0 HEAD
1 SOUR AncestQuest
2 NAME Ancestral Quest
2 VERS 3.0
2 CORP The Hope Foundation
3 ADDR 9547 S. 700 East
4 CONT Sandy, UT 84070
1 DEST Ancestral Quest
1 DATE 16 JUL 2000
2 TIME 16:38:16
1 FILE jasfinley.ged
1 GEDC
2 VERS 4.0
2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
1 CHAR ANSI
1 SUBM @SUB1@
0 @SUB1@ SUBM
1 NAME Carmen J. Finley
1 ADDR 4820 Rockridge Lane
2 CONT Santa Rosa, CA 95404
1 PHON 707/544-2072
1 _EMAIL finleyc@sonoma.edu
0 @I1457@ INDI
1 NAME James /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 CHR
2 DATE Abt 1720
2 PLAC Chester Co(?),PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE Bef 10 AUG 1802
2 PLAC Wythe Co,VA
1 FAMS @F770@
1 NOTE !Stout thinks his wife was Agnes and they were in Augusta County, VA in
2 CONT 1747.  Messer claims James was born 1721 in Chester County, PA and moved
2 CONT to Augusta County, VA in 1737.
2 CONT
2 CONT !Monette thinks James (1720-1780?) married Agnes and moved to VA in 1742.
2 CONT Monette also quotes France, "Of James Finley who moved to Virginia, 1740,
2 CONT died 1780, wife Agnes, I first thought he was a son of James and
2 CONT Elizabeth (Patterson) Finley, but since find that James, son of James,
2 CONT died in Cumberland County, Penn."
2 CONT
2 CONT !James, Sr. and James, Jr. first found on Crockett's list of tithables in
2 CONT area from Wm Sayers to Head of Holstein in 1771 (Kegley, New River
2 CONT Thithes, p. 9). On 3 August 1772 he entered 191 acres on Read Creek (VSL,
2 CONT reel 33, Book C:212). DAR application of Margaret Weston Suiter (#46287)
2 CONT of Wytheville (aged 90+ in 1992), says this James married Agnes Reid and
2 CONT is the one who wrote will dated 23 July 1799; proved 10 August 1802 in
2 CONT Wythe County (WB 1:220).  His will refers to only son, James Finley [most
2 CONT likely Capt. James Finley] and to "well beloved grandson, William Finley,
2 CONT sole executor rest of estate."  The will of Capt. James Finley, written
2 CONT 15 October 1800; proved 15 April 1801 in Wythe County (WB 1:176), does
2 CONT refer to son, William Finley.
0 @I2328@ INDI
1 NAME Hezekiah /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 DEC 1803
2 PLAC Wythe Co,VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 NOV 1855
2 PLAC Wayne Co,VA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Geo. Finley Cemetery,Wayne Co,WV
1 FAMS @F2143@
1 FAMC @F1123@
1 NOTE !Birth and deathe dates from Winfield Hazelett, 792 Raccoon Creek Rd.,
2 CONT Branchland, WV 25506.
2 CONT
2 CONT !1850 census, 15 Aug. 1850, Wayne Co., VA, p. 501/250, district
2 CONT 66.
2 CONT 1860 census, 13 June 1860, Wayne Co., VA, p.
2 CONT 152/878.
2 CONT 1870 census, 10 Aug. 1870, Grant Twp., Wayne Co., VA, p.
2 CONT 51.
2 CONT
2 CONT !Info on this family from Tammy Giancola, tlgincola@hotmail.com, 19 April
2 CONT 2000.
2 CONT
2 CONT !BURIAL: Tammy Giancola, James Finley Family -
2 CONT 
2 CONT
2 CONT !MARRIAGE: Tammy Giancola, James Finley Family -
2 CONT 
0 @I2461@ INDI
1 NAME Agnes /Reid/
1 SEX F
1 DEAT
2 DATE Bef 23 JUL 1799
2 PLAC Wythe Co(?),VA
1 FAMS @F770@
1 NOTE !Based on DAR application of Margaret Weston Suiter, Wytheville, VA,
2 CONT dated 31 December 1937 (#46287).
0 @I2462@ INDI
1 NAME James /Finley/
1 TITL Capt
1 SEX M
1 DEAT
2 DATE Bef 15 OCT 1800
2 PLAC Wythe Co,VA
1 FAMS @F1173@
1 FAMC @F770@
1 NOTE !From "History of Bland Co. (VA)," Bland County Centennial Corporation,
2 CONT 1961, p. 95: "James Finley, Sr., Captain of Militia, was among those who
2 CONT won particular applause for their great activity and full execution of
