Drewry Farley Sr.
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Drewry Farley Sr. (1760 - 1851)

PVT Drewry Farley Sr.
Born in Bedford, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 31 Dec 1795 in Montgomery, Giles County Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 91 in Beach Springs, Summers County, West Virginia United Statesmap
Profile last modified | Created 16 Jun 2013
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Biography

This profile is part of the Farley Name Study.

Military Service PVT. in Captain Hugh Caperton;s Company New River Valley Men Indian Wars

Dec 10 1795 Land Deed Monroe County

  • Born 1760, Bedford County, Virginia, died 1851.
  • Married Mary Adkins
  • He named Pipestem because of hollow stems found along the creek.
  • Sons: Andrew, Archibald, Isaac , Drewry Jr., Gideon, Francis, Squire, Henley; *Daughters: Nancy, Rachel, Cleo."

Birth Place

I have found multiple locations for birth.

Drewry Farley born on - - 1770 at Bedford Co VA died at Beech Springs Mercer Co VA on - - 1851 and his ( 1st ) wife Mary Adkins born on - - 1775 at _______________ died at Mercer Co VA on (a) - - 1850 married on (p) 24 - Jan - 1796 married at (prob) Greenbrier Co VA [1]

Birth: 1760 Franklin County Virginia, USA [2]

Inscription on the Monument at the cemetery:

Born 1760, Bedford County, VA[3][2]

Burial

Drewry Farley, Sr BIRTH 1760 Bedford County, Virginia, USA DEATH 11 Mar 1851 (aged 90–91) Pipestem, Summers County, West Virginia, BURIAL Nelson Farley Cemetery, Pipestem, Summers County, West Virginia, MEMORIAL ID Find A Grave: Memorial #89631581 Has a photo of gravestone on gravesite[2]

Birth: 1760 Franklin County Virginia, USA Death: Mar. 11, 1851 Summers County West Virginia, USA

Genealogical History of the Hopkins,Farley, Cook, Keaton and Brown Families; Author: Hopkins, Alonzo A. Publ.: Bluefield, WV, A.A. Hopkins, Jr., 1964 Page: 45

Text: "died at his home at Beech Spring near the top of Shockley's Hill in Pipestem District Summer s County., West Virginia, then Mercer County in 1851 at the advanced age of 81 years and was buried on his farm at Beech Spring."

Parents

  • Francis Farley Jr. b: 1726 in Henrico-Chesterfield Co VA
  • Ann Nancy Blankenship b: 1730 in Virginia

Spouse

  • Mary Ann Adkins b: in Halifax Co., VA m: 31 Dec 1795 in Montgomery-Giles Co VA Father: Jacob Adkins b: 1725 in Machumps Creek, Henrico Co., VA Mother: Mary Parker Bennett b: 1748 in Halifax Co., VA

Known Children

  • 1. Gideon Farley b: 20 Oct 1796 in Buffalo Run, Greenbrier-Monroe Co WV m. Dinah Cook
  • 2. Andrew Farley Sr. 1797-1860 m. 1820 to Anna Cook Both Buried: Rocky Mount(aka Wyrick)Cem. Pipestem WV Father: Daniel Cook b: 10 Jun 1763 in Culpeper Co., VA Mother: Rosanna Wilhoit b: 26 Sep 1774 in Culpeper Co., VA
  • 3. Chloe Farley m. 1816 to Billy Pack
  • 4. Archibald Farley 1803-1888 # 83021355 m. Jemima Anna Cook
  • 5. Nancy Farley b: 1805 in Beech Spring, Mercer Co WV m. 1829 to David Cook
  • 6. Squire Farley b: 1807 m. 1807 Mildred Farmborough
  • 7. Francis (Frank) Farley b: 1809
  • 8. Rachel Farley m. Married: 10 MAR 1830 in Fayette County, VA to Henry Kaylor b: 1810 in Virginia Father: Michael Kaylor b: 26 Apr 1784 in Virginia d: 5 JAN 1865 in Fayette County, Virginia Mother: Christina Adkins b: Sep 27 1785 in Virginia
  • 9. Isaac Farley m. 1837 to Elizabeth Adkins
  • 10. Henderson (Henley) Farley b: 1818 in Beech Spring, Mercer Co WV
  • 11. Drewry Farley Jr. b: 1823 in Beech Spring, Mercer Co WV m. 1837 to Sarah A. Belcher b: 1830

Drewry was born about 1769. He passed away in 1861.

