820), Joseph (b. 8 July 1795-d. 1860).
Following Ann's death, Captain Henry married second on 8 March 1832 to Temperence Hitchcock in Johnson County, Kentucky. No children were born to this union.
This Henry was Captain Henry Connely, the officer appointed by Governor Burke of North Carolina to lead a special Cavalry unit in the War of Independence. His Excellency had assigned Captain Henry and his dragoons the task of suppressing the covert activities of the notorious Colonel David Fanning, leader of the Tory uprisings in western North Carolina. He was in many skirmishes and participated in the main battles of Haw Fields, Colson Mills, and Guilford Court House. He was disabled by illness at the time his unit engaged in the "Ninety-Six" campaign. Captain Henry's Pension Application was filed in 1831 from Floyd County, Kentucky and is very detailed and interesting. Henry mentions visiting his "relatives in Montgomery County, Virginia" and raised a militia unit at the same place.
David Connely (b. before 1765) joined John and Henry shortly after the 1787 census. It is thought he came from Montgomery or Botetourt County. David paid land taxes until 1790, left the area and rejoined Henry by 1810 in Floyd County, Kentucky.
Besides John, Henry, and David, there was a Thomas and a James Connely who paid taxes in 1782 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Thomas' estate was appraised in August, 1793. The relationship of these men has not been fully determined, but it is probable they are brothers or close cousins.
In 1800, the Little River area was incorporated into the newly formed Ashe County. The census of that year listed the Conley families of Sarah (John's widow) and their sons, William and John Jr., together with Captain Henry and his son, Thomas.
By 1802 Captain Henry and his sons' families had moved to the Roaring River basin while John's widow and sons' families remained in Ashe County.
SOURCES: Ashe and Wilkes County courthouse records; North Carolina land grants: U. S. census lists; U. S. National Archives; family records.
- Arnold R. Kegel
Widow of John Connely (1744-1798) who is buried near Crab Creek, Wilkes County, North Carolina.
From ALLEGHANY COUNTY HERITAGE, 1983, by the Alleghany Historical-Genealogical Society, Inc., Published in cooperation with Hunter Publishing Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, page 143
CONNELY FAMILIES - 222
John and Henry Connely were among the early settlers who pioneered homesteads in the northeastern corner of original Wilkes (Ashe in 1800, now Alleghany since 1859) County. The exact relationship of these men has not been established.
The first located in about 1784 upon the drainages of the Little River Branch of the New River, where they began to improve and acquire considerable lands on and about Maid's (Mades) Knob in the area presently known as Glade Creek. The primary settlement was along the Crab Creek and the Brushy Creek Fork. The holdings eventually reached north across the Gladys Fork of Crab Creek to the Virginia/North Carolina state line, east to Carcio and west toMoccasin Creek.
John and Henry's families are shown in the 17887 North Carolina State Census as "Conley" on the lists of Jesse Franklin taken for Captain William Hardin's Little River Taxing District.
John was born 28 June 1744. Family tradition says the place was Ireland, although it it quite possible it was in America, perhaps in Pennsylvania. He died at his Crab Creek home in northeastern Wilkes County prior to January, 1799 when his wife, Sarah, was given an allowance by the Ashe County Court and she and son, William, were appointed executors of the estate.
John's wife, Sarah (Wilson) Connely, was born 16 April 1746 (place unknown) and died 12 July 1824 in Lawrence County, Indiana. She is buried in the Connely Cemetery at Spice Valley. It is probable that they came directly to the Little River from Virginia where their son, Josiah, was born in August, 1783. While it is thought that the area was Montgomery County, it could have been Washington County where a John Conley was listed on the 1782 tax rolls.
John and Sarah had at least ten children including sons William (b. 22 July 1768-d.16 December 1842), Elijah (b. 7 July 1779-d.28 Sept. 1831), John (b. 30 August 1776-d.31 January 1853), Josiah (b. 21 August 1783-d. 20 Feb. 1870), Joel (b. 10 Mar. 1788-d. 8 June 1806 (SIC) and possible daughters
(unconfirmed); Sarah, Effie (1775-ca. 1829), Elizabeth (1778-1828) and Nancy (1780-1819).
