Descendants of Richard Corley

Source: Jim Corley, “Descendants of Richard Corley,” at http://www.inetnow.net/~jimcorley/descend.htm, accessed 16 August 1998.

GENERATION No. 1

1. RICHARD1 CORLEY was born Bef 1655, and died Abt 1708 in Hanover County, Virginia.

Notes

Richard CORLEY is the earliest CORLEY of record in North America. Hanover County is near Richmond, up the James River from Jamestown and Williamsburg. The first ship reached Jamestown from England in 1607, not too long before Richard was born. I don̓t know where Richard was born, but if he wasn’t born in england, his parents probably were.

As Virginia got too crowded, and more land opened up to the south, descendants of Richard CORLEY migrated to the Edgefield County area of South Carolina and from there to Georgia, Alabama and other states.

(From email note of Vivian Price Saffold dated October 16, 1996)

Children of Richard CORLEY are:

2.i.  RICHARD2 CORLEY, b. Abt 1673.

ii.  JOHN CORLEY, b. Abt 1675, Hanover County, Virginia; d Abt 1723, Hanover County, Virginia.

GENERATION No. 2

2. RICHARD2 CORLEY (RICHARD1) was born Abt 1673. He married AUSTIN ?.

Children of Richard CORLEY and Austin ? are:

i. RICHARD3 CORLEY.

ii. REBECCA CORLEY.

3.iii. JOHN CORLEY, b. Abt 1700, Hanover County, Virginia; d. January 1742/43, Orange County, Virginia.

iv. JAMES CORLEY, b Abt 1700.

GENERATION No. 3

3. JOHN CORLEY (RICHARD2, RICHARD 1) was born Abt 1700 in Hanover County, Virginia, and died January 1742/43 in Orange County, Virginia.

Children of JOHN CORLEY are:

4.i. ROBERT4 CORLEY, b. Virginia.

ii. JOHN CORLEY, b. Orange County, Virginia; d. Edgefield County, S.C.

5.iii. VALENTINE CORLEY, b. Abt 1720, Virginia; d. January 16, 1803, Cumberland County, Virginia.

GENERATION No. 4

ROBERT4 CORLEY (JOHN3, RICHARD2, RICHARD1) was born in Virginia. He married SARAH PETTY.

Children of Robert CORLEY and Sarah PETTY are:

6.i. DAVID5 CORLEY, b Abt 1762, N.C.; d. Bef 1860.

ii. ZACCHAEUS CORLEY, b. 1762, Chatam <sic> County, N.C.; d. January 1843, Bibb County, Alabama.

iii. CATLETT CORLEY, b. Bef. 1768.

7.iv. AUSTIN VALENTINE CORLEY, b. 1770, Chatham County, N.C.; d. January 09,1860, Merriwether County, Georgia.

v. ROBERT CORLEY, b. Bef 1775.

vi. TUBAL COSTLY CORLEY, b. Abt 1791.

5. VALENTINE4 CORLEY (JOHN3, RICHARD2, RICHARD1) was born Abt 1720 in Virginia, and died January 16,1803 in Cumberland County, Virginia. He married SARAH WALKER.

Children of Valentine CORLEY and Sarah WALKER are:

i. SARAH5 CORLEY.

ii. AGGATHYAGATHA [sic] CORLEY.

iii. ANN CORLEY.

iv. MILLY CORLEY.

v. MARY CORLEY.

vi. CORLEY.

vii. JAMES CORLEY.

viii. ASA CORLEY.

ix. WILLIAM CORLEY.

8.x. CANIEL CORLEY, b. Abt 1747; d. June 15, 1807, Bedford County, Virginia.

GENERATION No. 5

6. DAVID5 CORLEY (ROBERT4, JOHN3, RICHARD2, RICHARD1) was born Abt 1762 in N.C., and died Bef 1860. He married NANCY.

Children of David CORLEY and Nancy are:

9.i. ISHAM6 CORLEY, b. Unknown; d. May 07, 1849, Talbot County, Georgia.

ii. DAVID CORLEY, b. Abt 1800, Georgia; m. ELIZABETH, Bef 1826.

iii. MARY CORLEY, b. Abt 1824, S.C.

iv. CYNTHIA CORLEY, b. Abt 1826, Ga.

7. AUSTIN VALENTINE5 CORLEY (ROBERT4, JOHN3, RICHARD2, RCHARD1) was born 1770 in Chatham County, N.C., and died January 09,1860 in Meriwether County, Georgia. He married SARAH? ALLEN? Bef 1793 in Edgefield County, S.C.

