Burial: Shawnee Town, IL

Father: Francis Marion Farley
b: 10/25/1703 in Henrico,VA
Mother: Nancy Whitlow
b: 1706 in Chesterfield VA

Married: 1760 in VA
Nancy Ann (Anna) Blankenship
Birth: 1730 in Henrico,VA
Daughter of:
Father: James Blankenship
b: 1698 in Henrico,VA d: 1754
Married: 1728 in Henrico Co VA
Elizabeth Hudson 1704-1789
Daughter of William and Elizabeth Hudson

WAR SERVICE: Revolutionary War and his name is found on the rolls of Captain Adam Clement's Company of the Virginia militia in 1781. This company marched to assist General Green in South Carolina. It is said that he carried the express mail between Washington's army and Jamestown during the Revolutionary War.

Direct quotation from "One Ladd's Family" by R. K. Ladd. "John Farley, born in 1728 in Chesterfield County, Virginia. He also married a Nancy Blankenship. The two Nancy's could have been cousins, or more probably niece and aunt, and were thought to be daughter and sister of Drewry Blankenship, the famous Indian scout. John Farley was also an Indian scout, along with his brothers, and also fought in the Battle of Point Pleasant on 10 October 1774. He moved to New River Settlement with his brothers in 1775, and after the Revolution he returned to his land on Indian Creek, now in Monroe County, West Virginia, where he probably died. We have no record of his children."
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Francis Farley Jr.
10/25/1726-8/15/1829 IL
Nancy Blankenship 1730-

Known Children:
1. Nancy Elizabeth Farley
b: 1758 in VA - d: 1840 in Monroe Co WV
m. 1777 in Farley's Fort, Greenbrier Co WV
To James ELLISON
b: 28 FEB 1758 in NJ
d: 18 FEB 1838 in Monroe Co WV

2. Francis Farley III
1765-1802

3. Drewry Farley
1760-1852

4. Edward Farley
10/27/1770-1832
m. Lettice McMullen
1774-

5. Gideon Farley
1772-3/31/1855
m. Mary West 1776-

6. Mary Polly Farley 1763-1832
m. Samuel Pack
1755-1833

7. Adam
m. 1807
Catherine Boyd

8. Johanna "Ann"