Henry Clay Farley (abt. 1800 - aft. 1860)

Born about 1800 in Montgomery County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Mark) Farley — married 1 Nov 1825 in Harlan, KY

Descendants

Died after 1 Jun 1860 after about age 60 in Harlan County, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

William Farley married Elizabeth Thompson and soon afterward moved further west, settling in what is now Lee County, Va., where they remained for the rest of their lives.

Among other children, they had three sons, Thomas, Jesse and Henry, who all moved across the mountains into Harlan County. Forrest Farley, one of William's brothers, also moved across the mountains into Kentucky, living mostly in Perry County.

The youngest of the three brothers who migrated to Harlan was Henry, born about 1800. He is also thought to hae had two marriages with the identity of the first wife unknown. They had at least one child, Henry who was born about 1822 and married Martha Ledford in 1845.

It is known that the elder Henry married Mary Marks in 1825 in Harlan County. They had five children: William M. who married Louisa Ledford; Mary who married George W. Crider; Elizabeth who married Benjamin F. Noe; John M. and Martha Jane. ^[1]

Name

Name: Henry C. /Farley/^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1800

Place: Montgomery Co., VA^[7][8]

Residence

Residence: Age in 1860: 60

Date: 1860

Place: Harlan, Kentucky, United States^[9]

Residence:

Date: 1850

Place: District 1, Harlan, Kentucky^[10]

Event

Event:

Type: County

Place: Harlan^[11]

Note

Note: #N00148

Marriage

Husband: Henry C. Farley

Wife: Mary Polly Mark

Child: Mary Polly Farley

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage: Henry Farley Polly Mark Luke Noe 1 Nov 1825

Date: 01 NOV 1825

Place: Harlan, KY^[12]

Marriage: Henry Farley Polly Mark Luke Noe 1 Nov 1825

Date: 01 NOV 1822

Place: Harlan, Kentucky, USA^[13]

Name: Henry Farley

Spouse's Name: Polly Mark

Event Date: 01 Nov 1820 Event Place: Harlan, Kentucky ^[14]

Census Records

1850 Census

1850 United States Federal Census about Mary Farler

Name: Mary Farler [Mary Farley]

Age: 20

Birth Year: abt 1830

Birthplace: Virginia

Home in 1850: District 1, Harlan, Kentucky

Gender: Female

Family Number: 324

Household Members:

• Henry Farler 50
• Mary Farler 45
• William Farler 22
• Mary Farler 20
• Elizabeth Farler 18
• John Farler 15
• Martha J Farler 4

The 1850 and 1860 census list his children as

• 1.henry b. ca 1820/1824
• 2.William b ca 1828/1832
• 3.Mary b ca 1830
• 4. Elizabeth b ca 1832 and
• 5.John b. ca 1835
• 6. Martha b. ca1846/1852.

I recieved this info from GJNolan@aol.com.^[15]

Henry Farley is my great great great grandfather. I descend from his son *William who married Mary Howard. Henry gave William the family home located on Watts Creek in Harlan County.^[16]

Jerry, Are you talking about Henry Farley b.1800 who married Mary/Polly Marks? If so who are there children? I believe they had a son

• Henry b.1820 who married Martha Ledford.^[17]

1860 Census

Post Office Harlan Courthouse, Harlan County, Kentucky, United States

Name: Henry Farley Event Type: Census Event Year: July 2 1860 Event Place: , Harlan, Kentucky, United States Gender: Male Age: 60 Race: White Race (Original): Birth Year (Estimated): 1800 Birthplace: Vir Page: 71 Household ID: 449 Family ID: 449 Lines: 29-32 ^[18] Household Gender Age Birthplace

• Henry Farley M 60 Vir Farmer Property Value 300 Personal Property 600
• Mary Farley F 55 Vir Household Duties
• John Farley M 25 Ky Farm Labor
• Martha Farley F 14 Ky

Ongoing Research

From: Art & Cheryl Harnack <prodesgn@aone.com> Subject: william 'hopping bill' farley Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 08:47:48 -0800

I was entering information received from Mary K. from the

History of Logan County, and would like documentation of the other children listed as born to William "Hopping Bill" Farley, who are not listed in this article. Excerpt reads: William Farley, a brother of Capt. Henry Farley, of Peach Creek, settled near the mouth of Buffalo. He married a Miss Thompson of albemarle County, VA., and was the father of four sons and one daughter. His sons were William -- known as "Punch Bill" -- who married a Miss Alen of Boone; Thompson, who married a Miss Chapman; Nimrod (father of the late Senator Farley of California), married a Miss Slater, and Henry, who married a Miss Starr.

:The children we have listed are the four above, plus: Jesse, William S. who married Henrietta Brewer, Forrest, Francis and Mary Polly. Mary is probably the daughter mentioned, but would like to know about the others.

Also: do you have documentation that the Miss Alen is Nancy Allen (Alen), which spelling is correct? And, Elizabeth "Betsy" Thompson, William's wife.http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/FARLEY/1998-01/0884278068

337 viii. Henry Farley, born 1800 in Montgomery County, VA; died Aft. 1830 in (Harland County, KY). He married Mary Polly Starr 1822.

Notes for Henry Farley: Went to Harlan Co, KY, where they appeared in the Harlan Co, 1860 Census. Here they lived and reared their families. Henry was quite a prominent citizen and represented the county in the Virginia Legislature. *http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/o/w/Michael-L-Bowen/GENE2-0030.html

Henry and his brother Jesse each had a son named William and there has been a lot of confusion on which was which. William who was Henry's son, married Mary Howard daughter of Wilkerson Howard.

