William Calvin Hartley (abt. 1801 - aft. 1850)

Born about 1801 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States

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Died after 1850 after about age 49 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Hartley Name Study.

Birth

Birth about 1801 in Kentucky^[1][2]

Occupation

Farmer, 1850^{[3][citation needed]}

Residence

1850: Not Stated, Copiah, Mississippi^[1]

William Hartley is found in the 1850 Copiah County, Mississippi census. The members of his household are as follows: Henry Hartley, an 11 year old male whose birthplace is shown as Kentucky. Fancy is listed next as a 45 year old female born in Georgia. Nancy is listed as a 16 year old girl, followed by Frances a 13 year old female, Melinda an 11 year old female, and Julia a 5 year old female. All the girls show a birthplace as Mississippi. I'm not sure why Henry Hartley shows Kentucky. The following information I received in an email from someone in myfamily.com: "Henry Hartley of the 1850 census of Copiah County, Mississippi, in the household of William and Fancy Hartley is listed separately as he is an illegitimate child of William Hartley. My great-grandfather was George W. Hartley who was a child of William and Fancy as well as Joe, Will and John. This was told to me by Charles Hooker Hartley, a son of the above George. In 1850 George was working in the household of Nancy McGrew in Copiah. He married Lucinda Dunnigan." ^[1]

A copy of a land grant for William Hartley was found. The gist of the land grand said:

"Whereas William Hartley of Copiah County, Mississippi has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Mount Salus whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said William Hartley, according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," for the East half of the North West quarter of Section twenty six in the Township eleven North of Range five East in the District of lands subject to sale at Mount Salus, Mississippi, containing eight acres and thirty one hundredth of an acre according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said William Hartley. ... In Testimony Whereof, by Martin Van Buren, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the tenth day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty and of the Independence of the United States the Sixty fourth."^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LH-K4S : 22 December 2020), William Hartley, Copiah, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Copiah County, Mississippi
3. ↑ Mississippi Federal Census

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