Children of Austin CORLEY and Sarah? ALLEN? are:

i. ALLEN BAKER6 CORLEY, b. 1793, Edgefield County, S.C.; d. Choctaw County, Alabama; m. WINNEY BLADON, 1815, Edgefleld County, S.C.

ii. ROBERT CORLEY, b. September 1796.

iii. ESTHER CORLEY, b. January 04, 1798.

iv. VINCENT CORLEY, b. July 24, 1800.

v. VASHTI CORLEY, b. Abt 1803.

vi. AUSTIN W. CORLEY, b. Abt 1809.

10.vii. MARTIN E.B. CORLEY, b. Abt 1810, S.C.

8. CANIEL5 CORLEY (VALENTINE4, JOHN3, RICHARD2, RICHARD1) was born Abt 1747, and died June 15, 1807 in Bedford County, Virginia.

Notes

From Bedfbrd County list at Bedford County Genealogy VAGenWeb at http://people.delphi.com/fspradlin/bedford.htm

October 1, 1996 from […] Steve Kennedy

CAWLEY, CORLEY, FINLEY, MARTIN – Looking for information on Caniel CORLEY d 1807 Bedford County, Sally FINLEY named in his will, son John CAWLEY, and John̓s wife Lucy MARTIN.

Child of Caniel CORLEY is:

11.i. SALLY6 CAULEY, b. Abt 1766, Virginia.

GENERATION No .6

9. ISHAM6 CORLEY (DAVID5, ROBERT4, JOHN3, RICHARD2, RICHARD1) was born Unknown, and died May 07, 1849 in Talbot County, Georgia. He married ELIZABETH Bef 1823.

Children of Isham CORLEY and Elizabeth are:

i. ELIJAH K.7 CORLEY, b. Abt. 1823, S.C.; m. ALLETHA E. ?, Bef 1846.

12.ii. WILLIAM H. CORLEY, b. Abt 1824, S.C.; d. Bef. 1880.

iii. ISAIAH CORLEY, b. Abt 1829, Georgia; m. NANCY?, Bef 1855.

iv. HIRAM P. CORLEY, b. Abt 1832, Georgia; m. MARTHA C. ?, Bef 1867, Georgia.

v. MARTHA ANN VIRGINIA CORLEY, b. Abt 1842, Georgia.

vi. LAURIAN AMANDY CORLEY, b. Abt 1849.

10. MARTIN E.B.6 CORLEY (AUSTIN VALENTINE5, ROBERT4, JOHN3, RICHARD2, RICHARD1) was born Abt 1810 in S.C. He married ELIZABETH.

Children of Martin CORLEY and Elizabeth are:

i. FRANCES7 CORLEY, b. Abt 1834, Georgia.

ii. SARAH CORLEY, b. Abt 1836, Georgia.

iii. WILLIAM CORLEY, b. Abt 1838, Georgia

iv. ROBERT CORLEY, b. Abt 1840, Georgia.

v. VAN BUREN CORLEY, b. Abt 1842, Georgia.

vi. MARY CORLEY, b. Abt 1844, Georgia.

11. SALLY6 CAULEY (CANIEL5 CORLEY, VALENTINE4, JOHN3, RICHARD2, RICHARD1) was born Abt 1766 in Virginia. She married FINLEY.

Child of Sally CAULEY and FINLEY is:

13.i. JOHN7 CAWLEY, b. Abt 1799; d. October 26, 1876, Virginia.

GENERATION No. 7

12. WILLIAM H.7 CORLEY (ISHAM6, DAVID5, ROBERT4, JOHN3, RICHARD2, RICHARD1) was born Abt 1824 in S.C., and died Bef 1880. he married JANE A. Bef 1853.

Children of William CORLEY and Jane A. are:

i. ANDERSON W.8 CORLEY, b. Abt 1853, Georgia; d. December 1890, Talbot County, Georgia.

14.ii. C. CORLEY, b. Abt 1857, Georgia.

15.iii. WILLIAM J.S. CORLEY, b. August 1858, Georgia; d. November 23, 1922, Talbot County, Georgia.

iv. MARY F. CORLEY, b. Abt 1863, Georgia.

13. JOHN7 CAWLEY (SALLY6 CAULEY, CANIEL5 CORLEY, VALENTINE4, JOHN3, RICHARD2, RICHARD1) was born Abt 1799, and died October 26, 1876 in Virginia. He married LUCY MARTEN Abt 1822.

Child of John CAWLEY and Lucy MARTEN is:

i. JOHN8 CAWLEY, b. February 10, 1828, Bedford County, Virginia; d. October 29, 1917, Sidney Cheyenne, NE.