John S. FINLEY

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CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: Jno S Finley
Age: 6
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1850: Southern Division, Marshall, Mississippi
Gender: Male
Family Number: 609
Household Members:
Mary J Finley 34
Geo G Finley 15
Virginia Finley 13
Emma F Finley 11
Augusta C Finley 9
Jno S Finley 6
Eudocia Parker 25

1860 Census
Name: John S Finley
Age: 16
Birth Year: abt 1844
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Mississippi
Home in 1860: Township 4 Range 2, Marshall, Mississippi
Post Office: Holly Springs
Family Number: 27
Household Members:
Mary J Finley 45
George J Finley 25
Virginia Finley 23
Emma Finley 20
Augusta C Finley 18
John S Finley 16

1870 Census
Name: John S Finley
Age in 1870: 25
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1870: Holly Springs Ward 1, Marshall, Mississippi
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Holly Springs
Household Members:
John S Finley 25
Elizabeth H Finley 22
Brodie S Hull 20
Polly Minor 49
David Minor 53
Thomas Minor 15

1880 Census
Name: John Finley
Age: 36
Birth Year: abt 1844
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1880: Holly Springs, Marshall, Mississippi
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Betsy Finley
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Manufacturer Wagon
Household Members:
John Finley 36
Betsy Finley 32
Ann Finley 9
Brodie Finley 6
Augusta Finley 4
Susan Finley 1
Dabney Hull 60 [uncle-in-law]
Brodie Hull 28 [brother-in-law]

MILITARY RECORDS

National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: John S. Finley
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Mississippi
Regiment Name: 17 Mississippi Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded: 17th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
Company: B
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Sergeant
Rank Out Expanded: Sergeant
Film Number: M232 roll 13

Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865
Name: John S Finley
Birth Date: abt 1844
Age: 17
Enlistment Date: 1861
Military Unit: Seventeenth Infantry, Di-F

American Civil War Regiments
Regiment: 17th Infantry Regiment Mississippi
Date of Organization: 1 Jun 1861
Muster Date: 9 Apr 1865
Regiment State: Mississippi
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 17th
Battles: Fought on 21 Jul 1861 at Manassas, VA.
Fought on 21 Oct 1861 at Ball's Bluff, VA.
Fought on 23 Oct 1861 at Leesburg, VA.
Fought on 17 Sep 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.
Fought on 11 Dec 1862 at Fredericksburg, VA.
Fought on 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA.
Fought on 2 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 3 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 4 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Fought on 7 Jul 1863.
Fought on 15 Jul 1863.
Fought on 29 Nov 1863 at Fort Sanders, TN.
Fought on 6 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA.
Fought on 11 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
Fought on 1 Jun 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA.
Fought on 3 Sep 1864 at Bunker Hill, VA.
Fought on 19 Oct 1864 at Cedar Creek, VA.

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Finley&GSiman=1&GScid=59893&GRid=11846779&

John married Elizabeth (Betsy) Hull 19 Oct 1869, Mashall Co. MS. Elizabeth (daughter of John Hull and Ann Crump) was born 25 Sep 1847, Mississippi; died 09 May 1920, Memphis, Shelby Co. TN; was buried , Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Marshall Co. MS. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935
Name: John Finley
Spouse: Miss E. H. Hull
Marriage Date: 19 Oct 1869
County: Marshall

1. Ann Hull FINLEY was born 22 Sep 1872, Marshall Co. MS; died 03 Sep 1962; was buried , Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Marshall Co. MS.
2. Brodie FINLEY was born 27 Dec 1874, Marshall Co. MS; died 17 Jul 1920, Memphis, Shelby Co. TN; was buried , Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Marshall Co. MS.
3. Augusta FINLEY was born 05 Nov 1876, Marshall Co. MS; died 15 Jun 1971, Blowing Rock, Watauga Co. NC; was buried , Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris Co. TX.
4. Susan FINLEY was born Dec 1878, Marshall Co. MS.
5. Dabney FINLEY was born Jun 1881, Marshall Co. MS.
6. John Samuel FINLEY was born 26 Aug 1886, Marshall Co. MS; died 06 Jun 1944, Memphis, Shelby Co. TN; was buried , Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co. TN.