2 CONT all orders in the Revolutionary War.  He received a large tract of land
2 CONT lying in Bland County on the Crab Orchard for his services in the
2 CONT Revolutionary War and it was to this tract that his son, James, Jr. came.
2 CONT The tract contained about one thousand acres, and was located where the
2 CONT present town of Bland now stands. The Finley farm, how in possession of
2 CONT Mrs. A.W. Suiter, is part of the original acreage.  February 26, 1783,
2 CONT part of this plot was deeded to Thomas Dunn.  That part of the Finley
2 CONT lands, now in the possession of Mrs. A.W. Suiter, has been in the Finley
2 CONT family since 1783.  Captain Finley's son, James, married Eunice Bonham,
2 CONT and their son, James married Rebecca Dunn; their son, Thomas Nye Finley,
2 CONT married first a Miss Ewald and then Laura Lester ... The Finley home was
2 CONT built about 1850 and is a white frame building with a large fireplace in
2 CONT each room.  The back part of the house has been added in recent years,
2 CONT but the front portion is the original.  The Finley family are of Irish
2 CONT descent, settling first in Pennsylvania, then emigrating to present Wythe
2 CONT and Bland Counties."
2 CONT
2 CONT !James, Sr. and James, Jr. first appear on Crockett's list of tithables
2 CONT in 1771 --area, Wm. Sayers to Head of Holston River (Kegley's New River
2 CONT Tithes, p. 9). Captain James and his father James, Sr. appear in
2 CONT Montgomery County records as early as 1773, in Order Book 1, page 2,
2 CONT indicating they were in the area before the formation of Montgomery
2 CONT County.  The first mention of "Captain," was dated 10 June 1782, with
2 CONT rank taken 9 November 1791 (OB 1:
2 CONT 269).
2 CONT  However, there is a note in Order Book 2:320, that James Finley took
2 CONT oath in Capt of militia on 4 April 1781.  Predating that in Order Book
2 CONT 1778-1780:71, is a note that James Finley was recommended 1st Lieutenant
2 CONT in the militia.  Fincastle County deeds show James Finley, Jr. bought 100
2 CONT acres on Reed Creek from John Crockett and Wm. Sawyers in January 1773
2 CONT (Summers, "Annals of Southwest Virginia," p. 667). On 1 May 1781, one of
2 CONT the James Finleys was found guilty of living in Adultery (Summers, p.
2 CONT 752).  On 26 May 1790, he appeared on a list of officers for the County
2 CONT Militia and was recommended as Commissioner of the Peace (Summers, p.
2 CONT 1356).  On 17 November 1797, he appeared as a Justice in a court case
2 CONT (Summers, p. 1365).  There are many more entries in the Montgomery and
2 CONT Wythe County Court Orders, but James, Sr. is not always distinguished
2 CONT from Capt. James [James, Jr.].
2 CONT
2 CONT !His will, written 15 October 1800; proved 15 April 1801 (Wythe County WB
2 CONT 1:176) states, "I have 1592 acres of land in the State of Kentucky on the
2 CONT waters of Green River of which land I leave and bequeath to my son
2 CONT William Finley, 200 acres and five dollars in money to my nephew Jonathan
2 CONT Henderson I leave 192 acres, the rest to be divided equally among the
2 CONT rest of my children according to quantity and quality.  The plantation I
2 CONT live on and all moveable property I leave to my wife as long as she
2 CONT lives, or to my youngest child comes to
2 CONT age."
2 CONT
2 CONT !According to Tammhy Giancola, tlgiancola@hotmail.com, 19 April 2000, 
2 CONT Capt. James died when saw logs fell on his head.
0 @I2463@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Henderson/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F1173@