• Re: Farleys in Harlan Jerry Taylor Dec 6 2002 http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=5769&p=localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.harlan

Sources

1. ↑ TRACING THE FARLEYS' STEPS FROM VIRGINIA TO HARLAN COUNTY © by Holly Timm [originally published 14th September 1988 Harlan Daily Enterprise Penny Pincher]
2. ↑ Source: #S00055 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Harlan, Kentucky; Roll: M432_203; Page: 32B; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1800 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1850 Residence place: District 1, Harlan, Kentucky Note: #N00146
3. ↑ Source: #S00084
4. ↑ Source: #S00073
5. ↑ Source: #S00056 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Harlan, Kentucky; Roll: M653_371; Page: 389; Image: 391; Family History Library Film: 803371
6. ↑ Source: #S00054 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/8797427/family Note: #N00147
7. ↑ Source: #S00055 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Harlan, Kentucky; Roll: M432_203; Page: 32B; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1800 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1850 Residence place: District 1, Harlan, Kentucky Note: #N00146
8. ↑ Source: #S00056 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Harlan, Kentucky; Roll: M653_371; Page: 389; Image: 391; Family History Library Film: 803371
9. ↑ Source: #S00056 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Harlan, Kentucky; Roll: M653_371; Page: 389; Image: 391; Family History Library Film: 803371
10. ↑ Source: #S00055 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Harlan, Kentucky; Roll: M432_203; Page: 32B; Image: . Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1800 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1850 Residence place: District 1, Harlan, Kentucky Note: #N00146
11. ↑ Source: #S00073
12. ↑ Source: #S00084
13. ↑ Source: #S00069 Data: Text: Marriage date: 1 Nov 1825 Marriage place: Kentucky Note: #N00143
14. ↑ Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01119-7 System Origin: Kentucky-EASy GS Film number: 834238 Reference ID: pg178 ln17 "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FW5K-QTG : accessed 01 Mar 2014), Henry Farley and Polly Mark, 01 Nov 1820.
15. ↑ Re: Henry Farley, 1800, VA,KY lauralmakey (View posts) Posted: 8 Dec 2002 11:25PM GMT http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.harlan/598/mb.ashx
16. ↑ NewRe: Henry Farley, 1800, VA,KY Jerry Taylor (View posts) Posted: 16 Dec 2002 5:11PM GMT
17. ↑ Re: Henry Farley, 1800, VA,KY laura makey Posted: 11 Feb 2003 5:15AM GMT
18. ↑ Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M653 GS Film Number: 803371 Digital Folder Number: 004230650 Image Number: 00395 "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZBW-92R : accessed 01 Mar 2014), Henry Farley, 1860.

• Additional resource for Harlan County, Kentucky: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyharlan/research.html

• Source: S00054 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R00001 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
• Repository: R00001 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S00055 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432,; Repository: #R00001 NOTE_APID: 1,8054::0
• Source: S00056 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1; Repository: #R00001 NOTE_APID: 1,7667::0
• Source: S00073 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Kentucky Land Grants Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants. Louisville, KY, USA: Filson Club Publications, 1925.Original data: Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants. Vo; Repository: #R00001 NOTE_APID: 1,2073::0
• Source: S00084 Title: Web: RootsWeb Marriage Records Index Publication: Name: Web: RootsWeb Marriage Records Index [database on-line]. RootsWeb.; Repository: #R00001 NOTE_APID: 1,70453::0

William FARLEY, b. c.1768, poss. Bedford Co., VA., md. 1st, 1789, Elizabeth THOMPSON, Montgomery Co., VA., poss. md. 2nd, 1816, Elizabeth CHETWOOD, Cabell Co., VA., d. poss. c.1833/34, Logan Co., VA. 1. Nimrod FARLEY, b. c.1790/92, ?poss. md. 1st, (_____) SLA- TER, md. ?2nd, 1819, Kitura HARMON, Floyd Co., KY., md. ?3rd, 1822, Juliet CLENDENIN, Pike Co., KY., d. c.1855/59, ?MO. 2. Thompson FARLEY, d. c.1827/28, Logan Co., VA., md. 1820, Mary "Polly" PHILLIPS, Floyd Co., KY. 3. William P. FARLEY, d. 1849, Logan Co., VA., md. 1828, Nancy ALLEN 4. Daughter, b. 1794/1804 Henry FARLEY, b. c.1800, d. 1864, ?Tazewell/Logan Co., VA. md. 1822, Mary "Polly" STARR, Pike Co., KY.From: "Ramona Sadlon" <rjsbooks@earthlink.net> Subject: FARLEY, William -c.1768-c.1833/34 -Montgomery/Lee/Cabell/Logan Co., VA. Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 18:53:51 -0500 http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ROOTS/1998-08/90910

Notes

Note N00146http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=17188964&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Note N00147

Note N00148The youngest of the three brothers who migrated to Harlan was Henry, born about 1800. He is also thought to hae had two marriages with the identity of the first wife unknown. They had at least one child, Henry who was born about 1822 and married Martha Ledford in 1845. It is known that the elder Henry married Mary Marks in 1825 in Harlan County. They had five children: William M. who married Louisa Ledford; Mary who married George W. Crider; Elizabeth who married Benjamin F. Noe; John M. and Martha Jane. From these three brothers and their uncle Forrest Farley descend most of the present Farleys in southeast Kentucky. THOMAS