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Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=FI&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=27&GScntry=4&GSsr=2121&GRid=12198849&

John married Mary Jane Greenlee. Mary was born 25 Feb 1814, Virginia; died 25 Feb 1885, Marshall Co. MS; was buried , Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Marshall Co. MS. [Group Sheet]

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CENSUS RECORDS

1850 Census
Name: Mary J Finley
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1816
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Southern Division, Marshall, Mississippi
Gender: Female
Family Number: 609
Household Members:
Mary J Finley 34
Geo G Finley 15
Virginia Finley 13
Emma F Finley 11
Augusta C Finley 9
Jno S Finley 6
Eudocia Parker 25

1860 Census
Name: Mary J Finley
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1815
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Township 4 Range 2, Marshall, Mississippi
Post Office: Holly Springs
Family Number: 27
Household Members:
Mary J Finley 45
George J Finley 25
Virginia Finley 23
Emma Finley 20
Augusta C Finley 18
John S Finley 16

1860 Census Slave Schedule
Home in 1860: Township 4 range 2, Marshall, Mississippi
Name of Slave Owner: Mary J Finley
Number of slaves: 25 females and 26 males ranging in age from 38 years old to 8 months

1870 Census
Name: Mary J Finley
Age in 1870: 56
Birth Year: abt 1814
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Township 4 Range 2, Marshall, Mississippi
Race: Black
Gender: Female
Post Office: Holly Springs
Household Members:
Mary J Finley 56
Virginia M Finley 31
Emma F Finley 29
Milly Oglesby 21

1880 Census
Name: Mary J. Finley
Age: 66
Birth Year: abt 1814
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Holly Springs, Marshall, Mississippi
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Keeps House
Household Members:
Mary J. Finley 66
Virginia Finley 43
Finley Scruggs 14

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Finley&GSiman=1&GScid=59893&GRid=12198816&

Other Events:

• _UID: E5F8295137534F7EA35E867838632ED64C3D

Notes:

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37807690

Samuel married Mary TATE 20 Sep 1796, Augusta Co. VA. Mary (daughter of John TATE, Esquire and Jane (Jinney) Berry) was born ca 1776, Augusta Co. VA; died 25 Aug 1829, Augusta Co. VA; was buried , Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middlebrook, Augusta Co.VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: 7570A97DECCE439288B115E601C8E2C03914

Notes:

Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. (Rosslyn, Virginia: The Commonwealth Printing Company, 1912-1913 in Three Volumes).

Finley vs. Tate--O. S. 280; N. S. 99--Bill by Samuel Finley and Mary, his wife, daughter of John Tate, who died December, 1802, testate. John's son, Isaac, removed to Kentucky. John at death left following children, viz: Oratrix Mary (married at that time). Nancy also married then to Adam McChesney, Ellen, Drusilla, Jane, Elizabeth, Clorinda, one other daughter and two sons, all since dead under age, unmarried and intestate. Nancy McChesney died soon after her father, leaving an only child, Jane Eliza McChesney. Her husband, Adam McChesney, has also died, leaving Jane Eliza his only heir and infant. Ellen is now wife of John Finley of North Carolina. Drusilla has married John D. Ewin of Rockbridge. Jane has married Jacob Vanlear of Augusta. Elizabeth and Clorinda are unmarried (latter is infant).? [Chalkley, V2, p 212]

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=tate&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=48&GScnty=2810&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=37808111&df=all&

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Married:
Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
Name: Mary Tate
Spouse: Samuel Finley
Marriage Date: 22 Sep 1796
Marriage Location: Augusta County, Virginia

Notes:

In in Augusta County tax lists from 1792 through 1790 During his lifetime, this John was known as John TATE Jr to distinguish him from his father and as John TATE, then he was Esq. from 1791 to 1801 for the rest of his lifetime.

Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. (Rosslyn, Virginia: The Commonwealth Printing Company, 1912-1913 in Three Volumes).

Vol. 2 - Finley vs. Tate--O. S. 280; N. S. 99--Bill by Samuel Finley and Mary, his wife, daughter of John Tate, who died December, 1802, testate. John's son, Isaac, removed to Kentucky. John at death left following children, viz: Oratrix Mary (married at that time). Nancy also married then to Adam McChesney, Ellen, Drusilla, Jane, Elizabeth, Clorinda, one other daughter and two sons, all since dead under age, unmarried and intestate. Nancy McChesney died soon after her father, leaving an only child, Jane Eliza McChesney. Her husband, Adam McChesney, has also died, leaving Jane Eliza his only heir and infant. Ellen is now wife of John Finley of North Carolina. Drusilla has married John D. Ewin of Rockbridge. Jane has married Jacob Vanlear of Augusta. Elizabeth and Clorinda are unmarried (latter is infant).

