Samuel Schooley Jr. (1743 - abt. 1832)

Born 16 Apr 1743 in Bethlehem, Hunterdon, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Brown) Schooley — married 9 Jan 1766 in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania

Husband of Elizabeth (Willson) Schooley — married 13 Sep 1770 in Kingwood Meeting, Hunterdon Co., NJ

Descendants

Died about 1832 at about age 88 in Grayson, Carroll, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Samuel was a Friend (Quaker)

The Kingwood Friends Minutes begin with vital records dated July 10, 1744. The Kingwood Monthly Meeting of Friends in New Jersey recorded the marriage of Samuel and Elizabeth on September 13, 1770.

On October 13, 1785 Samuel requested that he, wife Elizabeth, sons James, John and Samuel be transferred and received certificate from the Kingwood Meeting in Hardwick County, NJ. They were a part of Deep River, NC Monthly Meeting as of February 6, 1786. On the same date wife Elizabeth and their daughters, Leah and Margret also received certificate from Kingwood.

On January 5, 1795 the Deep River Minutes record that Samuel requested on behalf of his family, advice a to moving to Chestnut Creek Monthly Meeting and were advised not to remove. It was located in Grayson County, Virginia, near Galax. Apparently in 1786 New Garden sent a committee to Nolichucky and Chestnut Creek. Their report, dated December 30 of that year stated they "were of the Judgment that to Continue the Meeting of Nolanchunkey would be best and the meeting of Chestnut Creek they apprenended to be out of order and that they needed help but thought it might be best Still to Indulge them for further Tryal." They put them under jurisdiction of Westfield MM with New Garden overseeing all three. The meeting wasn't officially set up until 1801 and was originally called Mt. Pleasant, changing the name to Chestnut Creek in 1818. The verge of the meeting extended into Carrol Co, VA and Surry Co., NC. The Monthly Meeting was laid down about 1826 because of the migration of most of its members to Ohio and other northwestern states.

Name

Samuel Schooley Jr.

Birth

Date: 1743-02-16 Old Style Calendar

Place: Bethlehem, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA

Death

• 1832 Captain Sanel Schooley Jr. died April 1832, in Grayson, Carroll County, Virginia, and was buried in the Quaker-Nester Cemetery of Carroll County, Virginia. ^[1]

Marriage

Date: 1770

Place: NJ^[2]

Military

Captain Samuel Schooley Jr. served with 1st Regiment, Sussex County Militia, New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.

Samuel Schooley Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A101053.

• DAR Ancestor # A101053 ^[3] Note comments in the DAR record.
• 1776 Rosters of Soldiers and Sailors: Second Lieutenant Samuel Schooley, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776. "declined" (?) ^[4]

STATE OF NEW JERSEY OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, Trenton, March 13, 1912. It is certified that the records of this office show that, SAMUEL SCHOOLEY, was in commission as Ensign, Sussex County, New Jersey, Militia; Residence, Greenwich, Sussex Co., N. J. Commissioned Ensign, Captain William Bond’s Company, Col. Ephriam Martin’s Battalion, Brigadier General Nathaniel Heard’s Brigade, New Jersey State Troups, June 24th, 1776, five months service; Assigned to Major General Nathaniel Green’s Division, Continental Army, on Long Island, New York, Aug. 27, 1776; At battles of Long Island, New York, Aug. 27, 1776; and White Plains, New York, Oct. 28, 1776; Appointed Second Lieutenant, Fourth Battalion, New Jersey Continental Line, Col. Ephriam Martin, and received warrant for recruiting, November 16, 1776; Commission declined; Second Lieutenant, First Regiment, Sussex County, New Jersey Militia, date unknown. First Lieutenant, Captain Andrew Malick’s (First) Company, First Regiment, Sussex County, New Jersey Militia, Colonel Mark Thompson Commanding, May 24, 1776. Final Record unknown during the Revolutionary War. (Seal) W. F. SADLER, JR. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL

