Thomas Buery Farley Jr. (1762 - 1839)

Born May 1762 in Montgomery Co, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Patsey (Lester) Farley — married 7 May 1789 in Montgomery Co, VA, USA

Descendants

Died 12 Jun 1839 at age 77 in Giles, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Military Service Revolutionary War Husband of PATTY (LESTER) FARLEY

Inscription: "Va. Co. Rev. War"

THOMAS FARLEY, JR. is reviewed in Vol. I, "Giles County, Virginia History - Families", at p. 12 "Thomas Farley ... b. 1760, d. 1839. Ctf. 31367.

Pension record,1834. Giles County will 1839. m. Patty (or Patsy) Lester, 1785. 3 Children." ...

Footnoted: " Member of Virginia Revolutionary Militia, Montgomery County."

Source: Jesse Kelso Farley, Twelve Generations of Farley, (1943, reprint, Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Company,1988), p. 56 of "Charts". Thomas Farley, Jr., b. 1760, d. 6-12-1839, m. Patty Lester. PVT. Source: DAR Patriot Index. Copyright NSDAR, 1776 D St., Washington, DC. (Soldiers referred to in this book are believed to be the same persons as those in the DAR Patriot Index.)

Deed Book, page 222, Edward Marcum, guardian for Sally, Delilah, and Judith Marcum, heirs of Major Marcum dec'd. to Thomas Farley, Sugar Run, no date. Source: Giles County, Virginia Records Marriages: Thomas Farley and Patsy Lester, dau. of Henry Lester, Richard Pugh, surety. 20 Feb 1789. Source: Marriages: Montgomery Co. Marriage Record 1757-1800. May 8, 1793, Thomas Farley and Patty Lester. Richard Whitt, Minister. Source: Summers, Lewis Preston. "Annals of Southwest Virginia", Genealogical Publishing Co Marriages: Montgomery County, Virginia Marriage Record M, 1757-1800,notes Richard Whitt to be the Minister in the marriage of Patty Lester and Thomas Farley, Record returned on May 8, 1793.

Will: Children as named in Will Bk. A - p., 211, Giles County Records:

1. John C.

2. Thomas

3. Mahala

4. Tursay m. Thompson

5. Judith C. Farley

Granddaughters: Judith Thompson and Chloe.

Grandsons: Thomas Farley and Thomas Harvey Farley. Military: List of persons who hath sworn allegiance to the state 1777,Thomas Farler, Jr.10-11-1777. Source: Roberts, Ruby Altizer. "The Way It Was", Cambria Station, Christiansburg, Va. Copyright. Military: Giles Co. Pensions 1832. Source: Giles County Records census: 1810 Census 4 males 0-10, 1 45 & up, 1 Female 0-10, 1 10-16, 126-45, 1 45 & u p, 1 slave. Source: Schreiner-Yantis, Nettie. 1810 Giles County, Virginia Census: 7-1-1789. Sugar Run and Walkers Cr. Also on List M. 1792/3.List C. 7-1-1789. No males over 21, 5 horses. census: 76A. on Sugar Run adj. his own and Thomas Shanon. Survey Bk. D,3-23-1789. Source: Schreiner- Yantis, Nettie. "Montgomery County Virginia Circa 1790". Copyright 1972. census: Thomas Farlor, [was a] participant in [the] Battle of Point Pleasant. Source: Poffenbarger, Levicie Simpson. "Battle of Point Pleasant". census: Pension application 1832. Thomas Farley who was a member of Capt. Geo. Pearis' Co., in his sworn application states he enlisted [in]Oct 1780 and gives details of march under Major Cloyd to Shallow Ford of Uadkin River and of the battle there. Sources: Giles Co. Order Book, p. 66. [and] Giles County, Virginia Records.

Sources

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR8J-CSS : 5 December 2014), Thomas Farley and Patsey Lester, 20 May 1789; citing Montgomery County, Virginia, reference P 29; FHL microfilm 32,633.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #27485597