Drewry was born about 1760. He passed away in 1851.

Sources

  1. DAR Record
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Find A Grave: Memorial #89631581
  3. http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/WVSUMMER/2004-09/1095571778

Andrew "Drewry" Farley, Sr. was the son of Francis Farley Jr. and Nancy Blankenship.


Monument set up by the Pipestem Ruritan Club in Pipestem Please Note: THIS MEMORIAL IS NOT A DUPLICATE. There are disagreements among family and local historians as to exactly where Drewry Farley is buried. There are two different markers on two different graves in two different cemeteries. A military style headstone was placed by some descendants in the Nelson Farley Cemetery on Shockley Hill in Pipestem, and this large monument was erected by the Pipestem Ruritan Club and stands in the Drewry Farley Cemetery behind the house on Grape Knob Lane near the junction of Broadway Road and Gravely Point Road in Pipestem, WV. Many years ago this community was called Farley, WV.

Drewry Farley Monument The Drewry Farley Monument was commissioned by the Pipestem Ruritan Club in the late 1960s. A photo of the monument and more information can be found by searching the internet for "Drewry Farley Monument - West Virginia (WV) Cyclopedia".

The monument reads: "Drewry Farley settled 100 yards south of this grave. He and his wife, Mary Adkins Farley were the first white persons to make their permanent home in this area, about 1800. He served with Daniel Boone in the Hugh Caperton Company in Frontier Militia at the present site of Charleston in 1793. Born 1760, Bedford County, VA, died 1851. He named Pipestem because of the hollow stems found along the creek. Sons: Andrew, Archibald, Issac, Drewry, Jr, Gideon, Francis, Squire, Henley. Daughters: Nancy, Rachel, Cleo." According to the "History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time" by James Henry Miller, Maude Vest Clark and published in 1908..."Drewry Farley came from Albemarle County, Virginia, and settled in what is now Pipestem District, where Alexander Farley lives, only a few hundred yards from Farley Post Office."

"To Drewry Farley and wife were born the following children: Gideon, Andrew, Frank, Archibald, Squire (died in Indiana), Nancy (the first wife of David Cook), Isaac (who is the father of Erastus B. Farley, of near Jumping Branch), Chloe, Rachel (who married Henry Kaylor), Henley (who married a daughter of "Bearwallow Bob" Lilly, and settled on the bench of Bluestone River, in Jumping Branch District, and who is the father of J. A., Rev. Drewry, Robert H. and Pleasant H. Farley and two daughters), and Drewry Farley (who is the father of James I., Alexander, Geo. W. Farley, deceased, and four daughters, the oldest of whom married Edmund Lilly, of Mercer County, and a son of Rev. Joseph Lilly). All the sons and daughters of the ancient Drewry Farley have been passed over the river for several years, as well as several of their children. The old gentleman himself died in the year 1851, at the age of ninety-one years."

Another memorial located at HERE. Drewry Farley Sr. BIRTH 1760 Bedford County, Virginia, USA DEATH 11 Mar 1851 (aged 90–91) Summers County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Drewry Farley Cemetery, Pipestem, Summers County, West Virginia, USA MEMORIAL ID 99549663

  • Drewry Farley Monument

The Drewry Farley Monument was commissioned by the Pipestem Ruritan Club in the late 1960s. A photo of the monument and more information can be found by searching the internet for "Drewry Farley Monument - West Virginia (WV) Cyclopedia".