Henry was born 2 May 1752 in Chester County, Pennsylvania and died 7 May 1840 in Johnson County, Kentucky. Henry's first wife, Ann MavGregor, was born 14 February 1756 and died 1830 in Floyd County, Kentucky. They came to this area from Montgomery County, Virginia, the home of his relatives, via Guilford/Orange County, North Carolina, the home of his parents, Thomas and Mary (Van Harlington) Connely who had moved to that area from Pennsylvania prior to 1776.
Henry and Ann had ten children: Edmund (b. 2 June 1776-d. 1865), Thomas (25 January 1777-d. 1840), Peggy (b. 8 August 1779-Unknown), David H. (b. 24 June 1781-Unknown), Rachel (b. 8 April 1783-d. 7 June 1855), John (b. 8 August 1785-d. 1860), Henry (b. 1 December 1787-d. 8 September 1859), Elizabeth (b. 8 April 1789-1851), William (b. 8 July 1791-d. a 1820), Joseph (b. 8 July 1795-d. 1860).
Following Ann's death, Captain Henry married second on 8 March 1832 to Temperence Hitchcock in Johnson County, Kentucky. No children were born to this union.
This Henry was Captain Henry Connely, the officer appointed by Governor Burke of North Carolina to lead a special Cavalry unit in the War of Independence. His Excellency had assigned Captain Henry and his dragoons the task of suppressing the covert activities of the notorious Colonel David Fanning, leader of the Tory uprisings in western North Carolina. He was in many skirmishes and participated in the main battles of Haw Fields, Colson Mills, and Guilford Court House. He was disabled by illness at the time his unit engaged in the "Ninety-Six" campaign. Captain Henry's Pension Application was filed in 1831 from Floyd County, Kentucky and is very detailed and interesting. Henry mentions visiting his "relatives in Montgomery County, Virginia" and raised a militia unit at the same place.
David Connely (b. before 1765) joined John and Henry shortly after the 1787 census. It is thought he came from Montgomery or Botetourt County. David paid land taxes until 1790, left the area and rejoined Henry by 1810 in Floyd County, Kentucky.
Besides John, Henry, and David, there was a Thomas and a James Connely who paid taxes in 1782 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Thomas' estate was appraised in August, 1793. The relationship of these men has not been fully determined, but it is probable they are brothers or close cousins.
In 1800, the Little River area was incorporated into the newly formed Ashe County. The census of that year listed the Conley families of Sarah (John's widow) and their sons, William and John Jr., together with Captain Henry and his son, Thomas.
By 1802 Captain Henry and his sons' families had moved to the Roaring River basin while John's widow and sons' families remained in Ashe County.
SOURCES: Ashe and Wilkes County courthouse records; North Carolina land grants: U. S. census lists; U. S. National Archives; family records.
- Arnold R. Kegel
From ALLEGHANY COUNTY HERITAGE, 1983, by the Alleghany Historical-Genealogical Society, Inc., Published in cooperation with Hunter Publishing Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, page 143
CONNELY FAMILIES - 222
John and Henry Connely were among the early settlers who pioneered homesteads in the northeastern corner of original Wilkes (Ashe in 1800, now Alleghany since 1859) County. The exact relationship of these men has not been established.
The first located in about 1784 upon the drainages of the Little River Branch of the New River, where they began to improve and acquire considerable lands on and about Maid's (Mades) Knob in the area presently known as Glade Creek. The primary settlement was along the Crab Creek and the Brushy Creek Fork. The holdings eventually reached north across the Gladys Fork of Crab Creek to the Virginia/North Carolina state line, east to Carcio and west toMoccasin Creek.
John and Henry's families are shown in the 17887 North Carolina State Census as "Conley" on the lists of Jesse Franklin taken for Captain William Hardin's Little River Taxing District.
John was born 28 June 1744. Family tradition says the place was Ireland, although it it quite possible it was in America, perhaps in Pennsylvania. He died at his Crab Creek home in northeastern Wilkes County prior to January, 1799 when his wife, Sarah, was given an allowance by the Ashe County Court and she and son, William, were appointed executors of the estate.
