James
Polina
Coley
Born in Halifax, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Zachariah Coley
and Mary (Patton) Coley
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Salter) Coley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Martha (King) Coley
— married
23 Nov 1823 in Wilkinson, Georgia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Coley) Brown, Rhoda (Coley) Hamlet, Sarah (Colley) Vaughn, James Polina (Coley) Colley Jr, Maynard Nelson Coley, Anderson Coley, Elizabeth (Coley) Moore, David Coley, Jonathan Coley, Nancy (Coley) Potts, Zachariah Coley and Martha (Coley) Davis
Died
at age 83
in Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Dec 2011
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Biography
James was born in 1752 and is the son of Zachariah Coley and Mary Patton. The Virginia census of 1782 shows living in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The next time he shows on a census is in Franklin County, Georgia beginning in 1808 and through 1811. His first wife was Elizabeth Salter Colley.There is record of his marriage to Martha King as having taken place on 13 Nov 1823 in Wilkinson County, Georgia. He acquired land in 1827 by the Georgia Land Lottery. James died in 1835.
Name
- Name: James/Colley/Coley/[1]
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/44913947/james-colley : accessed 01 June 2021), memorial page for James Colley (15 Apr 1782–31 Jan 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44913947, citing Colley Family Cemetery, White County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Carl Gaddis (contributor 47193897) .
United States Federal Census 1820
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Coley-298 was started through the import of Reba Family Tree_2011-03-12.ged on March 13, 2011 and by Tom Coley onDecember 22, 2011.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~0.78%
Dianne (Howard) Farquharson
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JN6833213 [compare], Ancestry member Diannefarqu
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~0.39%
Sheryl (Seymour) Padgett :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sheryldsbpadgett
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