Andrew "Drewry" Farley, Sr. was the son of Francis Farley Jr. and Nancy Blankenship.

Please Note: THIS MEMORIAL IS NOT A DUPLICATE. There are disagreements among family and local historians as to exactly where Drewry Farley is buried. There are two different markers on two different graves in two different cemeteries. A military style headstone was placed by some descendants in the Nelson Farley Cemetery on Shockley Hill in Pipestem, and this large monument was erected by the Pipestem Ruritan Club and stands in the Drewry Farley Cemetery behind the house on Grape Knob Lane near the junction of Broadway Road and Gravely Point Road in Pipestem, WV. Many years ago this community was called Farley, WV.

Drewry Farley Monument

The Drewry Farley Monument was commissioned by the Pipestem Ruritan Club in the late 1960s. A photo of the monument and more information can be found by searching the internet for "Drewry Farley Monument - West Virginia (WV) Cyclopedia".

The monument reads:

"Drewry Farley settled 100 yards south of this grave. He and his wife, Mary Adkins Farley were the first white persons to make their permanent home in this area, about 1800. He served with Daniel Boone in the Hugh Caperton Company in Frontier Militia at the present site of Charleston in 1793. Born 1760, Bedford County, VA, died 1851. He named Pipestem because of the hollow stems found along the creek. Sons: Andrew, Archibald, Issac, Drewry, Jr, Gideon, Francis, Squire, Henley. Daughters: Nancy, Rachel, Cleo."

According to the "History of Summers County from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time" by James Henry Miller, Maude Vest Clark and published in 1908..."Drewry Farley came from Albemarle County, Virginia, and settled in what is now Pipestem District, where Alexander Farley lives, only a few hundred yards from Farley Post Office."

"To Drewry Farley and wife were born the following children: Gideon, Andrew, Frank, Archibald, Squire (died in Indiana), Nancy (the first wife of David Cook), Isaac (who is the father of Erastus B. Farley, of near Jumping Branch), Chloe, Rachel (who married Henry Kaylor), Henley (who married a daughter of "Bearwallow Bob" Lilly, and settled on the bench of Bluestone River, in Jumping Branch District, and who is the father of J. A., Rev. Drewry, Robert H. and Pleasant H. Farley and two daughters), and Drewry Farley (who is the father of James I., Alexander, Geo. W. Farley, deceased, and four daughters, the oldest of whom married Edmund Lilly, of Mercer County, and a son of Rev. Joseph Lilly). All the sons and daughters of the ancient Drewry Farley have been passed over the river for several years, as well as several of their children. The old gentleman himself died in the year 1851, at the age of ninety-one years."

Family Members

Spouse Photo Mary Adkins Farley 1770–1840





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Farley-4308 and Farley-612 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth and death dates. Both have sons Andrew. Andrew Farley also needs to be merged. Farley-4307 into Farley-813. Andrew's son Wilson probably needs to be merged Farley-4306 into Farley-1275
posted by Cathy Smith
Hi,

I recently found the marriage record for Drewry Farley and Mary Adkins in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. They were married January 24, 1796. Her father is listed as Sherrod Adkins and Drewry's father as Francis Farley. I have photo copies of this marriage record. I am descended from Drewry's son Gideon Farley. B Ball

posted by B Ball Cooper
Hi

I was very interested in hearing from you that you have found the marriage record for Drewry Farley and Mary Adkins. Is there any I can obtain a copy of that record? [email address removed] D. L. Petry - [email address removed]

posted by D. L. Petry
edited by D. L. Petry
Hello

Would it be possible for me to get a copy of Drewry's and Mary's marriage record? I would be so thankful. I am descended from 2 of Drewry's sons. Gideon and Archibald You can contact me at [email address removed] Linda Frantz

posted by Linda Frantz