1 NOTE !From DAR records of Loura Lester Finley Suiter (#323352).
0 @I2464@ INDI
1 NAME William /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Bef 1780
2 PLAC VA
1 FAMC @F1173@
1 NOTE !Received 1592 acres on Green River, KY, from father's will (Wythe County
2 CONT WB 1:176).
0 @I2465@ INDI
1 NAME James /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 MAR 1781
2 PLAC Montgomery Co(?),VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE APR 1850
2 PLAC Pike Co,KY
1 BURI
2 PLAC Helvy Cemetery,Pike Co,KY
1 FAMS @F1123@
1 FAMS @F1174@
1 FAMC @F1173@
1 NOTE !Ancestor of Winfield Hazelett, 792 Raccoon Creek Rd., Branchland, WV
2 CONT 25506. (1993).  According to Hazelett, they resided on Johns Creek in
2 CONT Pike County, KY.
0 @I2466@ INDI
1 NAME Polly /Finley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1790
1 FAMC @F1173@
0 @I2467@ INDI
1 NAME George /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1797
1 FAMC @F1173@
0 @I2468@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1793
2 PLAC Wythe Co?,VA
1 FAMC @F1173@
1 NOTE !Date of birth supplied by Winfield Halett, 792 Raccoon Creek Rd.,
2 CONT Branchland, WV 25506 (1993).
0 @I2469@ INDI
1 NAME Eunice (Unis) /Bonham/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1780/1788
1 DEAT
2 DATE Bef 6 MAR 1834
1 FAMS @F1123@
0 @I2929@ INDI
1 NAME Mary (Polly) /Finley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 4 MAY 1805
1 FAMC @F1123@
1 NOTE !Birth date from Winfield Hazelett.
0 @I2930@ INDI
1 NAME Sophrania /Finley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 AUG 1807
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1833
1 FAMC @F1123@
1 NOTE !Birth and death dates from Winfield Hazelett.
0 @I2931@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Nye /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 DEC 1809
1 FAMC @F1123@
1 NOTE !Birth date from Winfield Hazelett.
0 @I2932@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Finley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 9 NOV 1811
1 FAMC @F1123@
1 NOTE !Birth date from Winfield Hazelett.
0 @I2933@ INDI
1 NAME James /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 MAR 1813
1 FAMC @F1123@
1 NOTE !Birth date from Winfield Hazelett.
0 @I2934@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 JAN 1818
1 FAMC @F1123@
1 NOTE !Birth date from Winfield Hazelett.
0 @I2935@ INDI
1 NAME Rhoda /Finley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2 NOV 1819
1 FAMC @F1123@
1 NOTE !Birth date from Winfield Hazelett.
0 @I2936@ INDI
1 NAME Sophia /Finley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 NOV 1821
1 FAMC @F1123@
1 NOTE !Birth date from Winfield Hazelett.
0 @I2937@ INDI
1 NAME Nehemiah /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 4 MAY 1823
1 FAMC @F1123@
1 NOTE !Birth date from Winfield Hazelett.
0 @I2938@ INDI
1 NAME L Wesley /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 JUL 1825
1 FAMC @F1123@
1 NOTE !Birth date from Winfield Hazelett.
0 @I2939@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel H /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 10 MAR 1830
1 FAMC @F1123@
1 NOTE !Birth date from Winfield Hazelett.
0 @I2940@ INDI
1 NAME Elvira /Finley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 SEP 1831
1 FAMC @F1123@
1 NOTE !Birth date from Winfield Hazelett.
0 @I2941@ INDI
1 NAME Hannah /Finley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 MAY 1835
1 DEAT
2 DATE NOV 1936
1 FAMC @F1123@
1 NOTE !Birth date from Winfield Hazelett.
0 @I5628@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Helvey/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 MAY 1809
