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William Finley: Tentative Chronology: 1764 to 1819
[Father of Mary (Polly) Finley Crockett; Son of John #4?; Will written 1818 in Jefferson County, TN]
[Note: These may not all refer to the same William Finley.]
11 April 1764 - William Finley born in Lincoln County, NC (France undocumented).
Before 1784 - Married Jean Kennedy (France undocumented).
13 December 1785 - 22 October 1804 - Wm. Finley witness in Blount County to deed from
thomas Thompson of Augusta County to Jacob Peck.
Before 1786 - John Crockett, father of Davey, moved from Lincoln County, NC to Greene
County, TN (Katherine White, p. 164).
17 August 1786 - David Crockett born in Greene County, TN (Katherine White, p. 164).
4 June 1787 - John Crockett of Greene County to John Woods of Sullivan County, 200 acres on
Linvil Creek; signed John Crocket & Rebekah Crockett (Watauga Association of Genealogists
Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 2, summer-fall, 1973).
About 1788 - Mary (Polly) Finley born, Nolechucky River area (France undocumented).
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1792 Jefferson County formed from Greene County
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1797 - William Finley on Grainger County tax list (Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin,
vol. 1, no.2, summer-fall, 1972, p. 12).
24 December 1798 - William Finley marries Jane English in Greene County (Burgner, p. 14).
October 1799 - William Finley, acting executor for Michale Ochiltree in Greene County
(Houston, p. 106). (Ochiltrees were found in Rockbridge County, VA)
1799 to 1806 - William Finley appears in Greene County Court Records (Houston, p. 70, 106,
213, 221, 237).
18 June 1803 - William Finley, 100 acres on Tuckaleechy in Blount County appears on delinquent
tax list (Eddlemon, p. 291).
25 August 1803 - Agnes Moreson vs. Wm. Finley in Blount County.
25 April 1804 - William Finley named as son-in-law in will of James English in Greene County
(Burgner, p. 8).
1805 - William Finley named on Greene County tax list (Creekmore, p. 179).
14 August 1806 - Mary (Polly) Finley marries David Crockett in Jefferson County (Lofaro, p.
xxi).
29 October 1806 - Marshall's sale of 100 acres on Turkey Creek adj. John Finley, belonging to
William Finley, for delinquent taxes, Blount County (Thomas, p. 138, DB 1:138).
20 April 1811 - William Finley granted 145 acres in Hawkins County, District of Washington on
north side of Holston River and both sides of Stage Road leading from Knoxville to Abingdon
where Jacob Cline, decd, formerly lived ... mentions Henderson's line; Grant #1914 (LDS
#1012794, Tennessee Land Grants, vol. 3, 1810-1814).
28 September 1812 -Sheriff's sale in Blount County, property on Nine Mile Creek adjacent to
William Finley on south side of Creek (Thomas, p. 235).
14 February 1814, James Finley will names wife Prudence: sons Samuel, William; daughters
Nancy McCollough, Sally Argenbright, Prudence Finley; Hawkins County WB 1:181.
10 August 1814 - William Finley granted 100 acres in Jefferson County in Gap of Knox, surveyed
13 March 1813; Grant #3144 (LDS #1012794, Tennessee Land Grants, vol. 3, 1810-1814).
Summer 1815/1816 - Mary (Polly) Finley Crockett dies in Franklin County (Lofaro, p. xxii).
2 May 1817 - John Lynn, assignee of John Anderson and Nathaniel Britton enters 60 acres in
Jefferson County at the head of Dumplin Creek adj. Lynn's old survey and near the waggon road
that leads from Finleys; grant #1890 (Pederson, p. 37).
10 January 1817/1818 - William Finley sells 94 acres on south side of Nine Mile Creek in Blount
County (DB 1:485, Thomas, p. 485).
3 April 1818 - William Finley prepares will (Jefferson County WB 2:237).
13 December 1819 - William Finley property listed (Jefferson County WB 2:279).
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