Captain Samuel Schooley was mentioned as such by a soldier of that war, Cornelius VanFleet, in Oct. 1832, when he was a resident of Washington Township, Lycoming County, Pennsa., whence he came from New Jersey, in his application to the United States for a soldier’s pension. He stated his services in that war were under Captain Samuel Schooley, Captain John Tenbrook, and others during the years 1776-1778. Van Fleet (Van Fliet) and Tenbrook and many others from New Jersey were, in a few years after the close of that war, residents of White Deer Valley, in Washington township, Lycoming County, Pa.^[5]

Will

"Captain Samuel Schooley left his Will dated “This twentyeth day of the third month in the year 1825. It announces that “Samuel Schooley of Grayson County in the state of Virginia.” “I give to my daughter Margaret a tract of land near Muddy Creek in Stokes Co., North Carolina. “My son John,” “My son Benjamin,” “My son Nathan,” “My daughter Elizabeth,” “My son Samuel, one tract of land lying on both sides of Pine Creek in Grayson Co., state of Va.” The witnesses to his will were: Thomas Marshall, John Lindsey, Henry Bourne. He also bequeathed to Samuel all the money and credit that were due to him. Also his livestock and all the implements of husbandry and household goods. A Hackle, used in preparing flax for weaving, made in his workshops, is now in the possession of one of his descendants, Victor Schooley. Samuel, Jr., with William Montgomery were designated in the Will, to act as executors thereof. This will was recorded in Will Book, 1. p. 397. The inventory and appraisal of the estate, were made 19th. July, 1832, by Stephen Lindsey, Peter Huff and Samuel Hylton, recorded in the county records at Independence, Virginia. The mortal remains of Captain Samuel Schooley were laid in eternal rest in the small Quaker burial ground on Grape Hill, a few miles south of Dugspur, in Carroll County, Va." ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #161194578
2. ↑ Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MSL. Note: http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=1070326&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1743Birth place: NeMarriage date: 1770Marriage place: NJ APID: 1,7836::1070326
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 15 May 2023), "Record of Samuel Schooley", Ancestor # A101053.
4. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-CST6-T?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RMS%3A1588792210 : 24 January 2018), New Jersey > image 100 of 876; citing various published state rosters, United States.
5. ↑ Ivey, May Schooley, A PIONEER SCHOOLEY FAMILY p. 29-30
6. ↑ Ivey, May Schooley, A PIONEER SCHOOLEY FAMILY p. 32

See also:

• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy; Hinshaw, William Wade (1861947); 1936- Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards brothers, inc.; Pgs 791-2 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015002304221?urlappend=%3Bseq=821 ; Pg 836 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015002304221?urlappend=%3Bseq=866 ; Pg 1012 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015002304221;view=1up;seq=1042 : Vol 1, pg 1001 Chester MM.

• Willson, Richard Eugene. comp. The Willson Family 1672-1979 Ottawa, IL:[s.n.],1979. Print. This edition incorporates 2 previous volumes which are available from Hathi Trust online.

• Snell, James P.. History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia: Everts & Pe Note: Addenda and errata inserted at end.

• Armstrong-The Lundy Family and Their Descendents of What So Ever Surname online at Archives.org

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT,

• Ivey, May Schooley,. A pioneer Schooley family. Miami, Fla.: Franklin Press Note: Photocopy of original. APID: 1,23534::0

• Moore, James W.,. Record of the Kingwood monthly meeting of Friends, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Flemington, N.J.: H.E. Deats,

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLC-JFY : accessed 9 January 2023), Saml Schooley, Grayson, Virginia, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH54-Q8X : 20 February 2021), Saml Schooley, Grayson, Virginia, United States; citing 279, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 190; FHL microfilm 29,669.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161194578/samuel-schooley : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for CPT Samuel Schooley Jr. (16 Apr 1743–Apr 1832), Find a Grave Memorial ID 161194578, citing Quaker-Nester Cemetery, Carroll County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Dawn Gary Dickens (contributor 48208125) Body lost or destroyed.