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31 October 1792, John Finley of Knox sells 312 acres in Washington County, VA to Fulkerson; John White witness, Washington County, DB 1:305-306.
20 January 1795, George and Jean Finley to Moses White, 127 acres on East side of Wallace's branch of North Fork of Holston, Washington County DB 1:407-408.
20 January 1795, George and Jean Finley to Joseph White, 158 acres on East side of Wallace's branch of North Fork of Holston, Washington County DB 1:409.
6 October 1796, letters remaining at Knoxville P.O., James White, Nashville, including five letters postmarked from Europe; Eddlemon's Knoxville Gazette, p. 297.
24 November 1796, Benjamin White to John Findly, 1/2 acre lot below Knoxville, DB N, vol. 1:137.
24 July 1799, Moses White of Knoxville, buys 400 acres at public sale; belonging to John Finley, originally granted to Thomas King by North Carolina patent; Samuel and wife and John Finley owed $43.77 to John Mottis and Polly Keisler by Court order; Witness: H.L. White; Knox County DB E2, vol. 1:196-198.
1 August 1800, James White, 740 acres on Big Harpeth to be sold for taxes; Eddlemon's Knoxville Gazette, p. 285.
13 January 1804, Moses White vs. John Finley, civil suit, County Court Minutes, Knox County, Book 4:209.
1804, Martha White on tax list in Captain Davies Company along with John Finley with 1 poll (TN Archives, Knox County Tax List, p. 8, 9).
9 March 1806, William King will, names niece Rachel (Finley) Triggs, niece Elizabeth Findlay, and Connally Findlay; father, Thomas, house in Fincastle; executors William Trigg of Abingdon and James King of Nashfield (bond = $1,500,000), Washington County WB 3:80.
1806, Moses White on tax list in Captain Booth's Company, owning 800 1/2 acres, 1 poll, 2 slaves, along with John Tinley, who owns no land, 1 poll, 1 lot (Creekmore, p. 63).
1806, James White, Hugh White and Andrew White on tax list in Captain Bishop's Company (Creekmore, p. 77). James has following footnote: "Founder of Knoxville; son of Moses White of Rowan County, NC., where he was born in 1747; married Mary, daughter of Hugh Lawson, French Board-Holston Country, 503-05. Calvin Morgan McClung of Knoxville was a descendant and collected many notes on the family, now in the McClung Historical Collection, Lawson McGhee Library, which also has the family Bible of James and Mary Lawson White."
1806, Benjamin White on tax list of Captain Haislet's Company along with John Finley owning 50 acres, no poll (Creekmore p. 79, 80). Benjamin has this footnote: "Revolutionary soldier; died Aug. 24, 1827, at Decatur, Ala. Knoxville Register, Sept. 5, 1827."
1806, John Finley on tax list of Captain Price, no land, 1 poll, no Whites (Creekmore p. 85).
March Term 1808, Stephen Duncan vs. William Morrison & Benjamen White; complaint involving purchase of lot by John Finly in October 1803; William Morrison as agent for John Finly and Stephen Duncan; no valid sale to Finly or Duncan; TN Records of Knox County, Hamilton District, Superior Court of Law and Equity, Minute Bool No. 1, 1793-1808, p. 272 - from TN Archives.
15 October 1812, Judgment against John Finley, property on ? Creek near Knoxville containing 17 poles sold to Moses White, agent for Sarah Newman, for $5; fieri facias served 23 July 1804; registered June 1817, Knox County, DB P1:416.
5 April 1819, William King, decd, heirs include Nancy Trigg who married Connelly Findley, and Elizabeth Findley who married Joseph Trigg, Blount County DB 2:11, 18.
27 September 1822, Heirs and children of Connally Findlay: Alexander, Rachel Branch, Elizabeth Trigg, Nancy Goode, Sally Hickman to David Campbell; Thomas Findley also gets 1/6 share but relationship not stated, Washington County DB 8:4.
n.d. Theodocia Findlay from Daniel Trigg, Washington County DB 13:116 (listed in Deed Index - LDS film #34363.
1872, Thomas Findley, Washington County WB 18:52 (Deed Index - LDS film #34363) plus other Thomas Findlay deeds between DB 7 and DB 12.
1886, Thomas K. Findlay, Washington County WB C:191 (Will Index - LDS film #34355)
Washington County Cemetery Records from Catherine S. McConnell, " High on a Windy
Hill," n.d., n.p.
Thomas Findlay, b. Ireland, d. 15 May 1872, age 77y (in Trigg square)
Mrs. Theodosia Findlay, d. 16 July 1862, age 70y [note: a Theodosia A. Findley received a degree "mistress of polite literature," along with Margaret H. White and Isabella M. White and Harriet A. Parker in 1850 from East Tennessee College in Knox County, TN (Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., "History of Tennessee," Nashville: Goodspeed Publishing, 1887, p. 878)] C. Lavinia Findlay, d/o Thos. & Theodosia Findlay, d. 17 December 1885
Thomas King Findlay, s/o Thos. & Theodosia Findlay, d. 17 October 1886
Alexander J. Findlay, b. 18 March 1824, d. 20 March 1900
Anna Bell Findlay, w/o Alexander J. Findlay, b. 7 December 1827, d. 25 April 1903
Virginia C. Findlay, b. 1 April 1852, d. 27 August 1862
William M. Findlay, b. 22 April 1854, d. 16 May 1881
Theodosia W. Findlay, b. 5 June 1857, d. 29 April 1883
Alphonso J. Findlay, b. 1 August 1864, d. 11 October 1885
Findlay, Lula Campbell, 1881-1920
Plus 9 others
Note: Captain Harry E. Mitchell, The Mitchell-Doak Group: History, Biography, Genealogy. n.d., n.p., in LDS Library, p. 229, states:
"Elizabeth (Thankful) Doak, b. enroute to America (tradition) about 1708, d. after 1791. M. John Finley, March 10, 1724 Elk River Presbyterian Church, Chester Co., Pa. He was baptized .... d. 1791 in Augusta Co., Va. Buried in Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church graveyard. Moved to Augusta Co., Va. prior to 1740. Acquired land in both Borden and Beverly tracts . . ." [plus usual confusion with South River John Finley . . . but lists children as John, Robert, Margaret (m. Shields), Andrew, Samuel (m. Elizabeth Fulton), Rose Thankful (m. 1. Henderson, 2. McKarter), Thomas, William (b. 1743), Elizabeth (b. 1741), James (m. Keziah Martin).
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