aaa-0345.html
18 November 1774 - James Finley to Samuel Finley, 161 1/2 acres. Bedford County, VA DB 5:294.
26 June 1775 - Samuel Finley to Thomas Peate, 161 acres. Bedford County, VA DB 5:359.
28 April 1778 - George Walton of Prince Edward County to Samuel Findley, 200 acres. Bedford County, VA DB 6:140.
18 December 1778 - James Finley to Samuel Finley, 243 acres. Bedford County, VA DB 7:113.
30 March 1779 - John and Mary Finley give 327 acres on Sally Run to David and Samuel in exchange for life care. Montgomery County, VA A:258, 283.
Before 1781 - Samuel, David and James Finley in Capt. Jehu Stephen's Company, Montgomery County Militia. Mary B. Kegley, compiler, "Militia of Montgomery County, Virginia, 1777-1790," 1975, p. 39.
26 February 1782 - Samuel Finley of Montgomery County to Thomas Pate of Bedford County, 297 acres near Pates Run, Ishom Talbots line. Bedford County, VA DB 7:118.
1 July 1782 - Samuel Finley entry, 110 acres on Walkers Creek. Montgomery County, VA, Reel 33, Book B:180.
26 February 1783 - Samuel Finley buys 110 acres on Walker's Creek, branch of New River, called Crab Orchard Creek. Lewis Preston Summers, "Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800," Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1970, p. 886.
27 August 1784 - David and Samuel Finley of Lincoln County give power of attorney to friend, William Finley of Montgomery County, VA. Lincoln County, VA DB A:338.
1785 - Samuel Finley signed petition for grant of land for town site, Lincoln County. James Rood Robertson, "Petitions of the Early Inhabitants of Kentucky," Louisville: John P. Morton & Co., 1914, p. 82.
20 May 1785 - Samuel Finley granted 1000 acres on Muddy Creek, Survey Book 9:301, military grant (Continental line), 25 May 1789, Book 13:601-602. KY Historical Society vol. 31, original survey #7641.
1789 - Samuel, David and Isaac together on Mercer County tax list. [Sharon Hamner.]
1789 - Samuel Finley signed petition for repeal of Act of Separation. David and Isaac Finley also signed this petition. James Rood Robertson, "Petitions of the Early Inhabitants of Kentucky," Louisville: John P. Morton Co., 1914, p. 121.
1790 - Samuel, David and Isaac Finley on Mercer County, KY tax list. 3/27/89.
29 May 1790 - Sam Finley, living near the mouth of Hickman on Crab Orchard road, found a horse. Karen Mauer Green, "The Kentucky Gazette, 1787-1800," Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1983, p. 28.
19 August 1790 - Samuel Finley, Mercer County, bought 500 acres. Court of Appeals, Frankfort, KY B-2:205.
12 June 1792 - John Finley of Augusta to David and Samuel Finley of Lincoln County, KY, 327 acres on Reed Creek. Wythe County, VA 1:84.
2 August 1792 - John, Samuel and Robert W. Findly, legatees of John Findley, deceased to George Findley, property on Coddle Creek and Rocky River, Cabarrus County, NC. Madison County, KY DB D:63-64.
14 August 1792 - David and Samuel Finley of Mercer County, KY sell 327 acres on Reed Creek to trusty friend William Finley, Jr., of Wythe County. Wythe County, VA DB 1:95.
1795 - Samuel Findley on Madison County, KY tax list with 2 males 21+, Thomas Findley nearby with 1 male 21+. LDS film #0008126.
1796 - Sam'l Findley on Madison County, KY tax list with 1 male 21+ and 1 black, George Findly neaby with 1 male 21+. LDS film #0008126.
1 March 1796 - Samuel Finley ordination. Madison County, KY Book B:356.
27 September 1796 - Agreement: Samuel Finley of Fayette County and William Sudduth of Clarke County, KY, concerning 500 acres Finley obtained from Jacob Myers, Clarke County, KY DB 2:42.
8 August 1797 through 1811 - Samuel Finley on Lincoln County tax list. James F. Sutherland, compiler. "Early Kentucky Householders, 1787-1811." Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986, p. 62.
1798 - Samuel Finley on list of lands in Logan County to be sold to satisfy overdue taxes. Karen Mauer Green, "The Kentucky Gazette, 1787-1800," Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1983, p. 218.
1798 - Samuel Finley signed subscription list for Presbyterian meeting house that became Hanging Fork Presbyterian Church in Hustonville (Lincoln County), KY. Allan R. Leach, "A Glimpse for the Past," in The Lincoln Ledger, vol. 4, no. 30, 14 October 1987, Stanford, KY, p. 1.
1800 - Samuel, George and William Finley on Lincoln County, KY tax list. 8/23/1800.
9 March 1801 - William Casey to Samuel Finley, 100 acres in Lincoln County adjacent to William Casey, Hugh Logan, Joseph Campbell, Samuel Breggis, Samuel Hocker. Lincoln County, KY DB D:200.
26 April 1802 - Matthew Patton to Samuel Finley of Hardin County, KY, 550 acres on Bacon Creek, Hardin County, Clarke County DB 4:384.
1806 - Samuel Finley on Garrard County, KY tax list with 100 acres in Lincoln County on Hanging Fork. LDS #007988.
1807 - Saml Finley on Garrard County, KY tax list with 100 acres in Lincoln County, with 1 male 21+, 1 male 17-20, 2 blacks 16+, total of 4 blacks. LDS #007989.
1810 - Samuel Findly on 1810 census in Lincoln County, KY age 26-45; 7 males under 10 to 26; 1 female 16-26; 1 female over 45, p. 116. William Finley on same page. (check this)
29 August 1812 - Rev. Samuel Findley delivered address before Capt. William Spratt's company of volunteers, Stanford, KY. Calendar of the KY papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts, p. 97.
6 January 1818 - Rev. Samuel Finley, Presbyterian Minister of Lincoln County, KY married Sarah Hall and Stephen Atkinson. KY Genealogist, 10:4, p. 147.
1822 - Rev. Samuel Finley served as President pro tem of Centre College, Danville, KY. Letter from Robert E. Glass, Special Collections, Grace Doherty Library, Centre College, Danville, KY, 15 December 1987.
c:\docs\kentucky\samuel.txt
aaa0345