John G Riley (abt. 1748 - 1820)

Born about 11 Mar 1748 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Jalila Darnall — married Jan 1771 in , Fauquier, Virginia

Descendants

Died Apr 1820 at about age 72 in Mercer, Kentucky

Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 11 Mar 1748/49

Place: Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia

Imported only 11 Mar 1748 from Birth Date and marked as uncertain.

Military

Name: John Riley Application State: Virginia Applicant Designation: Rejected Pension Application File Second Applicant Name: Jalila Riley Archive Publication Number: M804 Archive Roll Number: 2048 Total Pages in Packet: 1

Death

Will of John Riley (taken from "A Massie Family History", page 40, by Evelyn Hepworth Massie, 1972, (on file at the Harrodsburg Historical Society - Harrodsburg, Ky):

In the name of God amen I John Riley of the county of Mercer and state of Kentucky Farmer being in los stae of Boddy [sic] but of perfect mind & memory thanks be to God calling unto ming the mortality of my body & knowing that is appointed for man once to die do make and ordain this my last will and Testament. that is to say principally & first of all I give & recommend my sould unto hand of almighty God who gave it & my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian form at the discretion of Executors as toching my worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me within this life I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form .... First, I give and bequeath to JALY RILEY my dear and beloved wife during her widowhood all the tract of land whereon I now live together with all my household goods, debts, & moveable effects & after the Expiration of her death my will is that all the property herein above mentioned shall be equally divided amonst my children except NELLY MASSEY to which I give her one dollar over and above what I have all ready given her. LEONARD HARLY is to have his mothers part. Also I do appoint, constitute & ordain WILLIAM MADDOX and LEWIS RILEY my sole Executors of this my last will & Testament and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all & every other former wills and bequeaths by me in any wise before named, willed & bequeathed, ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this fifth day of April in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and twenty.

Signed sealed in the presence of

Benjamin B. Rose

James Ellis

Susan (her X mark) Rose

John (his X mark) Riley [seal]

Witness I give and bequeath unto LEWIS RILEY, my son, twenty seven acres & half for his services he has done for me and a equal division with the rest of my children after his mother death.

Test: James Ellis

Samuel Conner

John (his X mark) Riley [seal]

Mercer County Ct., Oct 1820

The foregoing last will & Testament of John Riley Dec'd was this day produced into court and proved by the oaths of Benjamin B. Rose & James Ellis two subscribing witnesses thereto and the codicil was proven by the oaths of the said James Ellix and

ordered to be recorded.

Att. Tho Allin CC

John Riley's April 5, 1820, Will was entered for probate in the October Session of the Mercer Co., Ky., Court after he died on Aug. 15, 1820. (Death date from daughter Mary Riley Brown.)

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Sources

• WikiTree profile Riley-1742 created through the import of Ancestors Martha Mills.ged on Nov 29, 2012 by Kim Myers. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kim and others.

• Massie, Evelyn Hepworth. “Chapter Two.” A Massie Family History: Descendants of James R. Massie of Virginia and Kentucky and His Sons William Redman Massie (Born 1800) and John Colin Massie (Born 1816): Including Some Early Families of Riley, Ransdell, Gresham, Purnell, Byne, Cowan, Owsley, Baxter, Pannell, Wood, Parsons, O'Brian, Myers, Pettigrew, Caffery, Rundell, Hepworth, Gilbreath, and Others, Kennewick, WA, 1972.