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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Samuel Finley Note Born: 14 Feb 1790 at Mercer Co, , , VA Married: 9 May 1809 at Garrard Co, , , KY ? Died: 15 Sep 1835 at Decatur, , Macon Co, IL Other Spouses: Rachel Black
Father: David Finley Mother: Elizabeth Mounts
WIFE
Name: Martha Downing Note Born: 18 Jan 1788 at Madison Co ? , , , VA Died: 15 Nov 1832 at Orange Co ? , , , IN
CHILDREN
Name: Mahala Finley Born: 22 May 1811 at KY In, , , Died: Husband: John Findley
Name: Alvin Finley Born: 9 Oct 1813 at Orange Co, , , IN Died: 1838 at Decatur, , Macon Co, IL Wife: Hannah Black
Name: Nancy J Finley Born: 25 Feb 1816 at Orange Co, , , IN Died: 15 Sep 1886 at The Dalles, , Wasco Co, OR Husband: George Marbern Braden
Name: Jefferson Finley Born: 25 Apr 1818 at Orange Co, , , IN Died: Wife: Frances Foe
Name: James Finley Born: 20 Jan 1821 at Orange Co, , , IN Died:
Name: John Finley Born: 5 Jun 1823 at Orange Co, , , IN Died: 29 Nov 1910 at Graton, , Sonoma Co, CA Wife: Keziah Head
Name: Samuel Joseph Finley Born: 6 Mar 1826 at Orange Co, , , IN Died: 22 Jul 1876 at Guerneville, , Sonoma Co, CA Wife: Prudence Brians
Name: Elizabeth Finley Born: 13 Apr 1829 at Orange Co, , , IN Died: 17 Mar 1883 at Centerville, , Fresno Co, CA Husband: John Findley
NOTES
1). !Moved from Orange Co., IN to Macon Co., IL about 1832 remarried Rachel Black. Extensive court records, Macon Co., IL, between 1836 1841 including property settlement and guardianship of minor children. Willed property to wife, Rachel, and all children, but court records show several suits between John Findley and wife Mahala vs. heirs of Samuel Finley. Samuel listed in Finley family Bible in possession of Marion Shaffer, Healdsburg, CA, copy in possession of Carmen J. Finley. !State of Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Archives show Samuel purchased 6 tracts of land between 4 28 1831 and 7 25 1835 of the following number of acres 80, 160, 160, 40, 40, 160, totalling 340 acres Archives vol. 145 22, 145 22, 145 46, 145 47, 145 47, 145 51 . !MARRIAGE Marriages Illinois to 1850 Ancestry.com
2).  !Madison Co, KY, heirs of James Downing to Daniel Ford, 10 April 1817,  DB M 92 .  In Finley family bible  copy in possession of Carmen J. Finley, 4820 Rockridge Lane, Santa Rosa, CA 95404.  See also  Identifying the Revolutionary Soldier  James Downing of Lincoln County, Virginia  Kent  ucky,  by Finley, in Nat  l Genealogical Society Quarterly, September 1989. p. 169 185.

						

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