David
Caldwell
Finley
Born in Augusta County, Virginia Colony
Ancestors 
Son of John Finley Sr
and Mary (Caldwell) Finley
Brother of
Elizabeth (Finley) Gillespie [half], William Caldwell Finley [half], George Finley [half], Samuel Finley, John Caldwell Finley Jr [half] and Thomas Finley
Husband of
Elizabeth (Mounts) Finley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Jane Ann (Finley) Smith, Edmund Finley, Samuel Finley, James Finley, Jesse Finley, Harvey Finley, Cyrus Finley, Elizabeth Finley and Jefferson Finley
Died
at age 93
in Orleans, Orange, Indiana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Feb 2011
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Contents |
Biography
David Finley is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A040767.
David Finley was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
1748 Birth and Parents
David Finley was born either 10 January 1748 in Augusta County, Virginia and baptized 20 January 1748 at Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church. [1] or 1 Jun 1754, per direct descendant Carmen Finley, quoting Orange Co IN Cemetery Records p224 for the Orleans Finley Cemetery (per Finleys of Early Sonoma County, p56).
France shows him baptized January 21, 1748 [2]
Stout shows him to be the son of John Finley (1724-1791) who married Mary Thankful Caldwell (17289-1787) on 4/21/1741. [3]
Albert Finley France quotes the following from the fly leaf of an old Bible belonging to Jane (Finley) Smith: Your grandfather was David Finley, born Jan 10, 1748 who married Elizabeth Mounts. His father was John Finley and he married Mary Caldwell, daughter of Thomas Caldwell and a cousin to Martha Caldwell who was the Mother of the famous Statesman, John C. Calhoun. [4]
1768 Marriage
In 1768 he married Elizabeth Mounts. [1][2]
1776 Revolution
He was a Lt. in Capt. Kirk's Company in the Revolution.[1]
1781 Kentucky
In 1781 he was granted 1000 acres on the Dix River, Lincoln County, Kentucky. [1]
1843 Death
He died in 1843 in Orange County, Indiana. [1][2]
Research Notes
(This David Finley, probable middle name Caldwell, son of Mary/Thankful Caldwell and married to Elizabeth Mounts (spelled Mounce in some genealogies), should not be confused with the related David Finley (middle name reported by descendants to be Doak) born 1760-65 who married Elizabeth Wilson).
Starting 2021Apr09, because of contradictory claims in various speculations, and namesake issues causing confusion, this data is being sorted through and relationships re-evaluated per available (including preserved family Bible) records rather than sundry internet family tree claims alone.
Accounts of this David Finley's immediate relationships differed among published Finley family genealogists such as Admiral Herald Stout (husband of Louise Finley) and Dr Carmen Finley, possibly due to namesake interchanges, requiring review of all possible genuine historical documentation.
* Family Bible of Elizabeth Mounts Finley, with added notes by her daughter Jane Ann Finley Smith, and certified by family genealogist Albert Finley France and quoted in Dr Carmen Finley's history of Sonoma California Finleys (pp 38-39) indicates: JOHN FINLEY and MARY CALDWELL Finley had a son DAVID FINLEY, who married ELIZABETH MOUNTS and had a daughter JANE ANN FINLEY.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Stout, Revised Edition, p. 105. David Finley is Code 5-02-114. Accessed 14 July 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 France, House of Finley, p. 54-55
- ↑ Stout, Revised Edition, p. 61. John Finley is Code 4-02-11
- ↑ Albert Finley France, unpublished manuscript, p. 2 of section on Finleys in Virginia, cited by Carmen Finley. The John Finleys of Augusta County, Virginia: Correcting the Record. The Virginia Genealogist, Volume 46 (2003), p. 171. Available from American Ancestors.org (paid subscription.)
- 1800 Census: "Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1787-1890"
Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Kentucky Census, 1810-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes
Ancestry Record 3549 #8221305 (accessed 15 June 2023)
David Finley in Garrard, Kentucky.
- 1810 Census: "1810 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1810; Census Place: Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky; Roll: 6; Page: 231; Image: Kym252_6-0240; FHL Roll: 0181351
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7613 #561446 (accessed 15 June 2023)
David Findley in Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, USA.
- Name David Findley
- Residence Date 6 Aug 1810
- Residence Place Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, USA
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 10 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over 1
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over 1
- Number of Enslaved Persons 4
- Number of Household Members Under 16 5
- Number of Household Members Over 25 2
- Number of Household Members 12
- 1820 Census: "1820 United States Federal Census"
Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Washington, Clark, Indiana; Page: 25; NARA Roll: M33_13; Image: 40
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #1238976 (accessed 15 June 2023)
David Finley in Washington, Clark, Indiana, USA.
- Name David Finley
- Enumeration Date 7 Aug 1820
- Home in 1820 (City, County, State) Washington, Clark, Indiana, USA
- Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over 1
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 4
- Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 2
- Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1
- Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture 1
- Free White Persons - Under 16 6
- Free White Persons - Over 25 2
- Total Free White Persons 10
- Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other 10
- Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
Source number: 7161.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 28
Ancestry Record 7836 #408965 (accessed 15 June 2023)
David Finley marriage to Elizabeth Mounts in 1781 in VA.
- See also:
- Finley, Carmen. The Finleys of Early Sonoma County. Westminster MD: Heritage Books, 2009. Page 52 quotes birth in 1754 per Orange County Indiana Cemetery Records published by the Lost River IN Chapter of the DAR.
- Stout, Herald. The Clan Finley, 2nd edition, volume 1. Dover OH: Eagle Press, 1956.
- France, Albert Finley. The House of Finley. Annapolis MD: copies distributed to family members, 1938-39.
- "John and Mary Finley of Montgomery/Wythe County, VA," by Carmen J. Finley, Santa Rosa, CA: 1990; on file at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, Ruben Salazar Library Special Collections.Less Modified 18 May 2015 by mdoneghue2705131
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18391480/david-finley: accessed 15 June 2023), memorial page for David Finley (1 Jun 1754–19 Apr 1848), Find A Grave: Memorial #18391480, citing Finley Family Cemetery, Orleans, Orange County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by C (contributor 46588217).
Acknowledgements
- This profile was originally created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.
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Middle names were extremely rare in the colonial period. Do we have any proff that David has a middle name "Caldwell"?
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Rejected matches › David Daniel Findley (aft.1762-1849)
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