WILL ABSTRACT

Page 252.--18th April, 1801. John Tate's will--To wife and children, whole estate to be kept together for their benefit. Executors, wife Jinney, friends Robert Tate, Samuel Finley, Isaac Tate. Teste: John Tate. 3d; James Henry, Wm. Fulton, Geo. Berry. Proved, 27th December, 1802. Jinney, Robert, and Sam. qualify.



Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=TATE&GSiman=1&GScid=552495&GRid=53753624&
Inscription:
PVT, VA Militia, Revolutionary War
Plot: Row 4, 3

John married Jane (Jinney) Berry. Jane (daughter of George Berry and Agnes Hall) was born Bef 1751, Augusta Co. VA; died 1835, Augusta Co., VA; was buried , Old Providence ARP Church Cemetery, Spottswood, Augusta Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

From WeRelate.org

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Tate_%2828%29

Several researchers have believed that the wife of this John Tate was a Jane "Jenny" Steele, but recently, after examining the Revolutionary Pension Application and Statement of John Berry, it appears that John Tate's wife was actually Jane "Jenny" Berry, the sister of John Berry, both children of George Berry (est. 1725-1804) of Augusta County, Virginia. In his Revolutionary War Service Statement, John Berry clearly states that he served for one month in the place of John Tate, his brother-in-law, and served under [then] Capt. William Tate, who appears to be the brother of this John Tate, as follows:

That also he (John Berry) volunteered for two months which tour he served out under Capt Thos Smith [Thomas Smith] in the fall of the year seventeen hundred and eighty who went from Staunton Virginia. The other officers not recollected. that also, he went as a substitute for his brother-in-law John Tate and served one month.

This tour was served in the fall about Sept. shortly previous to Cornwallises capture in Oct?r. 1781 [Cornwallis, 19 Oct 1781] under Capt. William Tate in Colo Boyers regiment again with Major Long ? Gen?l Layfayette Gen?l Wayne ? Gen?l Mulenburgh [sic: Lafayette, Anthony Wayne, Peter Muhlenberg] regular officers were along and commanded but this declarant was more under the immediate command of Gen?l [William] Campbell who was a militia officer & died on this Expedition Major [Thomas] Armisted is also recollected as a regular officer. that he served several minor tours as a volunteer besides the foregoing ? particulars of which are not sufficiently recollected to set them forth that on the second Expedition above named he marched from Augusta County Va. to Richmond where he staid in service the ballance of s?d tour.

It should also be noted that George Berry, John Tate's apparent father-in-law, was a witness to John Tate's will, listed above, also adding additional support to John Tate's wife being a Berry instead of a Steele.

In addition, Based on the research by the Berry Family Research Team, they also feel fairly confident that John Tate Esquire's wife was Jane 'Jinny' BERRY, a daughter of George Berry (c1720-1803).. Their research is at the following website:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~berry/newupload/pages/report.htm

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Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. (Rosslyn, Virginia: The Commonwealth Printing Company, 1912-1913 in Three Volumes).

Vol. 2 - Finley vs. Tate--O. S. 280; N. S. 99--Bill by Samuel Finley and Mary, his wife, daughter of John Tate, who died December, 1802, testate. John's son, Isaac, removed to Kentucky. John at death left following children, viz: Oratrix Mary (married at that time). Nancy also married then to Adam McChesney, Ellen, Drusilla, Jane, Elizabeth, Clorinda, one other daughter and two sons, all since dead under age, unmarried and intestate. Nancy McChesney died soon after her father, leaving an only child, Jane Eliza McChesney. Her husband, Adam McChesney, has also died, leaving Jane Eliza his only heir and infant. Ellen is now wife of John Finley of North Carolina. Drusilla has married John D. Ewin of Rockbridge. Jane has married Jacob Vanlear of Augusta. Elizabeth and Clorinda are unmarried (latter is infant).

Birth:
Old Providence Cemetery records indicate birth before 1751.

Buried:
Grave location and photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=TATE&GSiman=1&GScid=552495&GRid=54057521&