Margaret (Pickens) Findley (1792 - 1846)

Born 12 Sep 1792 in Ellejoy Section, VA

Ancestors

Wife of James Findley — married 15 Feb 1816 in Blount Co, TN

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1846 at age 53 in Lovilia, Monroe, Iowa

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Biography

Margaret Pickens ... ^[1]

Sarah Breckenridge, daughter of George and Ann Doak Breckenridge, married Robert Finley (born 1745) in 1777, per Dr Carmen Finley's Sonoma Finley genealogy, quoting descendant Alverta Brown Martin that the couple moved to the western border of North Carolina shortly after marriage, and later to Blount County TN. Descendant Martin further reports, in Dr Finley's genealogy, that their children included: Thankful, Sarah, John, Robert-b1780-mMaryPickens, Ann, Margaret, James-b1796TN-laterKansas-mMargaret Pickens. Descendant Martin is further quoted that Robert and Sarah are buried in Eusebia Cemetery in Blount County TN.

Sources

Finley, Carmen. The Finleys of Sonoma County California. Westminster MD: Heritage Books, 2009. Pages 187-189.

Born 12 SEP 1792. Ellejoy Section, VA. ^[2] 12 SEP 1792. Nails Creek, Blount, Tennessee. ^{[3] [4]} Found multiple copies of birth date. Using 12 SEP 1792

Died 28 AUG 1846. Lovilia, Monroe, Iowa. ^{[4] [2]}

Residence 1850 District 13, Monroe, Iowa. ^{[3] [4]}

Note: #N5041.

Marriage Husband @I427@. Wife @I6200@. Child: @I272@. Child: @I30689@. Child: @I30690@. Child: @I30691@. Child: @I30683@. Child: @I30684@. Child: @I6218@. Marriage 15 FEB 1816. Blount, Tennessee. ^[5]

Notes

Note N5041Sources:

Dee Henricks

Ancestry

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Arik Russell, May 29, 2012
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Source: #S241 http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=941&p=surnames.finley
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Source: #S236 Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 13, Monroe, Iowa; Roll: M432_187; Page: 334A; Image: . Record for Margaret Finley
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Source: #S93 Database online. Record for Samuel Findley
5. ↑ Source: #S239 Database online. Record for James Findley

• Arik Russell, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Arik and others.
• James & Margaret (Pickens) Findley, Pioneers of Monroe County, Iowa, by Phyllis Franzen, 1981
• Source: S236 Ancestry.com 1850 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the;

• Source: S239 Ancestry.com Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008; NOTETennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives

• Source: S241 Dr Carmen Finley Descendants of John Finley Publication: Location: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cascgs/;

• Source: S93 Ancestry.com Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47672681/margaret-findley: accessed 16 February 2023), memorial page for Margaret Pickens Findley (14 Sep 1792–28 Aug 1846), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47672681, citing Osborn Cemetery, Lovilia, Monroe County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by NV4Life (contributor 47349800).