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1790 Census According to Andrea (unverified)
John Fendley 2-2-3 in Chester, Camden District
John Findley 1-0-2 in Fairfield, Camden District
John Finley 2-1-3 in York, Camden District
Christy Fendley 1-0-0, Cheraw District
James Findley 1-0-1, Cheraw District
Moses Fenly 2-2-1, 96 District
Mary Fendley 2-0-1, 96 District
John Fendley 1-2-5, Pendleton
Samuel Findley 1-2-5, Pendleton
Thomas Finndly 1-0-0, Pendleton
Thomas Fenley 2-3-4, Spartanburg
Golding Findley 4-0-3, Newberry
James Findley 1-0-1, Newberry
James Findley 1-1-2, Laurens
Paul Findley 1-2-3, Laurens
Verbatim Notes from Andrea
#23a JOHN FINNLY marked Irish Bounty (Wife and 6 dependents under age of 16) a plat for 450a of land surveyed 1st day of Feb. 1768 by William Glasscook and all sides by vacant land on Beaver Creek in Craven County. This land seems to have been along the Chester-Fairfield County line and just across the river from Newberry County ... Note later the number of Finley men in Revolution from Fairfield-Chester area. p. 6
#23b JOHN FINLEY marked Irish Bounty..a plat surveyed 5 July 1772 by John Gaston for 100a on Dry Creek, a branch of Fishing Creek and on the Great Road to Saluda Old Town by vacant land and land of Richard Kerrel..in Craven Co. I check immigrant list for 1772 and no John Finley...I imagine that this is a son of John #23 who had become of age to take land himself. Also a chance that this may be for "Increase in Family" of John #23. p. 6
Land Grants from the Crown to Findley Et.Al...some perhaps not Finlay.
James Findlay, 300a on Bush River in Berkeley Co. 15 May 1772 (see #7 & 8) and this perhaps son-in-law of RobertGillam.
Robert Findlay, 500a & 1000a in Williamsburg Township, Craven Co. dated 6 Feb. 1735...some extra for transporting settlers.
James Findlay, 200a on Fairforest Creek in Craven 25 Aug. 1769.
James Findley, 100a on Dining Creek in Craven 24 Aug. 1770.
Christian Findling, 50a on Pee Dee in Welsh Neck Craven, 18 Oct. 1757.
Christian Findling, 100a on Duncan Creek, Craven (Laurens Co) 22 Jan 1759.
Robert Finlay, 500a on Pee Dee in Craven 6 Feb. 1735.
William Finlay, 500a on Pee Dee in Craven 9 June 1775.
John Finlayson, 150a on Welch Neck in Craven 29 Nov. 1750.
Mungo Finlayson, 300a at the 4 Moles in Orangeburg 5 May 1773.
James Finley, 200a on Welch Neck in Craven 29 Nov. 1750.
Francis Finley, 1 Lot & 500a in Williamsburg Township 13 July 1737.
John Finley, 100a on Fishing Creek in Craven (see #23b) 8 Dec. 1774.
John Finnley, 450a on Beaver Creek in Craven (see #23a) 13 May 1768. p. 6
Published data as to the ancestry of the FINLEY Family of York Co. S.C. and Gaston Co. N.C....Generations 1457-1931.
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9th John Finley m. Thankful Doak...#17
10th John Finley b. 1724 in Pa. m. Mary Caldwell...see #137. [Note: this John Finley is not the son of John and Thankful]
11th John Caldwell Finley b. Va..m. Ann Miller..see #135 [Note: this John C. Finley is not the son of John and Mary (Caldwell) Finley]
12th Robert Miller Finley b. 1816 in N.C. 1782 m. Nancy Bryant......p. 23
Mr. A.S. Salley states that he thinks but will not vouch for it that the parents of Kenneth Findley #3 [#23a] were the old Capt. John Findley or his son John Findley 23a [#23b] who were Scotch immigrants via Belfast, Ireland in 1768 and 1772 ... They settled first in Fairfield-Chester area and moved with the migration to Pendleton [old 96] ... John Finley #23a had a large family of children under age of 16 in 1768 when he landed on the Chicester. p. 25
172 Camden, Kershaw Co...Deed Book
JOHN FINDLEY and his wife Elizabeth Findley, her dower a joint deed with Mrs. ANN FINDLEY and now of Chester Co. S.C. ... a deed sg. 27 Sept. 1792 to Charles Barber of Kershaw Co. ... 450a land which was originally granted to JOHN FINDLEY Sr ... surveyed 10 May 1768 by William Glasscock and granted to JOHN FINDLEY, now deceased and at his death came by law unto his eldest son, JOHN FINDLEY of Chester and a dower unto ANN FINDLEY the widow of John Findley, deceased / Wit. Thomas Findley, Owen Reid and John McCreary before Robert Lee J.P. p. 29
172-a
...This is John Findley from Scotland via Belfast ... He was a miller and he furnished supplies of flour to the Americans during the Revolution. p. 29
172-b
JOHN FINDLEY from Scotland had a wife named ANN ... The McKaskill Family of Kershaw County were kin to this set of Findley and they say that John Findley Sr. wed in Scotland to ANN McKASKILL ...Old Kenneth McKaskill came also from Scotland and his wife was a sister of John Findley and they had a son named Findley McKaskill ... The McKaskills are buried in the old Scotch Cemetery near Bethune in Kershaw Co. ... We visited that old cemetery and found no Findleys buried there but we did find a Findley McKaskill. p. 29
