Thomas A Atchley (1755 - 1836)

Born 3 May 1755 in Middlesex, Middlesex, New Jersey

Ancestors

Son of Joshua Atchley and Mary Elizabeth (Martin) Atchley

Husband of Lydia (Richards) Atchley — married 1780 in Botetourt, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1836 at age 81 in Alder Branch, Sevier, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Col. Thomas Atchley served with 1st New Jersey Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Thomas Atchely served one month in the Colonial Army in the fall of 1775 as a private in Major John Dunn's First Regiment, Middlesex County Militia, New Jersey. He served six months as a private from Loudoun County, Virginia in Captain Reddakin's Virginia Company in 1777. In 1781 he served a month from Botetourt County, Virginia as a private in John Lewis' Virginia Company of Boretourt County Regiment. Later in the same year he enlisted for two more weeks.

One of the founders of the Alder Branch Baptist Church organized in his dwelling house in 1830."

Sources

• www.smokykin.com

Sevier County Public Library history center has a document on the Alder Branch Baptist Church which recognizes him as one of the founding fathers of that church.

• Atchley Family Profile©, 1980: Volume I. TN. Thomas,2 Atchley 1755-1836
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch consisting of Alex Elliott, Robert Foster, and Sherry (Weaver) Egan, who share a 7.8 cM segment on chromosome 10. The most-recent common ancestors shared by all three are Joshua Atchley and Ruth (Maple) Atchley.
• United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LGDQ : accessed 19 October 2019), Thomas Atchley, 04 Mar 1831; citing Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 8; FHL microfilm 1,319,388.
• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29V-PZ6X : 12 March 2018), Thomas Atchley, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 7; FHL microfilm 882,525.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2204&h=713608&ssrc=pt&tid=114697131&pid=112139806996&usePUB=true
• Find A Grave: Memorial #6965036