Mary Cole (abt. 1770 - bef. 1828)

Wife of Thomas Woolfolk Jr — married 27 Oct 1788 in Albemarle, Virginia

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Biography

History of Albemarle County, Virginia

In 1778 William Cole, a citizen of Charles City County, purchased from John Jones upwards of a thousand acres in North Garden, just north of Tom's Mountain. His wife was Susanna Watson, a sister it is believed of William Watson, who settled in North Garden in 1762.

His children were William, John, Mary, the wife of Thomas Woolfolk, Nancy, the wife of Edmund Anderson, Sarah, Susan, the wife of Jasper Anderson, Richard, Joseph and Elizabeth, the wife of Joseph H. Irvin. Most of the sons never lived in the county, their father leaving them portions of his large estate below Richmond.

He devised to Joseph his Albemarle land, on which he, his mother and sisters appear to have had their dwelling. The father died in 1802, Joseph in 1812, and his mother in 1814. In 1815 the land was sold, part to Norborne K. Thomas & Co., of Richmond, and part to Stephen Moore; a considerable portion of it subsequently came into the possession of Atwell and Philip Edge. For many years after the estate had passed into the hands of strangers, Miss Sarah Cole, whose residence was in Richmond, was accustomed to pay annual visits to the old home, where the remains of many of her kindred lay buried.

Sources

• History of Albemarle County, Virginia.

Albemarle Co., Marriage Records