129 A-222 Chester Co. S.C.
THOMAS REAM of Brier Creek, Georgia a deed sg. 10 Feb. 1784 to JOHN FINDLEY ofLancaster Co. (Until 1791 Kershaw was a part of Lancaster Co. S.C.) ...140a land on Fishing Creek in Chester Co. / Wit. John McCown, Robert Roberson & Robert Thompson. p. 30
131 20-325 Chester Co....Same John #172
JOHN FINDLEY...His Estate Admst. 7 March 1823 by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Findley and Col. William Anderson ... Mentions children and widow ... One child was dead and left heirs. Estate was appraised by Samuel Davison ... John Davison ... Alexander Walker. p. 30
131-a
ELIZABETH FINDLEY widow of John Findley and her daughter, Elizabeth Findley Jr. ... a deed sg. 7 Oct. 1831 to William Houge. Our share in the Equity of the John Findley lands .. / Wit. J.J. Houge, Evared Houge & John Houge ... These seemed to be of Fairfield Co. and perhaps was a widow of John Findley Jr. p. 30
131-b
Mrs. ELIZABETH FINDLEY Sr ... widow of John Findley Sr. of Chester County ... Died in Illinois 2 Oct. 1837 and Hugh Darrough of Chester Co. S.C. and John Darrough of Illinois Admst. on her estate ... Her estate was added to the remainder of the estate of John Findley Sr. ... Final Division
Thomas Findley
Isabel Findley died single ... her share added to estate.
John Alexander Findley ... May have been a grand son.
Mary wife of John Moore
Jane wife of Robert Millen
Elizabeth wife of Samuel Paisley
Heirs of John Findley who was dead.
Others who signed for shares were
Amy wife of Samuel Davison
Joseph Gaston for his wife
Elizabeth Findley, single ... likely a grand daughter
This estate is so mixed that I was unable to tell who were the children and who were grandchildren ... When JOHN FINDLEY died in 1823 it stated ... HE LEFT A WIDOW ... FIVE LIVING CHILDREN ... OND [ONE] DEAD CHILD who left heirs ... More study needs to be made. p. 30
133 AA-154 Fairfield Co.
JOHN FINDLEY with dower by wife, Elizabeth Findlay ... a deed sg. 23 Jan. 1818 to Thomas Powell/ Wit. CHARLES FINDLEY, John Hutchinson and James Rogers J.P. p. 30
135 Fairfield File 13-140
JOHN FINLEY (Also as FINDLEY) His estate Admst. 25 Oct. 1819 by his widow, Elizabeth Findley and her son, John Finley. The Bond was signed by Charles Findley and Samuel Gamble. Heirs listed as
John Findley
Daniel D. Findley
Judith Reiger
Nancy Findley
Isham Findley
Martha Gibson
Susan Findley
Elizabeth Findley
p. 31
140 Resume on JOHN FINDLEY Sr.
In 1768 John Findley with his wife Ann and six children under the age of 16 years and with one son, John Findley Jr. came from Scotland where the landed at Belfast, Ireland and took passage to America ... They landed in Charleston S.C. and there he applied for lands ... He with his family landed in Charleston on the 5th day of February 1768 ... He had 450a of land granted to him as John Finly as spelled by the clerk and 100a granted to his son, over age of 16 years as JOHN FINLY. The father had his lands on Beaver Creek in what was then Lancaster Co. S.C. but in 1791 Lancaster County was divided and the lands of John Findley Sr. was in Kershaw County ... The son, John Findley Jr. took his lands on Fishing Creek in what is now Chester Co. p. 32
140-a
John Findley Sr. established a large flour mill on Beaver Creek and from this flour mill he furnished flour and supplies for the American Army during the Revolution ... His son, John Findley Jr. served as a soldier in the American Army. p. 32.
140-a
JOHN FINDLEY SR. was married in Scotland to ANN ______ and the McKaskill Clan of Kershaw County state she was nee Ann McKaskill which is often spelled as McCaskill ... Kennet McCaskill came also from Scotland and his wife was a FINDLEY. p. 32
140-b
JOHN FINDLEY Sr. .. His wife Ann McCaskill Findley had we know SIX children under the age of 16 years when he landed in 1768 and he also had a son, John aged over 16 when he landed ... See #139 and it is likely that MARY FINDLEY who married JAMES McWILLIE in Scotland and settled on Beaver Creek in Kershaw Co. S.C. in 1768 was a daughter of John and Ann. p. 32
140-c
CHILDREN of JOHN FINDLEY Sr. ... and his wife, ANN McCASKILL and all SEVEN were born in Scotland and came to S.C. ion 1768 settling on Beaver Creek in what is now KERSHAW County but up to 1791 was part of Lancaster Co. S.C. ... Only one child can be actually proved ... The others lived in that section and no other Findley was there, so it is presumed these were also the names of the other six children:
John Findley Jr. m. Elizabeth ______ died 1823 in Chester Co.
Mary Findley married in Scotland James McWillie and settled on Beaver Creek in S.C. ... Her husband born 1759 and likely wed after they came to S.C.
Elizabeth Findley m. Samuel Cross
Charles Findley m. _______ he lived in Fairfield Co ... 1819 Kenneth Findley went as a spy for American Army just after the Revolution into the Indian Lands in the mountains above Pickens Co. ... He liked it there and settled later in Pickens Co. but later moved to Ala. He we 1st Katherine Murchison and wed 2nd Sarah Moffit.
William Findley ... In Chester Co. S.C. in 1800 with John Jr. Alexander Findley died in Fairfield Co. in 1798 _________Findley m. Kenneth McCaskill and had a son named Findley McCaskill Kenneth McCaskill was a Revolutionary soldier ... He was already married when he came over. p. 32
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