John's wife, Sarah (Wilson) Connely, was born 16 April 1746 (place unknown) and died 12 July 1824 in Lawrence County, Indiana. She is buried in the Connely Cemetery at Spice Valley. It is probable that they came directly to the Little River from Virginia where their son, Josiah, was born in August, 1783. While it is thought that the area was Montgomery County, it could have been Washington County where a John Conley was listed on the 1782 tax rolls.
John and Sarah had at least ten children including sons William (b. 22 July 1768-d.16 December 1842), Elijah (b. 7 July 1779-d.28 Sept. 1831), John (b. 30 August 1776-d.31 January 1853), Josiah (b. 21 August 1783-d. 20 Feb. 1870), Joel (b. 10 Mar. 1788-d. 8 June 1806 (SIC) and possible daughters
(unconfirmed); Sarah, Effie (1775-ca. 1829), Elizabeth (1778-1828) and Nancy (1780-1819).
Henry was born 2 May 1752 in Chester County, Pennsylvania and died 7 May 1840 in Johnson County, Kentucky. Henry's first wife, Ann MavGregor, was born 14 February 1756 and died 1830 in Floyd County, Kentucky. They came to this area from Montgomery County, Virginia, the home of his relatives, via Guilford/Orange County, North Carolina, the home of his parents, Thomas and Mary (Van Harlington) Connely who had moved to that area from Pennsylvania prior to 1776.
Henry and Ann had ten children: Edmund (b. 2 June 1776-d. 1865), Thomas (25 January 1777-d. 1840), Peggy (b. 8 August 1779-Unknown), David H. (b. 24 June 1781-Unknown), Rachel (b. 8 April 1783-d. 7 June 1855), John (b. 8 August 1785-d. 1860), Henry (b. 1 December 1787-d. 8 September 1859), Elizabeth (b. 8 April 1789-1851), William (b. 8 July 1791-d. a 1820), Joseph (b. 8 July 1795-d. 1860).
Following Ann's death, Captain Henry married second on 8 March 1832 to Temperence Hitchcock in Johnson County, Kentucky. No children were born to this union.
This Henry was Captain Henry Connely, the officer appointed by Governor Burke of North Carolina to lead a special Cavalry unit in the War of Independence. His Excellency had assigned Captain Henry and his dragoons the task of suppressing the covert activities of the notorious Colonel David Fanning, leader of the Tory uprisings in western North Carolina. He was in many skirmishes and participated in the main battles of Haw Fields, Colson Mills, and Guilford Court House. He was disabled by illness at the time his unit engaged in the "Ninety-Six" campaign. Captain Henry's Pension Application was filed in 1831 from Floyd County, Kentucky and is very detailed and interesting. Henry mentions visiting his "relatives in Montgomery County, Virginia" and raised a militia unit at the same place.
David Connely (b. before 1765) joined John and Henry shortly after the 1787 census. It is thought he came from Montgomery or Botetourt County. David paid land taxes until 1790, left the area and rejoined Henry by 1810 in Floyd County, Kentucky.
Besides John, Henry, and David, there was a Thomas and a James Connely who paid taxes in 1782 in Montgomery County, Virginia. Thomas' estate was appraised in August, 1793. The relationship of these men has not been fully determined, but it is probable they are brothers or close cousins.
In 1800, the Little River area was incorporated into the newly formed Ashe County. The census of that year listed the Conley families of Sarah (John's widow) and their sons, William and John Jr., together with Captain Henry and his son, Thomas.
By 1802 Captain Henry and his sons' families had moved to the Roaring River basin while John's widow and sons' families remained in Ashe County.
SOURCES: Ashe and Wilkes County courthouse records; North Carolina land grants: U. S. census lists; U. S. National Archives; family records.
- Arnold R. Kegel
Inscription
"In Memory of Sarah Connely, Consort of John Connely, was born April the 16 1747 and departed this life July the 12, 1824 aged 77 years 2 months and 22 days. "
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