2 PLAC Giles Co,VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 DEC 1884
2 PLAC Wayne Co,WV
1 BURI
2 PLAC Geo. Finley Cemetery,Wayne Co,WV
1 FAMS @F2143@
1 NOTE !NOTE: Tammy Giancola, James Finley Family -
2 CONT 
2 CONT
2 CONT !MARRIAGE: Tammy Giancola, James Finley Family -
2 CONT 
0 @I5631@ INDI
1 NAME Susanah /Finley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 SEP 1829
1 FAMS @F2145@
1 FAMC @F2143@
0 @I5632@ INDI
1 NAME James R /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 JUL 1831
2 PLAC Pike Co,KY
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 1918
2 PLAC Wayen Co,WV
1 FAMS @F2146@
1 FAMC @F2143@
1 NOTE !1850 census, Wayne Co, VA, district 66, p.
2 CONT 501/250.
2 CONT 1860 census, Wayne Court House, Wayne Co, VA, p.
2 CONT 152/878.
2 CONT
2 CONT !Ancestor of Polly Bunn, pollybun@aol.com, 30 June 2000, posted on
2 CONT GenForum, http://genforum.genealogy.com/finley/messages/1009.html
0 @I5633@ INDI
1 NAME Jacob Wade /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 MAR 1833
2 PLAC VA
1 FAMC @F2143@
0 @I5634@ INDI
1 NAME Hannah G /Finley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 MAY 1835
1 DEAT
2 DATE 4 NOV 1836
1 FAMC @F2143@
0 @I5635@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas Henry /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 4 JUL 1836
2 PLAC VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1930
2 PLAC Ashton,WV
1 FAMC @F2143@
0 @I5636@ INDI
1 NAME Eunice /Finley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 6 MAR 1838
2 PLAC VA
1 FAMC @F2143@
0 @I5637@ INDI
1 NAME William M /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 DEC 1842
2 PLAC VA
1 FAMC @F2143@
0 @I5638@ INDI
1 NAME Eldridge /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JUL 1845
2 PLAC VA
1 FAMC @F2143@
0 @I5639@ INDI
1 NAME George Washington /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 MAY 1848
2 PLAC VA
1 FAMC @F2143@
0 @I5640@ INDI
1 NAME Nehemiah /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 16 OCT 1851
2 PLAC VA
1 FAMC @F2143@
0 @I5641@ INDI
1 NAME Adam /Napier/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 JUL 1826
1 FAMS @F2145@
0 @I5642@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Maynard/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAR 1836
2 PLAC VA
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 1918
2 PLAC Wayne Co,VA
1 FAMS @F2146@
0 @I5657@ INDI
1 NAME Rhoda /Finley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1783
1 FAMS @F2149@
1 FAMC @F1173@
1 NOTE !NOTE: Tammy Giancola, tlgiancola@hotmail.com, 19 April 2000, James
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT
2 CONT !MARRIAGE: Tammy Giancola, tlgiancola@hotmail.com, 19 April 2000, James
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I5658@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel /Henderson/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F2149@
1 NOTE !MARRIAGE: Tammy Giancola, tlgiancola@hotmail.com, 19 April 2000, James
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I5659@ INDI
1 NAME John /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1785
1 FAMS @F2150@
1 FAMC @F1173@
1 NOTE !MARRIAGE: Tammy Giancola, tlgiancola@hotmail.com, 19 April 2000, James
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I5660@ INDI
1 NAME Martha /Walker/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F2150@
1 NOTE !MARRIAGE: Tammy Giancola, tlgiancola@hotmail.com, 19 April 2000, James
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I5661@ INDI
1 NAME Hannah /Finley/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1788
1 FAMS @F2151@
1 FAMC @F1173@
1 NOTE !NOTE: Tammy Giancola, tlgiancola@hotmail.com, 19 April 2000, James
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @I5662@ INDI
1 NAME James /Glass/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F2151@
0 @I5663@ INDI
1 NAME David H /Finley/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1795
2 PLAC Wythe Co,VA
1 FAMC @F1173@
1 NOTE !NOTE: Tammy Giancola, tlgiancola@hotmail.com, 19 April 2000, James
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
0 @F770@ FAM
1 HUSB @I1457@
1 WIFE @I2461@
1 CHIL @I2462@
0 @F1123@ FAM
1 HUSB @I2465@
1 WIFE @I2469@
1 CHIL @I2328@
1 CHIL @I2929@
1 CHIL @I2930@
1 CHIL @I2931@
1 CHIL @I2932@
1 CHIL @I2933@
1 CHIL @I2934@
1 CHIL @I2935@
1 CHIL @I2936@
1 CHIL @I2937@
1 CHIL @I2938@
1 CHIL @I2939@
1 CHIL @I2940@
1 CHIL @I2941@
1 MARR
2 DATE Abt 1802
0 @F1173@ FAM
1 HUSB @I2462@
1 WIFE @I2463@
1 CHIL @I2464@
1 CHIL @I2465@
1 CHIL @I5657@
1 CHIL @I5659@
1 CHIL @I5661@
1 CHIL @I2466@
1 CHIL @I2468@
1 CHIL @I5663@
1 CHIL @I2467@
1 MARR
2 DATE Abt 1778
2 PLAC Augusta Co,VA
0 @F1174@ FAM
1 HUSB @I2465@
1 WIFE @I0@
0 @F2143@ FAM
1 HUSB @I2328@
1 WIFE @I5628@
1 CHIL @I5631@
1 CHIL @I5632@
1 CHIL @I5633@
1 CHIL @I5634@
1 CHIL @I5635@
1 CHIL @I5636@
1 CHIL @I5637@
1 CHIL @I5638@
1 CHIL @I5639@
1 CHIL @I5640@
1 MARR
2 DATE 30 AUG 1828
2 PLAC Pike Co,KY
0 @F2145@ FAM
1 HUSB @I5641@
1 WIFE @I5631@
1 MARR
2 DATE Bef 1850
0 @F2146@ FAM
1 HUSB @I5632@
1 WIFE @I5642@
1 MARR
2 DATE 10 FEB 1853
0 @F2149@ FAM
1 HUSB @I5658@
1 WIFE @I5657@
1 MARR
2 DATE 10 DEC 1811
2 PLAC Wythe Co,VA
0 @F2150@ FAM
1 HUSB @I5659@
1 WIFE @I5660@
1 MARR
2 DATE 23 APR 1812
2 PLAC Wythe Co,VA
0 @F2151@ FAM
1 HUSB @I5662@
1 WIFE @I5661@
1 MARR
2 DATE 2 FEB 1808
0 TRLR